jMeter Server Mode - Windows can not find “rmiregistry”

Question

When I try to execute jMeter in server mode, I get this exception:

"Windows can not find 'rmiregistry'"

. I don't know how to solve this, I googled about it, but I didn't find anything related to my problem.

Answer 1

It sounds like you don't have the rmiregistry in your path. Make sure the java\bin directory is in your path.

Once that's done, to check it's working:

Start -> Run -> cmd -> start rmiregistry

If that doesn't work, check your path again.

You may need to start the registry yourself, before running the jmeter-server.bat. Additionally, edit the batch file to make sure it's running with the correct server settings.

Answer 2

Dylan's answer is the most likely, but just to add clarification, your path is stored as an environment variable in Windows. From the command line, you can run:

echo %PATH%

To see the value of the variable. You should see a semi-colon delimited output of various directory paths.

To append to the variable (if java\bin isn't in there) use the following:

set PATH=%PATH%;[full path to java\bin]

To check that the RMI registry has started correctly, you can check that it is listening on its standard port (1099 unless you've specified otherwise) with a tool such as TCP View.