VisualVM Profiler error during calibration / startup

Question

I'm running visualVM 1.2.1 against jdk1.6.0_06, on Windows Vista Ultimate, SP2.
The Profiler does not appear to be working.
After startup / calibration, if I go to Help>About, and press on the Logfile button, I see these errors:
*** Profiler warning (Thu Dec 17 10:03:07 PST 2009): timed out while trying to connect to the target JVM.
*** Profiler error (Thu Dec 17 10:03:07 PST 2009): connection with server not open
I've read old postings about the NetBeans Profiler requiring certain ports, so I turned off the Windows Firewall,
and restarted visualVM. But the same error occurs.
What is going on? How can I get the visualVM Profiler to work?
Thanks.

Answer 1

Answers:
1. Can you, please, send the entire VisualVM log file to feedback at visualvm.dev.java.net ?See log below. (I've emailed the full transcript to feedback at visualvm.dev.java.net.)
2. What application are you trying to profile?I am trying to profile a standalone Java application (ie, launched via the static main() method).
3. Does profiling of JDK demo applications (like Java2Demo) work?Yes. However, only the "Overview", "Monitor", and "Threads" tabs appear. There is no profiling tab.
Thanks.
Log Session: Monday, January 4, 2010 11:14:58 AM PST
System Info:Product Version = VisualVM 1.2.1
Operating System = Windows Vista version 6.0 running on x86
Java; VM; Vendor = 1.6.0_06; Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM 10.0-b22; Sun Microsystems Inc.
Runtime = Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 1.6.0_06-b02
Java Home = C:\Progra~2\Java\jdk1.6.0_06\jre
System Locale; Encoding = en_US (visualvm); Cp1252
Home Directory = C:\Users\cread
Current Directory = C:\Users\cread
User Directory = C:\Users\cread
Installation = C:\Users\cread\workspace\visualvm_121\visualvm
C:\Users\cread\workspace\visualvm_121\profiler3
C:\Users\cread\workspace\visualvm_121\platform10
Boot & Ext. Classpath = C:\Progra~2\Java\jdk1.6.0_06\jre\lib\resources.jar;C:\Progra~2\Java\jdk1.6.0_06\jre\lib\rt.jar;C:\Progra~2\Java\jdk1.6.0_06\jre\lib\sunrsasign.jar;C:\Progra~2\Java\jdk1.6.0_06\jre\lib\jsse.jar;C:\Progra~2\Java\jdk1.6.0_06\jre\lib\jce.jar;C:\Progra~2\Java\jdk1.6.0_06\jre\lib\charsets.jar;C:\Progra~2\Java\jdk1.6.0_06\jre\classes;C:\Progra~2\Java\jdk1.6.0_06\jre\lib\ext\dnsns.jar;C:\Progra~2\Java\jdk1.6.0_06\jre\lib\ext\localedata.jar;C:\Progra~2\Java\jdk1.6.0_06\jre\lib\ext\sunjce_provider.jar;C:\Progra~2\Java\jdk1.6.0_06\jre\lib\ext\sunmscapi.jar;C:\Progra~2\Java\jdk1.6.0_06\jre\lib\ext\sunpkcs11.jar
Application Classpath = C:\Users\cread\workspace\visualvm_121\platform10\lib\boot.jar;C:\Users\cread\workspace\visualvm_121\platform10\lib\org-openide-modules.jar;C:\Users\cread\workspace\visualvm_121\platform10\lib\org-openide-util.jar;C:\Progra~2\Java\jdk1.6.0_06\lib\dt.jar;C:\Progra~2\Java\jdk1.6.0_06\lib\tools.jar
Startup Classpath = C:\Users\cread\workspace\visualvm_121\platform10\core\core.jar;C:\Users\cread\workspace\visualvm_121\platform10\core\org-openide-filesystems.jar;C:\Users\cread\workspace\visualvm_121\visualvm\core\com-sun-tools-visualvm-modules-startup.jar;C:\Users\cread\workspace\visualvm_121\visualvm\core\locale\core_visualvm.jar
*** Profiler message (Mon Jan 04 11:15:48 PST 2010): Starting target application...
C:\Progra~2\Java\jdk1.6.0_06\bin\java.exe -agentpath:C:/Users/cread/workspace/visualvm_121/profiler3/lib/deployed/jdk16/windows/profilerinterface.dll -Xbootclasspath/a:C:\Users\cread\workspace\visualvm_121\profiler3\lib\jfluid-server.jar;C:\Users\cread\workspace\visualvm_121\profiler3\lib\jfluid-server-15.jar org.netbeans.lib.profiler.server.ProfilerServer C:/Users/cread/workspace/visualvm_121/profiler3/lib/deployed/jdk16/windows 5141 10 ____Profiler+Calibration+Run____
IDEAppStatusHandler - errorAndWaitForConfirm: Data transfer error during instrumentation calibration
IDEAppStatusHandler - errorAndWaitForConfirm: Data transfer error during instrumentation calibration
IDEAppStatusHandler - errorAndWaitForConfirm: Saved calibration data file does not exist
INFO [org.netbeans.core.startup.NbEvents]: Turning on modules:
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org.openide.modules [7.10.1 091020]
org.openide.filesystems [7.21.1.1.1 1 091020]
org.netbeans.bootstrap/1 [2.18.1 091020]
org.netbeans.core.startup/1 [1.15.1.1 091020]
org.openide.awt [7.8.1.1 091020]
org.netbeans.api.progress/1 [1.13.1.1 1 091020]
org.netbeans.modules.autoupdate.services [1.8.2 091020]
org.netbeans.lib.profiler/1 [1.5.2 091020]
org.jdesktop.layout/1 [1.7.1.103 103 091020]
org.openide.dialogs [7.10.1 091020]
org.openide.nodes [7.9.2.1 091020]
org.openide.windows [6.26.1 091020]
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org.openide.text [6.22.1 091020]
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org.openide.explorer [6.18.2.1 1 091020]
org.openide.actions [6.9.2.1 091020]
org.netbeans.lib.profiler.common/1 [1.5.1 091020]
org.netbeans.spi.quicksearch [1.1.1 091020]
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*** Profiler warning (Mon Jan 04 11:28:29 PST 2010): timed out while trying to connect to the target JVM.
*** Profiler error (Mon Jan 04 11:28:29 PST 2010): connection with server not open
WARNING [org.openide.filesystems.Ordering]: Not all children in Toolbars/ marked with the position attribute: [Standard.xml], but some are: [Snapshot, DataSource, Memory]