Starting a server in profiling mode

If you want to profile your projects while a server runs, you can start a server in profiling mode. When you profile an application, data related to the program's run-time behavior is collected and presented in both graphical and tabular views. Profiling enables you to see which operations take the most time and helps you to find and solve memory leaks. For more information, refer to the Profiling and logging documentation.

Once you have started the server in profiling mode you can run the projects that are associated with its configuration. You can stop and restart the server at any time. The status of the server is displayed in the Status column of the Servers view.

Prerequisites:

  1. Create a server.

  2. For WebSphere Application Server v5.x1: Define the Agent Controller port. Double-click on the server in the Servers view to open the server editor. On the Overview page, in the Agent Controller port field, type the port number for Agent Controller. Save and close the server editor.

    Note: If the communication port number that is configured in the serviceconfig.xml file (found in the directory x:\config, where x is the installation directory of Agent Controller), then the Agent Controller port field needs to be changed to the same port number.

  3. Add a project to a server.
To start the server in profiling mode:

  1. In the Servers view ( Window > Show View > Other > Server > Servers), right-click the server you want to start in profiling mode.

  2. Select Profile. In the Status column of the Servers view, the status of the server changes to Profiling.

  3. You can also start the server in profiling mode by selecting the server you want to profile, then clicking on the Start the server in profiling mode

    Picture of Start the server in profiling mode icon icon on the toolbar of the Servers view.

 

Related concepts

Which test server will start
When the test server requires restarting

Related reference
Servers view

Related information
Starting a server
Starting a server in debug mode
Stopping a server

1 WebSphere Application Server v5.x test environments and