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Starting the JMX Agent
To start the SQLFire JMX Agent, use the sqlf agent command to invoke the Agent script.
The general syntax for using sqlf agent to start an Agent is:
sqlf agent start [-Jvmarg]* [-dir=dir] [prop=value]*
A JVM option passed to the Agents JVM. For example, to dene a
1 GB heap, you include this option: -J-Xmx1024M. To set a system
property foo.bar to true, you add -J-Dfoo.bar=true.
-Jvmarg
The directory in which the Agents log le is written. The default is
the current directory. For details, see Agent Log File on page 283.
-dir=dir
A conguration property and value passed to the Agent. You can
dene conguration properties on the command line or in the Agent
properties le. For details, see Agent Properties File on page 283.
prop=value
This command line instantiates a JMX Agent with a non-default working directory and property le:
sqlf agent start -dir=/usr/local/sqlfire
property-file=/usr/local/sqlfire/agent/myprops.props
When you launch the JMX Agent, you identify the distributed system to which you want to connect by specifying
the lookup method (used to discover and communicate with other members of the distributed system) as either
IP multicast or a SQLFire locator member. See Conguring Discovery Mechanisms on page 211.
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