Java - Java application monitoring tools

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jcmd: Prints basic class, thread, and VM information for a Java process
Example)

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% jcmd <process_id> VM.uptime
% jcmd <process_id> VM.system_properties
% jcmd <process_id> VM.version
% jcmd <process_id> VM.command_line
% jcmd <process_id> VM.flags [-all]
% jcmd <process_id> Thread.print
% jcmd <process_id> GC.run // force to run full GC
% jcmd <process_id> GC.heap_dump /path/to/heap_dump.hprof // heap dump

jconsole: Provides a graphical view of JVM activities, including thread usage, class usage, and GC activities
jhat: Reads and helps analyze memory heap dumps. This is a postprocessing utility
jmap: Provides heap dumps and other information about JVM memory usage
jinfo: Provides visibility into the system properties of the JVM, and allows some system properties to be set dynamically

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% jinfo -flags <process_id>
% jinfo -flag PrintGCDetails <process_id>

jstack: Dumps the stacks of a Java process

jstat: Provides information about GC and class-loading activities

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% jstat -compiler <process_id>
% jstat -printcompilation <process_id> <duration(ms)>

jvisualvm: A GUI tool to monitor a JVM, profile a running application, and analyze JVM heap dumps

jmap:

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% jmap -clstats : print out information about class loaders(Java 8)
% jmap -permstat : print out information about class loaders(Java 7)
% jmap -dump:live,file=/path/to/heap_dump.hprof <process_id> // heap dump

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