title: Command-line-based daemon for Java Mission Control? Alternatives?
body: <p>I have been asked to investigate Oracle Java Mission Control, so that server-side Java applications may be monitored and actions taken (e.g., alerts emitted and logged, flight recordings saved) under certain conditions. Java Mission Control's trigger system, where you specify conditions and actions, meets our needs, but it seems to depend on the GUI application ("Oracle Java Mission Control") being running, implying that triggers are not the monitored JMX server's responsibility. Is this the case? There are a number of servers usually accessed via terminal...</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way of running Java Mission Control as a daemon, from a terminal session, unattended, while retaining and obeying any specified trigger rules (e.g., imported from an XML file)?</p>
  
  <p>If not, are there competing tools with a similar trigger system that can fill the void?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks! :)</p>