I'm sure I'm just way behind the times but I never knew about the
Java Virtual Machine Process Status Tool even though it's been around since Java 1.5.
Running jps on the command line with no options, shows me that my Hadoop processes are running.
18513 DataNode
18582 SecondaryNameNode
18761 Jps
18699 TaskTracker
18631 JobTracker
With the the -l option I can see the package names too
18513 org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.DataNode
18763 sun.tools.jps.Jps
18582 org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.namenode.SecondaryNameNode
18699 org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTracker
18631 org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobTracker
With -v I can see the the arguments passed to the JVM.
18513 DataNode -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Xserver -Dproc_datano...
18582 SecondaryNameNode -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Dproc_seconda...
18766 Jps -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Dapplication.home=/System/Li...
18699 TaskTracker -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Dproc_tasktracker -Xm ...
18631 JobTracker -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Dproc_jobtracker -Xmx ...
A useful tool that is certainly easier than
ps aux | grep java
Although do note that what looks like the OS process id is actually the local VM identifier which according to jps docs: "is typically, but not necessarily, the operating system's process identifier for the JVM proces"
