Connecting JConsole to WebSphere Application Server 8 to view JMX MBeans

set WAS_HOME=C:/Program Files (x86)/ibm/WebSphere/AppServer
set JAVA_HOME=%WAS_HOME%/java
echo %WAS_HOME%
set CLASSPATH=%JAVA_HOME%/lib/jconsole.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%WAS_HOME%/runtimes/com.ibm.ws.admin.client_8.0.0.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%WAS_HOME%/runtimes/com.ibm.ws.ejb.thinclient_8.0.0.jar
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;%WAS_HOME%/runtimes/com.ibm.ws.orb_8.0.0.jar
set HOST=localhost
set PORT=9100
"%JAVA_HOME%/bin/jconsole" -J-Djava.class.path="%CLASSPATH%" ^
service:jmx:iiop://%HOST%:%PORT%/jndi/JMXConnector

@REM PORT must be set to the ORB_LISTENER_ADDRESS (Default 9100) in the WebSphere Application Server ports configuration.

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