https://visualvm.dev.java.net

Figure 5.1. Visual VM

http://openjdk.java.net/tools/svc/jconsole

Figure 5.2. JConsole

Flight Recorder - If using Oracle Java 7 or later, Java Mission Control and Flight Recorder is a built-in, low overhead tool for collecting JVM diagnostic and profiling data.

To enable (but not start) add the following VM deploy options:

-XX:+UnlockCommercialFeatures -XX:+FlightRecorder

The related GUI tool is Java Mission Control, jmc. Once the application is started your test run, you can select your JVM in mission control, select flight recorder and start recording.

Figure 5.3. Java Mission Control, JVM Select

Figure 5.4. Start Flight Recorder

Once the capture is finished, mission control will enable exploring the captured data.

Figure 5.5. Java Mission Control Explorer

Recording from the command line my be done with the jcmd command. See the jcmd manual page from the JDK, or Oracle online documentation for details.