Chapter 7. Standard Agent Services
IN THIS CHAPTER
The agent layer of the JMX architecture is formed by the MBean server and a set of agent services that are registered to the MBean server. The agent services are MBeans themselves and are handled by the MBean server in a manner similar to any managed resource. This allows the configuration of the agent based on the requirements of each management system, and also makes parts of the agent itself manageable through the JMX instrumentation layer.
The JMX specification does not set any specific requirements for MBeans that are registered as agent services. However, the specification does define four separate services that can be considered ...
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