VisualVM 1.1 Release Notes

VisualVM is a visual tool integrating several commandline JDK tools and lightweight profiling capabilities. Designed for both production and development time use, it further enhances the capability of monitoring and performance analysis for the Java SE platform.

VisualVM 1.1 release is based on VisualVM 1.0.1. See the Changes In 1.1 section for list of changes and bugfixes since the VisualVM 1.0.1. See the Releases Overview page for detailed overview of all VisualVM and Java VisualVM releases.

System Requirements

Supported OS:

Microsoft Windows (XP, Vista, Server): 32bit & 64bit
Linux: Intel platform, 32bit & 64bit
Sun Solaris: Intel & Sparc platform, 32bit & 64bit
Mac OS X: Intel platform, 64bit

Experimental Support:

HP-UX 11i: PA-RISC platform, 32bit & 64bit

Required software: Sun JDK 6+, OpenJDK 6+, IcedTea 6+, Apple JDK 6+
Experimental support: HP-UX JDK 6.0.01+

Changes In 1.1

Features and enhancements:

CPU usage and GC activity graph in Monitor tab
Table view in Threads tab
Commandline options: --openpid, --openjmx, --openfile
Compare Memory Snapshots action in context menu
Copy To Clipboard / Save To File buttons in About dialog
Monitoring IBM JVM via JMX connection
Experimental support for HP-UX PA-RISC
Integration plugin for Eclipse IDE
NetBeans Platform 6.5 as a basis

API Changes:

Compatible: com.sun.tools.visualvm.host.HostsSupport.createHost(hostname, displayname) added
Compatible: com.sun.tools.visualvm.jmx.application.JmxApplicationsSupport added
Compatible: com.sun.tools.visualvm.application.jvm.Jvm.isCpuMonitoringSupported() and isCollectionTimeSupported() added
Compatible: com.sun.tools.visualvm.application.jvm.MonitoredData.getProcessCpuTime() and getCollectionTime() added
Incompatible: com.sun.tools.visualvm.host.model.HostOverviewFactory made final
Incompatible: com.sun.tools.visualvm.core.datasource.descriptor.DataSourceDescriptor.<init>() removed
Incompatible: com.sun.tools.visualvm.coredump.CoreDumpSupport.register() is no more public
Incompatible: com.sun.tools.visualvm.host.HostsSupport.getStorageDirectoryString() and getHostProvider() are no more public

Fixed bugs: IssueTracker query.

Known Problems

Issue 224: Cannot memory profile JBoss AS 4.2.3.GA
Issue 148: VisualVM hangs when lost remote connection
Issue 120: JMX application datasource cannot be reused on application restart
Issue 72: Running application sometimes not recognized

To view all known problems please use this IssueTracker query.

History of Changes

Changes In 1.0.1