Get heap dump from a remote application in Java using JVisualVM

Question

I run JVisualVM (Windows XP, Sun Java 1.6.0.13, 32 bit client VM) to monitor a distant application (Linux, Sun Java 1.6.0.07, 64 bit server VM). Before starting the actual r

Answer 1

You cannot analyze the heap remotely. You could run visualvm on your server and export the x session to your local machine. You would have to have x11 installed on your server which many servers do not.