diff -r 2c3cc4b01880 -r c16ac7a2eba4 src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/Repository.java
--- a/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/Repository.java	Wed Oct 30 16:14:56 2019 +0100
+++ b/src/jdk.jfr/share/classes/jdk/jfr/internal/Repository.java	Wed Oct 30 19:43:52 2019 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2012, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 
     public final static DateTimeFormatter REPO_DATE_FORMAT = DateTimeFormatter
             .ofPattern("yyyy_MM_dd_HH_mm_ss");
+    private static final String JFR_REPOSITORY_LOCATION_PROPERTY = "jdk.jfr.repository";
 
     private final Set<SafePath> cleanupDirectories = new HashSet<>();
     private SafePath baseLocation;
@@ -55,8 +56,7 @@
         return instance;
     }
 
-    public synchronized void setBasePath(SafePath baseLocation) throws Exception {
-
+    public synchronized void setBasePath(SafePath baseLocation) throws IOException {
         if(baseLocation.equals(this.baseLocation)) {
             Logger.log(LogTag.JFR, LogLevel.INFO, "Same base repository path " + baseLocation.toString() + " is set");
             return;
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         this.baseLocation = baseLocation;
     }
 
-    synchronized void ensureRepository() throws Exception {
+    public synchronized void ensureRepository() throws IOException {
         if (baseLocation == null) {
             setBasePath(SecuritySupport.JAVA_IO_TMPDIR);
         }
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    private static SafePath createRepository(SafePath basePath) throws Exception {
+    private static SafePath createRepository(SafePath basePath) throws IOException {
         SafePath canonicalBaseRepositoryPath = createRealBasePath(basePath);
         SafePath f = null;
 
@@ -113,13 +113,14 @@
         }
 
         if (i == MAX_REPO_CREATION_RETRIES) {
-            throw new Exception("Unable to create JFR repository directory using base location (" + basePath + ")");
+            throw new IOException("Unable to create JFR repository directory using base location (" + basePath + ")");
         }
         SafePath canonicalRepositoryPath = SecuritySupport.toRealPath(f);
+        SecuritySupport.setProperty(JFR_REPOSITORY_LOCATION_PROPERTY, canonicalRepositoryPath.toString());
         return canonicalRepositoryPath;
     }
 
-    private static SafePath createRealBasePath(SafePath safePath) throws Exception {
+    private static SafePath createRealBasePath(SafePath safePath) throws IOException {
         if (SecuritySupport.exists(safePath)) {
             if (!SecuritySupport.isWritable(safePath)) {
                 throw new IOException("JFR repository directory (" + safePath.toString() + ") exists, but isn't writable");
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@
                 SecuritySupport.clearDirectory(p);
                 Logger.log(LogTag.JFR, LogLevel.INFO, "Removed repository " + p);
             } catch (IOException e) {
-                Logger.log(LogTag.JFR, LogLevel.ERROR, "Repository " + p + " could not be removed at shutdown: " + e.getMessage());
+                Logger.log(LogTag.JFR, LogLevel.INFO, "Repository " + p + " could not be removed at shutdown: " + e.getMessage());
             }
         }
     }