How do i check the status for java virtual machine processes?

[giantpanda]

Run the following command.

$ jps
7330 Jps
789 Elasticsearch
1226 start.jar

With -l for full pathnames.

$ jps -l
789 org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch
9167 sun.tools.jps.Jps
1226 /opt/opscode/embedded/service/opscode-solr4/jetty/start.jar