[mgearhart]

Correction. I meant to type jboss-profiler.jar, not jboss-profile.jar.

Thanks

[jesper.pedersen]

Did you remember to

Include the following in JAVA_OPTS: -javaagent:jboss-profiler.jar -Djboss-profiler.properties=jboss-profiler.properties

(see README.txt) ?

[lretief]

Why would I get this when attempting to stop the profiler?

2008-04-09 15:47:01,783 ERROR [org.jboss.profiler.client.cmd.Client]
java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.jboss.profiler.agent.ClassUtil.getClasses(ClassUtil.java:80)
at org.jboss.profiler.agent.Profiler.stopProfiler(Profiler.java:146)
at org.jboss.profiler.connectors.AbstractHandler.handleCommand(AbstractHandler.java:51)
at org.jboss.profiler.connectors.SocketHandler.invoke(SocketHandler.java:50)
at org.jboss.remoting.ServerInvoker.invoke(ServerInvoker.java:734)
at org.jboss.remoting.transport.socket.ServerThread.processInvocation(ServerThread.java:560)
at org.jboss.remoting.transport.socket.ServerThread.dorun(ServerThread.java:369)
at org.jboss.remoting.transport.socket.ServerThread.run(ServerThread.java:165)
at org.jboss.remoting.MicroRemoteClientInvoker.invoke(MicroRemoteClientInvoker.java:163)
at org.jboss.remoting.Client.invoke(Client.java:1550)
at org.jboss.remoting.Client.invoke(Client.java:530)
at org.jboss.remoting.Client.invoke(Client.java:518)
at org.jboss.profiler.client.cmd.Client.main(Client.java:252)

[jesper.pedersen]

Iretief, it is trying to resolve the profiled class types.

The bug has been fixed in the latest snapshot, so it will appear in the release.

[lretief]

Thank you!

Where can I get the latest snapshot? Do I have to build it from source?

When will there be an updated CR?

[jesper.pedersen]

You have to build it from source -- the next CR will be a while. We are currently working on a web front-end.

[lretief]

My properties file seems not to being read at all, so I am trying to use the addClass method on the JMX console to get my classes profiled. What should the format of the Visibility parameter be - I have tried "public", "PUBLIC" and Visibility.PUBLIC and all return an exception about the Visibility property not being found.

I am using the latest source from svn.

[jesper.pedersen]

Its a Visibility enum -- the method is meant for tool support.

You can use the client to add classes during run-time.

See the README file (client add).

[lretief]

Jesper, please have a look at the issue we put in a new thread at http://jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&t=133963

[jesper.pedersen]

The official Beta1 is out: http://www.jboss.org/jbossprofiler/downloads/

The profiler will now follow the standard release cycle of all JBoss products.

Changes in this release:
* Initial Ant tasks
* Various improvements
* Bug-fixes

Feel free to provide feedback in this thread.

[jbn1v]

Is there current documentation somewhere? The pdf on the web site doesn't seem to match the beta1 download (not even a little). A lot of things I can intuit but it would still be nice to have a brief description of the columns in the snapshot reports, and the effect of the commands to the client (e.g. what is the difference between snapshot, getSnapshot, and save, or what parameters do the commands take, etc. It's really hard to figure that stuff out (I know I could dive through the code but that's a bit much :-))

Thanks,
Jeff.

P.S. Even from what little I have been able to figure out it is quite useful. A graphical interface to the reports would be great though.

[jesper.pedersen]

The current documentation is the README.txt file in the distribution.

We are working on a web ui for the GA release.

Hope this helps.

[jbn1v]

I read the README.txt from which I could figure out how to get a snapshot, but it didn't answer any of the questions in my post. Could you update it to describe what parameters, if any, the commands to the client utility take, what the various snapshot commands do, and what the column headings in the snapshot reports are? One other thing I have noticed is .jps files showing up. What are they for? Can they be deleted?

Thanks again.

[scolombara00]

Hi All,

I'm having problem starting jboss with profiler enabled. I've followed the readme instruction, but something is going wrong:

===============================================================================

JBoss Bootstrap Environment

JBOSS_HOME: C:\jboss-4.2.1.GA

JAVA: C:\Programmi\Java\jdk1.5.0_11\bin\java

JAVA_OPTS: -javaagent:jboss-profiler.jar -Djboss-profiler.properties=jboss-profiler.properties -Djava.library.path="C:
\jboss-4.2.1.GA\bin\native;....
===============================================================================

JBoss Profiler 2.0.Beta1 (Sun Microsystems Inc. 1.5.0_11)
Failed to initalize plugin: org.jboss.logging.Log4jLoggerPlugin@133796
Failed to initalize plugin: org.jboss.logging.Log4jLoggerPlugin@8a0d5d
Failed to initalize plugin: org.jboss.logging.Log4jLoggerPlugin@13caecd
Failed to initalize plugin: org.jboss.logging.Log4jLoggerPlugin@f84386
Failed to initalize plugin: org.jboss.logging.Log4jLoggerPlugin@1194a4e
Failed to initalize plugin: org.jboss.logging.Log4jLoggerPlugin@19dfbff
Failed to initalize plugin: org.jboss.logging.Log4jLoggerPlugin@750159
Failed to initalize plugin: org.jboss.logging.Log4jLoggerPlugin@1c39a2d
Failed to initalize plugin: org.jboss.logging.Log4jLoggerPlugin@1e97676
Failed to initalize plugin: org.jboss.logging.Log4jLoggerPlugin@60420f
.. .. .. ..

Failed to initalize plugin: org.jboss.logging.Log4jLoggerPlugin@19c0bd6
Failed to boot JBoss:
org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException: - nested throwable: (java.lang.reflect.UndeclaredThrowableException)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceConfigurator.install(ServiceConfigurator.java:196)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.install(ServiceController.java:226)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:86)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
at $Proxy4.install(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.deployment.SARDeployer.create(SARDeployer.java:249)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.create(MainDeployer.java:969)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:818)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:782)
at org.jboss.deployment.MainDeployer.deploy(MainDeployer.java:766)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ReflectedDispatcher.invoke(ReflectedDispatcher.java:155)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractInterceptor.java:133)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.java:142)
at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88)
at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker.java:264)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659)
at org.jboss.mx.util.MBeanProxyExt.invoke(MBeanProxyExt.java:210)
at $Proxy5.deploy(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.doStart(ServerImpl.java:482)
at org.jboss.system.server.ServerImpl.start(ServerImpl.java:362)
at org.jboss.Main.boot(Main.java:200)
at org.jboss.Main$1.run(Main.java:508)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.UndeclaredThrowableException
at org.jboss.system.ServiceCreator.install(ServiceCreator.java:236)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceConfigurator.internalInstall(ServiceConfigurator.java:449)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceConfigurator.install(ServiceConfigurator.java:171)
... 36 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/jboss/mx/util/JBossNotificationBroadcasterSupport
at org.jboss.remoting.network.NetworkRegistry.(NetworkRegistry.java:55)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:494)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.instantiate(MBeanServerImpl.java:1233)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.instantiate(MBeanServerImpl.java:286)
at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.createMBean(MBeanServerImpl.java:344)
at org.jboss.system.ServiceCreator.install(ServiceCreator.java:157)
... 38 more
Shutdown complete
Halting VM

Any help ?

thanks, simone.

[fiorenzino]

Hi Simone,
you must copy in your $JBOSS_HOME/bin directory only this files:

javassist.jar
jboss-profiler-client.jar
jboss-profiler.jar
jboss-profiler-plugins.jar
jboss-profiler.properties

Not all jars!!

And jboss-profiler.sar in $JBOSS_HOME/server/$SERVER_NAME/deploy


bye
fiorenzo