Issue with Java 11 (no tools.jar existent)

[philipp-eliasch]

@patric-r,
I'm seeing this error with openjdk:
[user@server jvmtop-0.8.0]$ ./jvmtop.sh /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-11.0.3.7-0.el7_6.x86_64 seems to be no JDK!

It has something to do with the tools.jar
[user@server jvmtop-0.8.0]$ grep -3 seems jvmtop.sh
TOOLSJAR="$JAVA_HOME/lib/tools.jar"

if [ ! -f "$TOOLSJAR" ] ; then
echo "$JAVA_HOME seems to be no JDK!" >&2
exit 1
fi

tools.jar which seems to be a prerequisite for running jvmtop was removed with java 9, see https://www.reddit.com/r/javahelp/comments/765mwr/installed_jdk_9_and_my_toolsjar_is_missing/

[user@server jvm]$ find /usr/lib/jvm/* -type f -name tools.jar
[user@server jvm]$

So it can't be used at least with OpenJDK or Amazon Corretto in Version 11.
Any ideas?

[patric-r]

Thanks for the hint, I'll have a look as soon as I have more time again. Any suggestions how to solve this are welcome.

[philipp-eliasch]

No suggestion on how to solve, but found a good workaround.

[user@server ~]$ top -H -p 7809 # where 7809 is the pid of jvm

Java 11 shows thread names. Java 8 shows all thread names as "java" which is not really helpful.
Tested with Oracle OpenJDK and Amazon Corretto OpenJDK.
Source: https://backstage.forgerock.com/knowledge/kb/article/a39551500

[andredasilvapinto]

jvmtop is broken in other ways with regards to java >= 9. For example, it relies on management-agent.jar ( https://github.com/tellapart/jvmtop/blob/master/src/com/jvmtop/openjdk/tools/LocalVirtualMachine.java#L350-L367 ) which was removed here: https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/9-removed-features-3745614.html#JDK-8043939

[pditommaso]

+1 for this. I think it would require to use the new module system and repackage it. Some info here https://stackoverflow.com/a/52645592

[bor8]

I found a nice fork for Java 11 and created a small guide with a download: #109 (comment)