How to create a JMX monitor in HP Sitescope

In this post I will detail about creating a JMX monitor in HP Sitescope to monitor the JVM's performance during our performance tests.

1. First the JMX port should be opened in the server whose performance has to be monitored. This will be usually done by the server admins or the operations team.
2. Example - 10.100.11.230:9003. Here 10.100.11.230 is the ip address of the server to be monitored and 9003 is the JMX port.
3. In the Sitescope Create Group --> Rt.click Create Monitor --> Add JMX Monitor
4. Under General Settings tab provide a relevant name to the monitor. Example JMX_HostName.
5. Under JMX Monitor Settings tab paste the JMX String service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://10.100.11.230:9003/jmxrmi in the field JMX URL.
6. Under the same tab click Get Counter and select the appropriate counters.
7. Under Monitor Run Settings tab mention the frequency at which this monitor has to be run.
8. Under Threshold Settings tab mention the threshold conditions to indicate the health of the monitor.
9. Once everything is set, Click Verify & Save button at the lower right bottom.

Thats it, your JMX monitor is ready