Profiling an application
The Profiling Tool offers powerful visualization features that enable you to pinpoint performance, threading and memory usage problems within your applications. You can profile various types of applications, including Java and Web applications, regardless of what application server you are running on. Prerequisites:
Profiling an application involves the following steps:
- Profiling applications on remote hosts requires the installation of the Agent Controller. Refer to the instructions for installing and configuring the Agent Controller for your operating system (Windows or Linux). Profiling local applications requires no additional install or setup.
- Launching an application
- Specifying profiling criteria
- Using profiling views to analyze data
- Save profiling data or resources if you expect to use them again
Related concepts
Overview of the Profiling Tool
Related tasks
Launching or attaching a Java process
Profiling with a local deployment
Saving profiling resources
Specifying profiling criteria
Using profiling views to analyze data
Working with the Agent Controller
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