java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded error while applying Weblogic Patch

ISSUE:
[oracle@dev bsu]$ sh bsu.sh -prod_dir=/oradb01/apps/fs1/FMW_Home/wlserver_10.3/ -patch_download_dir=/oradb01/apps/fs1/FMW_Home/utils/bsu/cache_dir/ -patchlist=DI8E  -verbose -install >> Apply_WLS_DI8E_1.log

Exception in thread “main” java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: GC overhead limit exceeded at com.bea.cie.common.dao.xbean.XBeanDataHandler.getValueFromObject(XBeanDataHandler.java:598)
[oracle@dev bsu]$

CAUSE:
bsu.sh MEM_ARGS needs to be increased or cache_dir folder to be cleaned up.

SOLUTION OPTION 1:

Edit bsu.sh
MEM_ARGS=”-d64 -Xms4096m -Xmx4096m -XX:+UseParallelGC”
In my case option 1 did not resolve the issue , So fixed though option 2 below

SOLUTION OPTION 2:
cd /oradb01/apps/fs1/FMW_Home/utils/bsu/
mv cache_dir  OFF1_cache_dir
mkdir cache_dir
cd cache_dir
Extract the Weblogic Patch again

Re-Apply now
sh bsu.sh -prod_dir=/oradb01/apps/fs1/FMW_Home/wlserver_10.3/ -patch_download_dir=/oradb01/apps/fs1/FMW_Home/utils/bsu/cache_dir/ -patchlist=DI8E  -verbose -install >> Apply_WLS_DI8E_1.log

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