JRockit Management Console User Guide (JRockit 1.4.2 R26)

Introduction

What’s In the User Guide?

Information About JRockit Compatibility

Finding Additional Information

Using the BEA JRockit Management Console

Console Overhead

Starting the Console

Enable the Management Server

Attaching a Management Client

Start the JRockit Management Console

Starting the Management Server with a Security Manager

Set the Port

Change the Number of Connections

Parts of the Console

Setting Up the Console

Creating Connections

Creating a New Folder

Creating a New Connection

Connecting a Connection to BEA JRockit JVM

Disconnecting a Connection to the BEA JRockit JVM

Renaming a Connection or Folder

Removing a Connection or Folder

Hiding Disconnected Connections

Enabling Console Settings

Setting the Operation Mode

Setting Other Preferences

Setting E-mail Preferences

Enabling Persistence

Customizing the Display

Customizing Gauges and Bars

Customizing Charts

Using the Settings File

Using the Console

Information Tabs

Overview Tab

Memory Tab

Memory Tab Functionality

Processor Tab

System Tab

Notification Tab

Creating Custom Actions and Constraints

Creating a New Rule

Editing a Rule

Add a Rule to BEA JRockit JVM

Remove a Rule from the BEA JRockit JVM

Remove a Rule

View Historical Data

Using Advanced Features of the Console

View Thread Stack Dump

Method Profiling Tab

Adding a Method to a Template

Removing a Method from a Template

Creating a New Template

Removing a Template

Starting and Stopping Method Profiling

Method Profiling Settings

Exception Counting Tab

Add an Exception

Starting, Stopping, and Removing an Exception Count

Creating a JRA Recording

Closing the Console

Starting and Running the Console in the Headless Mode

Running a Headless Management Console

Controlling the Console with Command-line Options

Adding Custom Notification Actions and Constraints

Locating consolesettings.xml

Creating a Custom Action

Creating and Implementing an Action: Example

Create the Action (Step 1)

Implementing handleNotificationEvent() (Step 2)

Creating the Action Editor (Step 3)

Implementing the Abstract Methods (Step 4)

Adding the New Action to the Deployment Entries (Step 5)

Displaying the New Action Editor (Steps 6 and 7)

Creating a Custom Constraint

Tracing Thread Activity With Stack Dumps

Monitoring Information in Stack Dumps

Detecting Deadlocks

What is a “Lock Chain”?

Lock Chain Types

Open Chains

Deadlock Chains

Closed Chains