jps and jvmtop are tools for monitoring Java processes and JVMs. jps lists Java processes similarly to ps and provides options like -l for fully qualified class names. jvmtop is like top but for Java processes, showing columns for PID, memory usage, CPU usage, GC activity, and more. Both tools get process information from /tmp files, so beware of tools like tmpwatch that may delete these files and cause processes to go unmonitored.