JVisualVM Memory Sampling : Remote applications are not supported

I am trying to monitor remote tomcat process with JVisualVM in Red Hat Linux. CPU sampling works fine but Memory sampling tab is disabled. It says "Memory sampling: Not available. Remote applications are not supported".

Command line parameters of process:

-Djavac.source=1.5 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote 
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false 
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=11107

JVisualVm details:

Version: 
1.6.0_24 (Build 100930); platform 100909-1140d3a55456
System: 
Linux (2.6.18-53.1.14.el5) , i386 32bit
Java: 
1.6.0_24; Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (19.1-b02, mixed mode)

Is there something which I am missing. I am quite new to all this.

Solution

Memory sampling uses Attach API, which only works for local application running under the same user as VisualVM. You can run the VisualVM on the remote machine and use remote X session to display the output on your local machine.