Managing Doradus via JMX

Doradus extends the Java JMX API with monitoring and administration features. JMX functions can be accessed with off-the-shelf JMX applications such as JConsole, which is bundled with the Java SDK. JMX functions are available from two MXBean objects:

•	com.dell.doradus.ServerMonitor: This MXBean provides information about the Doradus server including its configuration, start time, and statistics about REST commands.

•	com.dell.doradus.StorageManager: This MXBean provides information used by the Doradus Task Manager to conduct background tasks. It also provides operations for modifying tasks and to execute Cassandra backup and recovery tasks.

JMX functions only collect and return information when the Doradus MBean service (com.dell.doradus.mbeans.MBeanService) has been initialized. This is always the case when the server is started as a standalone process but optional when Doradus is embedded within another application.