Java enterprise infrastructure software maker Terracotta recently announced it will soon be integrating Sun Microsystems' new Java VisualVM technology with the Terracotta management console. The ...

Sun Microsystems has unveiled a new GUI-based tool for visualizing data sources and troubleshooting Java applications. Java VisualVM 1.0 launched Tuesday as part of JavaSE 6 Update 7. VisualVM is a ...

Although jstack (Java Stack Trace) is a useful tool for learning more about a how a Java thread is behaving, VisualVM is an even easier method for obtaining the same type of information. It is easy to ...

In previous blog posts, I have covered using VisualVM to acquire HotSpot JVM runtime information in a manner similar to jinfo and how to use VisualVM in conjunction with JMX and MBeans in a manner ...

Java VisualVM discovers running applications using the jps tool (Solaris, Linux, or Mac OS X or Windows), which can only discover Java applications started by the same user as the one who starts the ...

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I want to try to create a thread dump of a deadlocked 64 bit VM on Windows. If I start VisualVM with standard settings (32 bit) I can see the process but can't create a thread dump. If I try to start ...