Administering the Profiler

A profiler generates information used to analyze server performance.

The following topics are addressed here:

• To Create a Profiler

• To Delete a Profiler

To Create a Profiler

A server instance is tied to a particular profiler by the profiler element in the Java configuration. If JVM options are created for a profiler, the options are used to record the settings needed to activate a particular profiler. Use the create-profiler subcommand in remote mode to create the profiler element in the Java configuration.

Only one profiler can exist. If a profiler already exists, you receive an error message that directs you to delete the existing profiler before creating a new one.

1. Ensure that the server is running.

   Remote subcommands require a running server.

2. Create a profiler by using the create-profiler(1) subcommand.

   Information about properties for the subcommand is included in this help page.

3. To apply your changes, restart GlassFish Server.

   See To Restart a Domain.

Example 4-6 Creating a Profiler

This example creates a profiler named sample_profiler.

asadmin> create-profiler --classpath=/home/appserver/ --nativelibrarypath=/u/home/lib
--enabled=false --property=defaultuser=admin:password=adminadmin sample_profiler
Command create-profiler executed successfully.

See Also

You can also view the full syntax and options of the subcommand by typing asadmin help create-profiler at the command line.

To Delete a Profiler

Use the delete-profiler subcommand in remote mode to delete the profiler element from the Java configuration. You can then create a new profiler.

1. Ensure that the server is running.

   Remote subcommands require a running server.

2. Delete the profiler by using the delete-profiler(1) subcommand.
3. To apply your changes, restart GlassFish Server.

   See To Restart a Domain.

Example 4-7 Deleting a Profiler

This example deletes the profiler named sample_profiler.

asadmin> delete-profiler sample_profiler
Command delete-profiler executed successfully.

See Also

You can also view the full syntax and options of the subcommand by typing asadmin help delete-profiler at the command line.