Does the Native LoadRunner JMX Monitor support WebLogic 11g (10.3.6)? - jmx

I know that the recommended approach is to monitor WebLogic 11g via HP SiteScope. However, my client hasn't purchased a HP SiteScope license.
I was looking at http://easyloadrunner.blogspot.com/2013/07/how-to-set-up-weblogic-monitor.html
and it appears that LoadRunner has a native WebLogic JMX monitor.
Does anybody know if it supports WebLogic 11g?
If not, any suggestions short of HP SiteScope?
--Thank you,
--Mike

If your client has LoadRunner past version 8 then a base 500 point SiteScope instance comes as a part of the LoadRunner license. This is part of the monitoring foundation of the LoadRunner

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Solace integration with Websphere Application Server 8.5.5

Can Solace integrate with IBM Websphere Application Server 8.5.5.0? We are thinking to eliminate the existing IBM MQ7.0 from our IBM WAS 8.5.5.0 integration components.
I have found one article/document on the Solace portal for IBM WAS 7/8.0, but not for 8.5.5.0? But we need to know the capability of Solace and whether it will integrate with IBM WAS 8.5.5.0 or not?
Solace can absolutely integrate with IBM Websphere Application Server 8.5.5.0. The current Websphere Integration Guide that is available on the Solace dev portal is applicable to Websphere Application Servers 7.x and 8.x. It is available here: http://dev.solace.com/integration-guides/websphere-application-server/
The Solace JMS Resource Adapter is designed to be generic. It is generally able to integrate with any Jave EE Application Server.
If you have a support contract with Solace and you encounter any specific issues integrating Solace with any version of the IBM Websphere Application Server, you can contact support by emailing support#solace.com with a description of your issue.

enabling JMX on java processes

I am aware of enabling JMX on java processes. The typical recommendation for a java process with out authentication or SSL access looks something like this:
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=5459
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false
I am able to understand the properties except the first one. What does
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote
signify?
My java process exposes JMX with just the following 3 java options as well and I am able to connect using jconsole.
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=5459
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false
What happens if I do not specify "-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote" parameter?
From what I can tell, it looks like it's just historical, and no longer necessary in Java 6 and beyond.
Under previous releases of the Java SE platform, to allow the JMX client access to a local Java VM, you had to set the following system property when you started the Java VM or Java application.
com.sun.management.jmxremote
Setting this property registered the Java VM platform's MBeans and published the Remote Method Invocation (RMI) connector via a private interface to allow JMX client applications to monitor a local Java platform, that is, a Java VM running on the same machine as the JMX client.
In the Java SE 6 platform, it is no longer necessary to set this system property. Any application that is started on the Java SE 6 platform will support the Attach API, and so will automatically be made available for local monitoring and management when needed.
Ref: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/management/agent.html

TITAN server monitoring via JMX

Is it possible to monitor TITAN cassandra server with rexster remotely via JMX using something like VisualVM?
I have titan installed on the cloud and want to monitor it from my dev box. Is this possible.
I have read this
https://github.com/tinkerpop/rexster/wiki/Monitoring
but it seems that JMX MBeans are only available locally however I could be wrong
You can monitor Rexster JMX remotely with VisualVM, but it takes a bit of configuration and changes to rexster.sh as you need to include these environment variables:
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=3333
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false
You can read some more about how to do remote setup on the VisualVM site.
You mentioned that you are trying to monitor an instance in the cloud. You didn't mention the cloud provider, but I've had trouble doing this with EC2 in the past. Perhaps this post will help you out. While I've had issues with VisualVM remoting to EC2, I have successfully connected to Rexster via VisualVM from another EC2 instance without trouble so if all else fails that could be your workaround.

How to deploy a Delphi Soap Client (.EXE) on a Windows XP/Windows 2003?

I built a Delphi-7 Windows Application which uses some web services. The application is built in such a way that it does not require run-time DLLs. When I deployed it on a Windows 2003 server it fails while calling the web service. It results in error "Access violation at address 00c05269. Write of address 00c05269". I believe the reasons is that it needs some package to be installed. Can anybody help me to figure that out?
TIA
Just a guess: If the client was built with D7, that runtime will AV on machines with DEP enabled. See the following link for more information:
groups.google.com/group/borland.public.delphi.webservices.soap/msg/b19f3c2681de50f4
You can disable DEP for just that client (or system-wide) on the Win 2003 machine to see if that's the issue:
technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738483(WS.10).aspx
And if it is, you can download a SOAP runtime fix from here:
http://cc.embarcadero.com/Item/24535
Cheers,
Bruneau
Some troubleshooting suggestions.
Can you browse to the web service from a web browser? If not, you have a connectivity problem.
If this works, I would build a bare bones client that consumes the web service and calls a couple of methods but doesn't read from or write to any external files.

Team Foundation Server (TFS) proxy - install on Windows XP

Can the TFS proxy be installed on Windows XP? I have an environment that I am not allowed to run a Windows Server; however, it is offsite, so a proxy would be very helpful.
It turns out that Microsoft changed both their deployment and pricing models from v1.0 of TFS. The proxy requires Windows Server and costs the same as a new instance of TFS.
It was my understanding that the Microsoft TFS Proxy needed to be installed on a Windows Server OS with IIS also installed on the box. You could of course use a Virtual PC image on your XP machine but I suspect that might go against the same rules that prevent you from running a server on your remote site.
Another alternative is a product called "Remote Accelerator" from Teamprise (who I work for).
http://www.teamprise.com/products/accelerator/
It is designed as a TFS proxy server for single person use, and is designed to work on client OS's such as Windows XP, Vista etc. Also with a price of $99, it is less expensive than the Microsoft TFS proxy (which has a retail licensing price comparable to another full-blown TFS server instance).

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