Overview

The JMX data source is used to monitor values exposed by a JMX server, either local to the instance or remote. The values that are available vary widely depending on the applications running in the JVM instance, but there are always common values, such as those associated with JVM memory.

Configuration

Every data source requires a Name, which can be any description. The Use local JMX server checkbox indicates whether the JMX server in the local JVM should be used. Otherwise, the Remote JMX server address can be specified.

The Update period determines how often the JMX server is polled for data. Checking Quantize will cause the data source startup to be delayed so that pollings occur at a "rounded" point in time (e.g. if polling is every 10 seconds, polls will occur on the 10th second, the 20th second, etc). Otherwise, polling will begin immediately.