Synopsis

jmc [ options ]

Options, if used, should follow immediately after the command name. Options may be in any order. For more information about the options used with the jmc command, see Options.

Description

Note: Java Mission Control requires a commercial license for use in production. To learn more about commercial features and how to enable them please visit http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javaseproducts/.

Java Mission Control is a tool for production time profiling and diagnostics for the HotSpot JVM. The two main features of Java Mission Control are the Management Console and Java Flight Recorder, but several more features are offered as plug-ins, which can be downloaded from the tool. Java Mission Control is also available as a set of plug-ins for the Eclipse IDE.

Options

The following options are available when you launch Java Mission Control.

-help

Prints jmc command help.

-version

Prints the version of Java Mission Control and exit.

-showversion

Prints the version of Java Mission Control and continue.

-debug

Enables debug output.

-consoleLog

Prints the Eclipse log on the console. (Flag from Eclipse).

On Windows, use this option as follows:

JAVA_HOME\bin\jmc.exe -consoleLog 2>&1 | more

-data workspace

Sets the workspace used while running Java Mission Control. The default workspace is $HOME/.jmc. (Flag from Eclipse).

-open file

Opens the file in Java Mission Control. For example, to open a Flight Recording file (.jfr file).

eclipse-option

Passes this eclipse option to the underlying Eclipse platform. Eg. -nosplash

-vmargs jvm-arguments

Overrides the JVM arguments specified in the jmc.ini file located in JAVA_HOME/bin.

--launcher.appendVmargs

Appends JVM arguments from the -vmargs flag to those in the jmc.ini file.

See Also

• Oracle Java SE Advanced and Oracle Java SE Suite at http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/java/standard-edition/advanced-suite/overview/index.html

• Java Mission Control User's Guide at http://docs.oracle.com/javacomponents/jmc.htm