Getting "Unable to open socket file" message when executing jstack / jmap / jcmd and unable to generate a thread dump / heap dump

Issue

• Got the following "Unable to open socket file: target process not responding or HotSpot VM not loaded" when executing jstack command and unable to generate a thread dump:

  [root@myhost /tmp]# jstack -l <JAVA_PID>
  <JAVA_PID>: Unable to open socket file: target process not responding or HotSpot VM not loaded 
  The -F option can be used when the target process is not responding
  

• Got the following "Unable to open socket file: target process not responding or HotSpot VM not loaded" when executing jmap command and unable to generate a heap dump:

  [root@myhost /tmp]# jmap -dump:format=b,file=heap.hprof <JAVA_PID>
  <JAVA_PID>: Unable to open socket file: target process not responding or HotSpot VM not loaded 
  The -F option can be used when the target process is not responding
  

• Same error was thrown when executing jcmd <JAVA_PID> GC.heap_dump -all=true FILENAME.hprof

• Got the above message when executing jmap -histo:live <PID> command.