Websphere is not starting

[rti...@gmail.com]

Hi,

i have installed Webshpere application server on Fedora OS. After configuring Websphere, i installed my application and could see the application in the list of installed applications. But after that the webshpere admin console stopped running. when i restarted the websphere i get this:
[root@localhost bin]# ./startServer.sh server1 -trace
ADMU0115I: Trace mode is on.
ADMU0116I: Tool information is being logged in file
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/AppSrv01/logs/server1/startServer.log
ADMU0128I: Starting tool with the AppSrv01 profile
ADMU3100I: Reading configuration for server: server1
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
ADMU3027E: An instance of the server may already be running: server1
ADMU0111E: Program exiting with error:
com.ibm.websphere.management.exception.AdminException: ADMU3027E: An
instance of the server may already be running: server1
ADMU0211I: Error details may be seen in the file:
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/AppSrv01/logs/server1/startServer.log
***********************************************************************************
I tried to kill the process and restarted again, but could not get it to restart.
Please help me if you have a solution to start websphere.

Thanks.

Regards,
Rtisan

[Juanma Martinez]

rti...@gmail.com escribió:

You will need to find out what is using port 8880 or configure WebSphere
to another port.

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Juanma Martinez

[anders...@seb.se]

Hi Rtisan,<br/>
Maybe there is something else than WAS listening on port 8880? Try to find out which process it is using the <code>lsof</code> command or an equivalent command if not available on Fedora. On Solaris you would use <code>lsof -i :8880</code><br/><br/>
/Anders

[Jim Palistrant]

Sometimes an instance of WebSphere is still running, take a look at your
process list. Also take a look at the indicated log, that is sometimes
helpful.

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Jim Palistrant
IBM Tivoli WW Technical Evangelist/Enablement - ITCAM

[rti...@gmail.com]

Hi Anders,

Thanks for your reply.

i tried to kill all java and Websphere processes and retried to start Websphere but got the same output.
i checked for 8880 and got this output:
[root@localhost bin]# netstat -an|grep 8880
tcp 0 0 :::8880 :::* LISTEN

Please tell me how can i kill the 8880 process.

Thanks.

[rober...@icfconsulting.com]

Rtisan,

<p>
Why don't you just change the 8880 port in your serverindex.xml file? There is no special significance to the SOAP port number.

<p>
You can find the ports in use by executing:

<p>
netstat -an | grep LISTEN
<p>
If you really want to figure out what process is using the port, you can look in the /etc/services file. Or, you need to look at the Fedora OS documentation to figure out what process is using the port.

<p>
Also, try rebooting your machine if you have not already tried that.

<p>
Robert

[YOUNG]

Robert's solution is enough good.

[anders...@seb.se]

<div class="jive-quote"><span class="jive-quote-header">Rtisan wrote:</span>

i checked for 8880 and got this output:
[root@localhost bin]# netstat -an|grep 8880
tcp 0 0 :::8880 :::* LISTEN

Please tell me how can i kill the 8880 process.

</div>

Doesn't Fedora has an equivalent to <code>lsof</code>? You might have to be root or a user with priviliged rights to use the command. The <code>netstat</code> command doesn't show which PID is currently listening to the port so I can't tell you which process to kill. The <code>lsof</code> command however will show which PID it is. I haven't used Fedora myself, but I would be suprised if <code>lsof</code> is not included among its' packages.
<br/>
/Anders

[anders...@seb.se]

Is there anything useful within the servers' SystemOut and/or SystemErr log?<br/>
<br/>
/Anders

[rti...@gmail.com]

Thanks for your help.

My problem is not yet solved.

I did lsof -i:8880 and killed all java and webserver processes and s\tried to start WAS.

[root@localhost bin]# ./startServer.sh server1 -trace
ADMU0115I: Trace mode is on.
ADMU0116I: Tool information is being logged in file
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/AppSrv01/logs/server1/startServer.log
ADMU0128I: Starting tool with the AppSrv01 profile
ADMU3100I: Reading configuration for server: server1

ADMU3200I: Server launched. Waiting for initialization status.

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After this line there was no response and i did not get the line that the server is open in business mode.
Actually, this problem happens after i install my ear file in WAS, it stops responding.
I am using WAS 6.0 in Fedora 5.
Please let me know if you have any idea about fixing the issue.

Regards,
Rtisan

[rti...@gmail.com]

Hi,<br />
<br />
After struggling a lot with Websphere and Fedora 5, i have now upgraded my O.S. to Fedora 7 and reinstalled Websphere.<br />
<br />
Now the problem has been partially solved, as in, after i install my .ear file in WAS and try to restart websphere, it does not start and behaves the same way. <br />
<br />
But this time i tried to reboot my machine and tried to start websphere and this time is started. To my surprise, i saw the line :"ADMU3000I: Server server1 open for e-business; process id is 2871"<br />
:)<br />
<br />
So now every time i install the ear file or make any changes in WAS and want to restart it, i have to reboot my machine.<br />
<br />
i have tried to kill all java processes and restart WAS, but it does not help. Only reboot start WAS.<br />
<br />
If you can suggest something to avoid rebooting every time, please do.<br />
<br />
Thanks.

[Ken Hygh]

What error do you receive when you try to restart WAS? We really cannot
help you if you don't give us any information.

Ken

[Sven Vermeulen]

Also make sure that your system parameters are set correctly. For instance, the maximum open files for a user (ulimit -n) should be set to at least 8192 or so. As it works when you've just booted your system, but not afterwards, I suspect something in this misconfigured in this area.

[rti...@gmail.com]

I do not get any error message, it just stops responding after this<br />
<strike>root@localhost ~</strike># cd /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/bin<br />
<strike>root@localhost bin</strike># ./startServer.sh server1<br />
ADMU0116I: Tool information is being logged in file<br />
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/AppSrv01/logs/server1/startServer.log<br />
ADMU0128I: Starting tool with the AppSrv01 profile<br />
ADMU3100I: Reading configuration for server: server1<br />
ADMU3200I: Server launched. Waiting for initialization status.<br />
<hr />
After this line even if i wait for 1 hour for the server to intialize and say that "the server is open in e-business mode" there is no response.<br />
<br />
I hope the scenario is understood now.<br />
<br />
Thanks

[anders...@seb.se]

What about in the SystemOut log? The default location should be:<br/>
<code>/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/AppSrv01/logs/server1/SystemOut.log</code>.<br/>
<br/>
/Anders