FULL PRODUCT VERSION :
java version "1.7.0-ea"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0-ea-b130)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 21.0-b02, mixed mode, sharing)

ADDITIONAL OS VERSION INFORMATION :
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
Run JDK7 process, run VisualVM, click on error on the bottom right-hand corner of visual vm

REGRESSION. Last worked in version 6u24


ERROR MESSAGES/STACK TRACES THAT OCCUR :
java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: sun.jvmstat.monitor.Monitor.getVariability()Lsun/management/counter/Variability;
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jvmstat.JvmstatModelImpl.findByName(JvmstatModelImpl.java:98)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jvm.JRockitJvmProvider.createModelFor(JRockitJvmProvider.java:52)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jvm.JRockitJvmProvider.createModelFor(JRockitJvmProvider.java:42)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.core.model.ModelFactory.getModel(ModelFactory.java:111)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.application.jvm.JvmFactory.getJVMFor(JvmFactory.java:65)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jvmstat.application.JvmstatApplicationProvider.processNewApplicationsByPids(JvmstatApplicationProvider.java:196)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jvmstat.application.JvmstatApplicationProvider.registerJvmstatConnection(JvmstatApplicationProvider.java:262)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jvmstat.application.JvmstatApplicationProvider.registerJvmstatConnections(JvmstatApplicationProvider.java:123)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jvmstat.application.JvmstatApplicationProvider.processNewHost(JvmstatApplicationProvider.java:116)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jvmstat.application.JvmstatApplicationProvider.access$000(JvmstatApplicationProvider.java:72)
at com.sun.tools.visualvm.jvmstat.application.JvmstatApplicationProvider$1.run(JvmstatApplicationProvider.java:95)
at org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Task.run(RequestProcessor.java:602)
[catch] at org.openide.util.RequestProcessor$Processor.run(RequestProcessor.java:1084)


REPRODUCIBILITY :
This bug can be reproduced always.