Problem in starting the web sphere server

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[5/16/06 13:52:42:931 IST] 7dad4062 ManagerAdmin I TRAS0017I: The startup trace state is *=all=disabled.

[5/16/06 13:52:42:946 IST] 7dad4062 AdminToolA ADMU3100I: Reading configuration for server: server1

[5/16/06 13:52:45:508 IST] 7dad4062 AdminToolA ADMU3028I: Conflict detected on port 8880. Likely causes: a) An instance of the server server1 is already running b) some other process is using port 8880

[5/16/06 13:52:45:508 IST] 7dad4062 AdminToolA ADMU3027E: An

Hi all,

I get the follwing exception when i start the server .How to resolve it.I check with netstat command but no other application is using that port how to resolve it ?

instance of the server may already be running: server1

[5/16/06 13:52:45:508 IST] 7dad4062 WsServerLaunc E ADMU3002E: Exception attempting to process server server1

[5/16/06 13:52:45:508 IST] 7dad4062 WsServerLaunc E ADMU3007E: Exception com.ibm.websphere.management.exception.AdminException: ADMU3027E: An instance of the server may already be running: server1

at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.WsServerLauncher.runTool(WsServerLauncher.java:209)

at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.AdminTool.executeUtility(AdminTool.java:173)

at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.WsServerLauncher.main(WsServerLauncher.java:93)

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:79)

at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:41)

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:386)

at com.ibm.ws.bootstrap.WSLauncher.main(WSLauncher.java:94)

[5/16/06 13:52:45:539 IST] 7dad4062 AdminToolE ADMU0111E: Program exiting with error: com.ibm.websphere.management.exception.AdminException: ADMU3027E: An instance of the server may already be running: server1

at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.WsServerLauncher.runTool(WsServerLauncher.java:209)

at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.AdminTool.executeUtility(AdminTool.java:173)

at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.WsServerLauncher.main(WsServerLauncher.java:93)

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:79)

at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:41)

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:386)

at com.ibm.ws.bootstrap.WSLauncher.main(WSLauncher.java:94)

[5/16/06 13:52:45:539 IST] 7dad4062 AdminToolA ADMU0111E: Program exiting with error: com.ibm.websphere.management.exception.AdminException: ADMU3027E: An instance of the server may already be running: server1

at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.WsServerLauncher.runTool(WsServerLauncher.java:209)

at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.AdminTool.executeUtility(AdminTool.java:173)

at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.WsServerLauncher.main(WsServerLauncher.java:93)

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:79)

at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:41)

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:386)

at com.ibm.ws.bootstrap.WSLauncher.main(WSLauncher.java:94)

[5/16/06 13:52:45:539 IST] 7dad4062 AdminToolA ADMU0211I: Error details may be seen in the file: C:\Program Files\WebSphere\AppServer\logs\server1\startServer.log

[5/16/06 13:52:45:555 IST] 7dad4062 AdminToolA ADMU1211I: To obtain a full trace of the failure, use the -trace option.

[3744 byte] By [mpramodka] at [2007-10-2 20:11:44]
# 1
I got similar errors in the past when the web server process was running in the background. Sometimes shutting down WAS does not work. Before you start WAS ensure that no java process is running or better try rebooting.
developerdevelopera at 2007-7-13 22:52:19 > top of Java-index,Enterprise & Remote Computing,Web Tier APIs...