Websphere Application Server v8 can't connect to server process

Question

My WAS8 server refuses to start. I've restarted the server, cleaned it, removed all EARs, restarted RAD, restarted my computer, and even re-installed Websphere but the error remains. Any ideas, before I reinstall RAD?

Solution 1

A few things I would check:

• Making sure the ports are set correctly and not occupied
• If it's a secured profile, make sure the credentials are set correctly
• Try to start the server in cmdline <WAS install dir/profiles/<profileName>/bin/startServer <serverName>
• Try creating a new profile if none of the above works

Solution 2

open RAD as "Run as administrator".

Solution 3

Uncheck the "Start server with a generated script" option.

Comments

[Nintendot]

not sure why the path got cut off, it was suppose to be <WAS install dir>/profiles/<profileName>/bin/startServer <serverName>

[Rumit Patel]

single-line solution should be in comment.

[Rakesh Burbure]

this should be added as comment, not answer.

[Philip Rego]

This isn't a sentence.

[Philip Rego]

This worked for me +1, but "Test Connection" fails and breakpoints in JSP pages don't work