Embedded Jopr is supposed to run within a JBossAS instance and to be 'replacing' jmx-console.

Jopr is a distributed management solution with agents on the managed resources and a central server.

Have a look at
http://www.jboss.org/jopr
and
http://www.jboss.org/embjopr

Heiko

Excellent article describing jopr, embedded jopr can be found here:

http://management-platform.blogspot.com/2009/04/jopr-and-embedded-jopr-what-are-they.html

Regards,
Christos