java remote debugging Tomcat app: Why does the JVM not listen?

Question

I want to remote debug an application running in Tomcat 7. Tomcat is running as a service on a Win2008 server. I added the following to the Java options in the Java Configuratio

Answer 1

You need to put -Xdebug and -Xrunjdwp... on separate lines in the Java panel of the Tomcat Service Configuration Panel.

So having:

-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=4711,server=y,suspend=n

will not work, but:

-Xdebug
-Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=4711,server=y,suspend=n

will.