HPjmeter 4.2 User's Guide

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About This Document.......................................................................................................10

Intended Audience................................................................................................................................10

Typographic Conventions.....................................................................................................................10

Additional HPjmeter Documents.........................................................................................................10

Related Information..............................................................................................................................10

Publishing History................................................................................................................................11

HP Encourages Your Comments..........................................................................................................11

1 Introducing HPjmeter 4.2.00.00 ...............................................................................12

Features.................................................................................................................................................12

Concepts................................................................................................................................................13

JVM Agent.......................................................................................................................................13

Node Agent.....................................................................................................................................13

2 Completing Installation of HPjmeter .........................................................................14

Platform Support and System Requirements.......................................................................................14

Agent Requirements........................................................................................................................14

Console Requirements.....................................................................................................................14

Completing the installation..................................................................................................................15

File Locations........................................................................................................................................15

Attaching to the JVM Agent of a Running Application.......................................................................15

Configuring your Application to Use HPjmeter Command Line Options..........................................15

Preparing to run Java.......................................................................................................................15

Example Usage...........................................................................................................................16

JVM Agent Options.........................................................................................................................17

Showing Version Information....................................................................................................17

Selecting Other JVM Agent Options..........................................................................................17

JVM Options Usage Examples...................................................................................................21

Security Awareness...............................................................................................................................21

Securing Communication Between the HPjmeter Node Agent and the Console...........................21

Ensuring the Integrity of HPjmeter Console/Node Agent Data Transfer..................................21

Protecting Data Confidentiality During HPjmeter Console/Node Agent Communication......21

Working with Firewalls .............................................................................................................21

Configuring User Access............................................................................................................22

Securing Communication Between the JVM and the HPjmeter Node Agent ................................22

3 Getting Started ............................................................................................................23

Are You Monitoring an Application or Analyzing Collected Data?....................................................23

Using HPjmeter to Monitor Applications.............................................................................................23

Configure and Start Your Application............................................................................................23

Confirm that the Node Agent is Running.......................................................................................23

Start the Console..............................................................................................................................23

Connect to the Node Agent from the Console................................................................................23

Set Session Preferences....................................................................................................................26

Changing Session Preferences During a Session.............................................................................29

View Monitoring Metrics During Your Open Session....................................................................29

Using HPjmeter to Analyze Profiling Data..........................................................................................29

Using HPjmeter to Analyze Garbage Collection Data.........................................................................31

Monitoring Demonstration Instructions...............................................................................................32

Memory Leak Applications.............................................................................................................33

Thread Deadlock Sample.................................................................................................................34

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