A thread dump is a list of all the Java threads that are currently active in a Java Virtual Machine (JVM).
There are several ways to take thread dumps from a JVM. It is highly recommended to take more than 1 thread dump. A good practice is to take 10 thread dumps at a regular interval (for example, one thread dump every ten seconds).
The first piece of information you will need to be able to obtain a thread dump is your Java process's PID.
The Java JDK ships with the jps command which lists all Java process ids. You can run this command like this: