JCONSOLE(1) JDK Commands JCONSOLE(1) NAME jconsole - 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-in path should contain a provider-configuration file named META-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 the com.sun.tools.jconsole.JConsolePlugin class. -version Prints the program version. connection = pid | host:port | jmxURL A connection is described by either pid, host:port or jmxURL. o 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 the jconsole command. o 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 property com.sun.management.jmxremote.port when the JVM was started. o 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 the jconsole 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. JDK 17 2021 JCONSOLE(1)