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Additionally, the monitoring plug-in is in a dormant state when not collecting snapshots. On a default deployment, it will only consume cycles once every 5 minutes.
Installation
If you are using a little-G version and want to leverage Monitoring Plug-ins, you might need to read this topic to learn how to install them. Both Agent(Server) and Console(Client) are pre-installed on the full JEE distributions.
There are two methods for installing the necessary Monitoring Plug-ins. The first (and easiest), is to log into the Geronimo administrative console for the instance of Geronimo onto which the plug-in(s) will be installed, and select 'Plugins' from the left navigation menu.
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