From: Peter Williams <Pete.Williams_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:13:57 -0800

I need to know how to get the status (stopped, running, etc.) of a
server instance inside a cluster using either the AMX api (preferable)
or JMX calls. I wasn't able to find a JMX field that contains this
information though. Does anyone know where I should be looking?

-Peter