About the JMX Wizard

The Reveille Java Proxy server acts as an RMI connector client communicating to an RMI server. The RMI connector makes a Java Management Extensions (JMX) technology MBean server accessible to remote Java technology-based clients. The client end of a connector exports essentially the same interface as the MBean server. The Reveille Java Proxy Server runs as a Windows Service on the Reveille server or a separate Windows server.

The Reveille Java Proxy Server sends/receives TCP/IP commands (connection port is configurable, default is port 4444) from the .NET MBean Server Connection Class. The proxy server can be on the Reveille server or on a remote server from the Reveille server.

A connector consists of a connector client and a connector server. A connector server is attached to an MBean server and listens for connection requests from clients. A connector client is responsible for establishing a connection with the connector server. A connector client (Java Proxy Server) will usually be in a different Java Virtual Machine (Java VM) from the connector server, and will often be running on a different machine.

The JMX Remote API standard defines a standard protocol based on RMI. The RMI connector must be present in every implementation of the JMX Remote API. 

Note 1:  The target JMX Agent must support JSR 160 for the JMX Remote API for the JMX Agent Wizard to work.

Note 2:  There is no requirement to add code to the target J2EE server running the JMX agent.

The JMX Wizard enables a user to create Tests against attributes and methods of a remote JMX Agent. MBean attributes act like C# properties, while the MBean methods act like C# methods. A Test can set an attribute value if that attribute is not read-only, just as a C# property.

A Test invokes an MBean method or examines an MBean attribute’s value. There is no relationship between an MBean attribute and an MBean method.

Notes on Reveille Java Proxy Server

The Reveille Java Proxy Server requires the installation of JRE 6.0 or above on the Server running the Reveille Java Proxy Server.

• The Reveille Java Proxy Server includes a separate Windows MSI installation package.  The Reveille Java Proxy Server will start as a Windows Service on a Windows Server.
• The Reveille Java Proxy Server MSI installation package is available from the Reveille product download page in the Reveille User Console and is also located on the Reveille Server in the install path under ‘<Reveille Installation Path>\Reveille\Support\JMXService.