From server.log:
[2013-09-26T16:05:56.33] Stderr:
[2013-09-26T16:05:56.33] Attaching to core /export/local/aurora/sandbox/results/ResultDir/jmap_heap_config_MaxMetaspaceSize_core/core.23916 from executable /export/local/aurora/sandbox/sca/vmsqe/jdk/nightly/fastdebug/rt_baseline/linux-i586//bin/java, please wait...
[2013-09-26T16:05:56.33] Error attaching to core file: Can't attach to the core filesun.jvm.hotspot.debugger.DebuggerException: Can't attach to the core file
[2013-09-26T16:05:56.33] at sun.jvm.hotspot.debugger.linux.LinuxDebuggerLocal.attach0(Native Method)
[2013-09-26T16:05:56.33] at sun.jvm.hotspot.debugger.linux.LinuxDebuggerLocal.attach(LinuxDebuggerLocal.java:286)
[2013-09-26T16:05:56.33] at sun.jvm.hotspot.HotSpotAgent.attachDebugger(HotSpotAgent.java:673)
[2013-09-26T16:05:56.33] at sun.jvm.hotspot.HotSpotAgent.setupDebuggerLinux(HotSpotAgent.java:611)
[2013-09-26T16:05:56.33] at sun.jvm.hotspot.HotSpotAgent.setupDebugger(HotSpotAgent.java:337)
[2013-09-26T16:05:56.33] at sun.jvm.hotspot.HotSpotAgent.go(HotSpotAgent.java:304)
[2013-09-26T16:05:56.33] at sun.jvm.hotspot.HotSpotAgent.attach(HotSpotAgent.java:156)
[2013-09-26T16:05:56.33] at sun.jvm.hotspot.tools.Tool.start(Tool.java:170)
[2013-09-26T16:05:56.33] at sun.jvm.hotspot.tools.HeapSummary.main(HeapSummary.java:49)
[2013-09-26T16:05:56.33] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
[2013-09-26T16:05:56.33] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
[2013-09-26T16:05:56.33] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
[2013-09-26T16:05:56.33] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:491)
[2013-09-26T16:05:56.33] at sun.tools.jmap.JMap.runTool(JMap.java:197)
[2013-09-26T16:05:56.33] at sun.tools.jmap.JMap.main(JMap.java:128)


The tests failed in the same manner on two different hosts, one with -client and one with -server specified, that makes it a bit less likely that it is a host problem.

Link to failure runs:
http://vmsqe-app.russia.sun.com/surl/3W
http://vmsqe-app.russia.sun.com/surl/3X

Matching rules:
RULE tmtools/jmap/heap_config/jmap_heap_config_MaxMetaspaceSize_core Exception nsk.share.TestFailure: Unable to find sections in the output
RULE tmtools/jmap/heap_config/jmap_heap_config_MetaspaceSize_core Exception nsk.share.TestFailure: Unable to find sections in the output
RULE tmtools/jmap/heap_config/jmap_heap_config_huge_MaxMetaspaceSize_core Exception nsk.share.TestFailure: Unable to find sections in the output
RULE tmtools/jmap/heap_config/jmap_heap_config_huge_MetaspaceSize_core Exception nsk.share.TestFailure: Unable to find sections in the output