The following documents provide a quick introduction on how to start using VisualVM and extending VisualVM with plugins.

• Getting Started with VisualVM (Japanese , Simplified Chinese , Korean )
• Getting Started Extending VisualVM

The following documents provide information on how to work with VisualVM.

• Introduction to VisualVM (Japanese , Simplified Chinese , Korean )
  • Using the Applications Window
  • Working with Local Applications
    • Viewing Application Overview
    • Monitoring an Application
    • Monitoring Application Threads
    • Profiling Applications
    • Connecting to JMX Agents Explicitly
  • Working with Remote Applications
    • Viewing Application Overview
    • Monitoring an Application
    • Monitoring Application Threads
    • Connecting to JMX Agents Explicitly
  • Working with Coredumps
  • Working with Snapshots
  • Browsing a Heap Dump
  • Analyzing a Heap Dump Using OQL
  • Connecting to JMX Agents Explicitly
  • Working with MBeans
  • JConsole Plug-In Wrapper Tab
• Troubleshooting Guide

The following documents provide information for developers interested in developing plugins to extend VisualVM.

• Getting Started Extending VisualVM
• VisualVM API FAQs