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• The JVM id is only internally available and cannot be accessed using normal Java methods.
• Use Java Management to retrieve the start time of the JVM (only java 5)

For Java5:

Use Java Management to retrieve the start time of the JVM

ManagementFactory.getRuntimeMXBean().getStartTime()

Java 1.4 and higher

Make use of System.getProperties(). But this does not provide any unique identification of a JVM!

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