How to measure CPU and memory during load test

Question

We are using JMeter in a heterogeneous environment and we would like to measure CPU and memory while we are producing heavy load on a server where our service or web application

Answer 1

One you install the Perfmon plugin, I also had to install the server agent, and open the firewall port 4444.

Here's a link which I found super useful.

http://grosan.co.uk/web-application-performance-testing-using-apache-jmeter-part-2-monitor-server-resources/