One way is using the feature of multicast broker discovery http://activemq.apache.org/discovery-transport-reference.html
Then, every >500ms, a broadcast datagram is sent for each transport on each broker. 239.255.2.3 UDP D=6155 S=6155 The message indicates the transport that is running. ----- Michael Hayes B.Sc. (NUI), M.Sc. (DCU), SCSA SCNA -- View this message in context: http://activemq.2283324.n4.nabble.com/How-to-check-if-active-BrokerService-is-already-started-tp4652819p4652830.html Sent from the ActiveMQ - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.