How can I monitor a jvm started on a remote computer box?

You can run JvisualVM to monitor, troubleshoot, and profile your jvm when using isCOBOL Server.
There are detailed instructions in the isCOBOL Application Server documentation, in a chapter called "Tuning and monitoring isCOBOL Server with JvisualVM." If you aren't using the Application Server, you can connect to a remote host by making an Explicit JMX connection.
To do that, first add the following properties on the remote server that the jvm you want to monitor is running on:

For example: 
java -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=10900 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false -Djava.rmi.server.hostname=192.168.91.129 CVERSION
Will run the program "CVERSION" accessible from JvisionVM on another computer through port 10900.
Then run the Java VisualVM tool from the client computer and create a remote JMX connection to the server box.

JvisualVM is included with Java 1.8, and can be downloaded manually for later versions from here: VisualVM: Download

For detailed instructions on creating an explicit JMX connection, go to the Oracle documentation on JMX Connections here: JMX Connections.

For more information about other Java troubleshooting tools, see KB article #139.


Article ID: 201
Created: April 2, 2013
Last Updated: July 6, 2023
Author: Support KB Author

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