jconsole
You use the jconsole
command to start a graphical console to monitor and manage Java applications.
Synopsis
jconsole [-interval=n] [-notile] [-plugin path] [-version] [connection ... ] [-Jinput_arguments]
jconsole -help
Options
-
-interval
-
Sets the update interval to
n
seconds (default is 4 seconds). -
-notile
-
Doesn’t tile the windows for two or more connections.
-
-pluginpath path
-
Specifies the path that
jconsole
uses to look up plug-ins. The plug-inpath
should contain a provider-configuration file namedMETA-INF/services/com.sun.tools.jconsole.JConsolePlugin
that contains one line for each plug-in. The line specifies the fully qualified class name of the class implementing thecom.sun.tools.jconsole.JConsolePlugin
class. -
-version
-
Prints the program version.
-
connection = pid | host:port | jmxURL
-
A connection is described by either
pid
,host:port
orjmxURL
.-
The
pid
value is the process ID of a target process. The JVM must be running with the same user ID as the user ID running thejconsole
command. -
The
host:port
values are the name of the host system on which the JVM is running, and the port number specified by the system propertycom.sun.management.jmxremote.port
when the JVM was started. -
The
jmxUrl
value is the address of the JMX agent to be connected to as described in JMXServiceURL.
-
-
-Jinput_arguments
-
Passes
input_arguments
to the JVM on which thejconsole
command is run. -
-help
or--help
-
Displays the help message for the command.
Description
The jconsole
command starts a graphical console tool that lets you monitor and manage Java applications and virtual machines on a local or remote machine.
On Windows, the jconsole
command doesn’t associate with a console window. It does, however, display a dialog box with error information when the jconsole
command fails.