JBoss service does not start after installing an APM/Introscope agent.

Products

• CA Application Performance Management Agent (APM / Wily / Introscope)
• INTROSCOPE

Issue/Introduction

 Summary:

 After installing an APM agent on a JBoss application server, the JBoss service will not start. JBoss is using version 5 and it is packaged as part of an application running on Windows Server 2008 R2.

 Environment:  

 Introscope 9.1x, 9.5x and 9.7x

 Instructions: 

 Use the following steps to configure JBoss for an Introscope agent install:

• Point the work directory to wily/connectors which is under the installation directory
• Run the following command to create AutoProbeConnector.jar:
  
  java -jar CreateAutoProbeConnector.jar -jvm <directory>
  where -jvm <directory> is the jvm directory used by JBoss.
• Add the following to the JBoss run.conf file:
  
  -Xbootclasspath/p:wily/connectors/AutoProbeConnector.jar:PathToAgentJar
  -Dcom.wily.introscope.agentProfile=<path-to-IntroscopeAgent.profile>

Environment

Release:
Component: APMAGT