VisualVM unable to sampler memory

Question

I have a tomcat instance with the JMXRemote parameter configured. The local VisualVM is able to get a sampler on CPU, however, not for Memory. The memory button is grayed out wi

Answer 1

I had the same problem before. You must have downloaded the version from jvisualvm homepage, right? Don't do it! If you use new jdk 1.7, VisualVM is already packaged in your jdk folder. Use this version, you will not have any problem with memory sample.