Deployment error: Failed to start server localhost:25848. See the server l

Question

Hi,
I am new to this Studio Creator 2 so that I decided to follow "Sun Java Studio Creator 2 - Tutorials - Using the Debugger".
I followed the instructions word by word and have no problem running it.
But Whenever I run it under the 'debugging' mode, I got an error ( at step 2. Examining local variables in the tutorial) as follows.
It directs me to look at the server log file for more and I clicked on the link on the same pane (Output window in the bottom of IDE) but it doesn't mean much to me -- partly due to me being a newbie???
Here is a bunch of error messages being generated under the debug mode[F5]. Did anyone have a similar problem before?
---- Messages from the output window -----------------------------------
init:
deps-module-jar:
deps-ear-jar:
deps-jar:
library-inclusion-in-archive:
library-inclusion-in-manifest:
compile:
compile-jsps:
pluto-hack-web-xml-run:
portlet-container-deploy:
jsCreatorDist:
debug:
Stopping server localhost:25848
E:\Program Files\Sun\Creator2_1\SunAppServer8\bin\asadmin.bat stop-domain --domaindir E:\Program Files\Sun\Creator2_1\SunAppServer8\domains\ creator
Starting debug server localhost:25848
E:\Program Files\Sun\Creator2_1\SunAppServer8\bin\asadmin.bat start-domain debug=true domaindir E:\Program Files\Sun\Creator2_1\SunAppServer8\domains\ creator
Start debug on localhost:25848 timeout or interrupted
Failed to start server localhost:25848
Deployment error: Failed to start server localhost:25848. See the server log file for details.
Exception=Deployment error: Failed to start server localhost:25848. See the server log file for details.
Deployment error: Failed to start server localhost:25848. See the server log file for details.
at org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.deployment.devmodules.api.Deployment.deploy(Deployment.java:198)
at org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.ant.Deploy.execute(Deploy.java:75)
at org.apache.tools.ant.UnknownElement.execute(UnknownElement.java:275)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Task.perform(Task.java:364)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.execute(Target.java:341)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Target.performTasks(Target.java:369)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTarget(Project.java:1214)
at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.executeTargets(Project.java:1062)
at org.apache.tools.ant.module.bridge.impl.BridgeImpl.run(BridgeImpl.java:234)
at org.apache.tools.ant.module.run.TargetExecutor.run(TargetExecutor.java:242)
at org.netbeans.core.execution.RunClassThread.run(RunClassThread.java:125)
Caused by: Failed to start server localhost:25848
at org.netbeans.modules.j2ee.deployment.devmodules.api.Deployment.deploy(Deployment.java:152)
... 10 more
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Creator\Projects\DebugExample\nbproject\build-impl.xml:525: Deployment error: Failed to start server localhost:25848. See the server log file for details.
BUILD FAILED (total time: 4 minutes 31 seconds)

Answer 1

Check the following :
Try starting the server without deploying. The server can be started from the server window. Also, check the server log file , will give more info on why it failed.
To view the Sun Java System Application Server log file:
In the Servers window, right-click the Deployment Server node and choose View Server Log.
In any text editor, open the log file in the following location: install-directory\SunAppServer8\domains\creator\logs\server.log
Please go through the FAQ titled "Why doesn't Application Server start up" which is at :http://developers.sun.com/prodtech/javatools/jscreator/reference/faqs/technical/depsrvs/
Also, the port used by default is localhost:24848 when I tried the tutorial ..