4 About the JVM Browser

The JVM Browser is a view that shows the available Java Virtual Machines (JVMs), which you can monitor, manage, and troubleshoot using JDK Mission Control (JMC).

The JVM Browser automatically starts when you start the JMC client. To connect a plug-in to a JVM, right click the JVM in the browser and choose the tool you want to use from the context menu.

The JVMs in the browser are either automatically discovered or manually configured. Manually configuring custom JVMs is useful for detailed control over the JMXServiceURL or for setting the credentials.

There are two types of automatically discovered JVMs:

Locally Discovered JVMs running on the same machine as JDK Mission Control
JVMs Discovered Over the Java Discovery Protocol (JDP) on the network