Issue
Is there a way to get the parameters of a running JVM?
Is there a command-line tool, like jstat, which takes as input the PID of the JVM and returns its starting parameters? I am particularly interested in the -Xmx and -Xms values that were given when starting the JVM.
To clarify my constraints for the JVM, we would like to check if it is running on a production server. That's why we prefer the minimum disruption. We are able to monitor the JVM using jstat, and so we hope there's a similar simple solution to access the parameters.
We also tried to get the parameters using jvisualvm. But in order to connect to a remote jvm, we need to run jstatd and modify the security settings of the JVM, which we found to be very disruptive and risky on a production server.
Solution
You can use jps like:
jps -lvm
It prints something like:
4050 com.intellij.idea.Main -Xms128m -Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=250m -ea -Xbootclasspath/a:../lib/boot.jar -Djb.restart.code=88
4667 sun.tools.jps.Jps -lvm -Dapplication.home=/opt/java/jdk1.6.0_22 -Xms8m
Answered By - Peter Lawrey
Answer Checked By - David Goodson (JavaFixing Volunteer)
