Why can't I browse MBeans on the WebSphere Application Server (WAS)?

[pclark]

In certain situations, you may encounter the following exception in the agent.log file for the Java Agent deployed on the WebSphere Application Server (WAS).

[AD Thread-Transient Event Channel Poller0] 17 Aug 2011 08:14:08,031
ERROR JMXTransientOperationsHandler - Error trying to lookup clz -
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.ibm.ws.security.core.SecurityContext

To resolve this issue:

1. From the WAS administration console, navigate to the JVM settings for the server of interest: Application servers -> <server> -> Process Definition -> Java Virtual Machine.

2. Remove the following setting from the generic JVM settings:

3. -Djavax.management.builder.initial = -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote