Hello, When I start an application, using Apple Java 1.6.0_51 (with "java -jar application.jar" and no "-D" parameters), I can connect to it using JConsole, using either the Apple Java 6 version or the Oracle Java 7 version. The application registers some MXBeans using the PlatformMBeanServer.
Now, when I start that same application, using Oracle Java 1.7.0_40, in the same way, it is still visible using the Java 7 JConsole under "local processes", however connection using JConsole and VisualVM fails. Running JConsole with the "-debug" option, the following stacktrace is displayed when JConsole fails to connect: java.io.IOException: Unable to open socket file: target process not responding or HotSpot VM not loaded at sun.tools.jconsole.LocalVirtualMachine.loadManagementAgent(LocalVirtualMachine.java:238) at sun.tools.jconsole.LocalVirtualMachine.startManagementAgent(LocalVirtualMachine.java:100) at sun.tools.jconsole.ProxyClient.tryConnect(ProxyClient.java:333) at sun.tools.jconsole.ProxyClient.connect(ProxyClient.java:313) at sun.tools.jconsole.VMPanel$2.run(VMPanel.java:292) Caused by: com.sun.tools.attach.AttachNotSupportedException: Unable to open socket file: target process not responding or HotSpot VM not loaded at sun.tools.attach.BsdVirtualMachine.<init>(BsdVirtualMachine.java:90) at sun.tools.attach.BsdAttachProvider.attachVirtualMachine(BsdAttachProvider.java:63) at com.sun.tools.attach.VirtualMachine.attach(VirtualMachine.java:213) at sun.tools.jconsole.LocalVirtualMachine.loadManagementAgent(LocalVirtualMachine.java:236) ... 4 more JConsole displays the dialog "ConnectionFailedSSL1" and "ConnectionFailedSSL2", with [Cancel] and [Insecure] options. If I click "insecure", it fails in exactly the same with. For a development environment, how can I get things working again so that it "just works" (Oracle Java 7 VM and Java 7 JConsole) ? Thanks, Christopher