I noticed that JBoss AS 7 doesn't have the jmx-console any more and that the administration console doesn't offer any JMX management features like the jmx-console. Is this feature going to be added in the future?
I understand that JBoss AS 7 isn't based anymore on JMX and doesn't offer as many as JMX Beans to be managed via JMX. If I understand correctly then the administration console is going to make it possible to fully manage the jboss server without needing JMX.
A lot of applications however offer management possibilities via JMX. Whenever I develop an application or library I also always use JMX as a way to monitor or configure the application/library. We use the jmx-console a lot during local development or for our QA / production servers to test or manage the applications on there. Even in production it is sometimes easier to use the jmx-console to take a look at certain information then tooles like RHQ or other monitoring software.
The JConsole is also a nice way to do this but it has a couple of downsides (which I won't go into now) and that is why I prefer the jmx-console. There aren't a lot of thirdparty applications that offer a decent application that is similar to the jmx-console.
If no decent JMX-console replacement is planned then I will consider building my own.
