Unable to use JConsole with Tomcat running as windows service

Question

I am running tomcat 6.0.18 as a windows service. In the service applet the jvm is configured default, i.e. it is using jvm.dll of the JRE.

I am trying to monitor thi

Answer 1

Add the following near the top of your catalina.bat

set JAVA_OPTS=%JAVA_OPTS% -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote ^
    -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=8086 ^
    -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false ^
    -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false

Stop and restart tomcat (obviously)

Run jconsole.exe. If your tomcat is running as service, then run jconsole.exe as administrator.

Select Remote Process and enter localhost:8086