Application server will not start up

Question

Hello,
I have read quite a few topics concerning this problem, and have tried many things but without success.
I am running on Windows XP Pro. The installation goes fine, but when I run a project, the application server cannot start, and I get a message after quite a long time saying that it can't start and to check my port numbers,etc.
I used to have Sun Java Creator, but I uninstalled it. I tried deleting the \Windows\System32\productregistry file. I tried uninstalling completely and reinstalling in C:\Sun\Creator2, but the problem is still the same. I tried deleting the domain with "asadmin" and recreating it, but I still get the problem.
I am posting all the relevant information from the logs, hopin someone will be able to help me out....
C:\Sun\Creator2ea2\install.log
(Jan 14, 2006 3:34:36 PM), Setup.product.install, com.installshield.wizard.platform.win32.Win32ProductServiceImpl, msg1, installing Files (coreFiles)
(Jan 14, 2006 3:35:42 PM), Setup.product.install, com.installshield.wizard.platform.win32.Win32ProductServiceImpl, msg1, installing Files (jdkFiles)
(Jan 14, 2006 3:36:32 PM), Setup.product.install, com.installshield.wizard.platform.win32.Win32ProductServiceImpl, msg1, installing Files (appserverFiles)
(Jan 14, 2006 3:36:45 PM), Setup.product.install, com.installshield.wizard.platform.win32.Win32ProductServiceImpl, msg1, installing Install Application Server Action (bean4)
(Jan 14, 2006 3:36:45 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.InstallApplicationServerAction, msg1, #
(Jan 14, 2006 3:36:45 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.InstallApplicationServerAction, msg1, # Wizard Statefile generatd by make_statefile.sh
(Jan 14, 2006 3:36:45 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.InstallApplicationServerAction, msg1, #
(Jan 14, 2006 3:36:45 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.InstallApplicationServerAction, msg1, # Wizard Statefile section for Sun Java System Application Server
(Jan 14, 2006 3:36:45 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.InstallApplicationServerAction, msg1, #
(Jan 14, 2006 3:36:45 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.InstallApplicationServerAction, msg1, [STATE_BEGIN Sun Java System Application Server 42cc62066aa69c151b1093bfcb735f8e112358e8]
(Jan 14, 2006 3:36:45 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.InstallApplicationServerAction, msg1, defaultInstallDirectory = C:\Sun\Creator2ea2\SunAppServer8
(Jan 14, 2006 3:36:45 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.InstallApplicationServerAction, msg1, currentInstallDirectory = C:\Sun\Creator2ea2\SunAppServer8
(Jan 14, 2006 3:36:45 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.InstallApplicationServerAction, msg1, JDK_LOCATION = C:\Sun\Creator2ea2\java
(Jan 14, 2006 3:36:45 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.InstallApplicationServerAction, msg1, INST_ASADMIN_USERNAME = admin
(Jan 14, 2006 3:36:45 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.InstallApplicationServerAction, msg1, INST_ASADMIN_PASSWORD = adminadmin
(Jan 14, 2006 3:36:45 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.InstallApplicationServerAction, msg1, INST_ASADMIN_PORT = 24848
(Jan 14, 2006 3:36:45 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.InstallApplicationServerAction, msg1, INST_ASWEB_PORT = 28080
(Jan 14, 2006 3:36:45 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.InstallApplicationServerAction, msg1, INST_HTTPS_PORT = 21043
(Jan 14, 2006 3:36:45 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.InstallApplicationServerAction, msg1, STORE_ADMIN_AUTH = FALSE
(Jan 14, 2006 3:36:45 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.InstallApplicationServerAction, msg1, ADMIN_PASSWORD_ENCRYPTED = FALSE
(Jan 14, 2006 3:36:45 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.InstallApplicationServerAction, msg1, CREATE_SAMPLES_DOMAIN = FALSE
(Jan 14, 2006 3:36:45 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.InstallApplicationServerAction, msg1, CREATE_DESKTOP_SHORTCUT = FALSE
(Jan 14, 2006 3:36:45 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.InstallApplicationServerAction, msg1, [STATE_DONE Sun Java System Application Server 42cc62066aa69c151b1093bfcb735f8e112358e8]
(Jan 14, 2006 3:36:45 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.InstallApplicationServerAction, msg1, Installing Application Server...
(Jan 14, 2006 3:37:58 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.InstallApplicationServerAction, msg1,
Checking available disk space...
Checking Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment...
Extracting installation files...
Launching Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment...
Deleting temporary files...
"exitcode = 73"
(Jan 14, 2006 3:37:58 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.InstallApplicationServerAction, msg1, Finished
(Jan 14, 2006 3:37:58 PM), Setup.product.install, com.installshield.wizard.platform.win32.Win32ProductServiceImpl, msg1, installing Post Install Core Action (postInstallCoreAction)
(Jan 14, 2006 3:40:32 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, The following script has unexpecTed output: "C:\Sun\Creator2ea2\bin\storagebuilder.bat"
(Jan 14, 2006 3:40:32 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, preparsing C:\Sun\Creator2ea2\rave2.0\core\rowset.jar
(Jan 14, 2006 3:40:32 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, C:\Temp\mdrstorage\storage
(Jan 14, 2006 3:40:32 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, ... done
(Jan 14, 2006 3:40:32 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, preparsing C:\Sun\Creator2ea2\rave2.0\core\sqlx.jar
<SNIP>
(Jan 14, 2006 3:41:53 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, The following script has unexpected output: "C:\Sun\Creator2ea2\bin\pe-init-tray.bat"
(Jan 14, 2006 3:41:53 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, C:\Sun\CREATO~1\\rave2.0\startup\lib\Windows-i386\jdic_0_9.jar
(Jan 14, 2006 3:41:53 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, C:\Sun\CREATO~1\\rave2.0\startup\lib\Windows-i386\LICENSE.jdic_0_9
(Jan 14, 2006 3:41:53 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, C:\Sun\CREATO~1\\rave2.0\startup\lib\Windows-i386\tray.dll
(Jan 14, 2006 3:41:53 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, 3 fichier(s) copi�(s).
(Jan 14, 2006 3:41:53 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, 1 fichier(s) copi�(s).
(Jan 14, 2006 3:41:53 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, Avertissements de compilation :
(Jan 14, 2006 3:41:53 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, line 31: L'attribut 'classname' est � l'ext�rieur de l'�l�ment.
(Jan 14, 2006 3:45:08 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, The following script has unexpected output: "C:\Sun\Creator2ea2\bin\pe-start.bat"
(Jan 14, 2006 3:45:08 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, WARNING: The adminpassword option is insecure and should not be used since it can compromise your password.  Please use either the command prompt or the passwordfile option.
(Jan 14, 2006 3:45:08 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, Domain creator created.
(Jan 14, 2006 3:45:08 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, Starting Domain creator, please wait.
(Jan 14, 2006 3:45:08 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, Log redirected to C:\Sun\Creator2ea2\SunAppServer8\domains\creator\logs\server.log.
(Jan 14, 2006 3:45:08 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, Timeout waiting for domain creator to go to starting state.
(Jan 14, 2006 3:45:08 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, Avertissements de compilation :
(Jan 14, 2006 3:45:08 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, line 44: L'attribut 'debug-options' est � l'ext�rieur de l'�l�ment.
(Jan 14, 2006 3:45:08 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, line 61: L'attribut 'port' est � l'ext�rieur de l'�l�ment.
(Jan 14, 2006 3:45:08 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, line 72: L'attribut 'port' est � l'ext�rieur de l'�l�ment.
(Jan 14, 2006 3:45:08 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, line 83: L'attribut 'port' est � l'ext�rieur de l'�l�ment.
(Jan 14, 2006 3:45:08 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, line 104: L'attribut 'port' est � l'ext�rieur de l'�l�ment.
(Jan 14, 2006 3:45:08 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, line 115: L'attribut 'port' est � l'ext�rieur de l'�l�ment.
(Jan 14, 2006 3:45:08 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, line 126: L'attribut 'port' est � l'ext�rieur de l'�l�ment.
(Jan 14, 2006 3:45:08 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, line 144: L'attribut 'port' est � l'ext�rieur de l'�l�ment.
(Jan 14, 2006 3:45:08 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, line 155: L'attribut 'port' est � l'ext�rieur de l'�l�ment.
(Jan 14, 2006 3:45:08 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, CLI156 Could not start the domain creator.
(Jan 14, 2006 3:45:41 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, The following script has unexpected output: "C:\Sun\Creator2ea2\bin\deploy-ejbs.bat"
(Jan 14, 2006 3:45:41 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, WARNING: The password option is insecure and should not be used since it can compromise your password.  Please use either the command prompt or the passwordfile option.
(Jan 14, 2006 3:45:41 PM), Setup.product.install, com.sun.installer.PostInstallWizardAction, msg1, Unable to connect to admin-server. Please check if the server is up and running and that the host and port provided are correct.
etc.
etc.
Hope I haven't drowned you with this log....
Thanks,
Raphael

Answer 1

Here's a bit more information : the output of the C:\Sun\Creator2ea2\SunAppServer8\domains\creator\logs\server.log file :
[#|2006-01-14T15:42:08.188+0100|WARNING|sun-appserver-pe8.1_02|javax.enterprise.tools.launcher|_ThreadID=10;|LAUNCHER005:Spaces in your PATH have been detected. The PATH must be consistently formated (e.g. C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0\bin; ) or the Appserver may not be able to start and/or stop.  Mixed quoted spaces in your PATH can cause problems, so the launcher will remove all double quotes before invoking the process. The most reliable solution would be to remove all spaces from your path before starting the Appservers components.  |#]
[#|2006-01-14T15:42:08.198+0100|INFO|sun-appserver-pe8.1_02|javax.enterprise.tools.launcher|_ThreadID=10;|
C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/java\bin\java
-client
-XX:PermSize=32m
-XX:MaxPermSize=128m
-XX:+CMSPermGenSweepingEnabled
-Xmx512m
-XX:NewRatio=2
-Dcom.sun.aas.defaultLogFile=C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/domains/creator/logs/server.log
-Djava.endorsed.dirs=C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib/endorsed
-Djava.security.policy=C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/domains/creator/config/server.policy
-Djava.security.auth.login.config=C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/domains/creator/config/login.conf
-Dsun.rmi.dgc.server.gcInterval=3600000
-Dsun.rmi.dgc.client.gcInterval=3600000
-Djavax.net.ssl.keyStore=C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/domains/creator/config/keystore.jks
-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/domains/creator/config/cacerts.jks
-Djava.ext.dirs=C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/java/jre/lib/ext;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/domains/creator/lib/ext
-Djdbc.drivers=com.pointbase.jdbc.jdbcUniversalDriver
-Djavax.management.builder.initial=com.sun.enterprise.admin.server.core.jmx.AppServerMBeanServerBuilder
-Dcom.sun.enterprise.config.config_environment_factory_class=com.sun.enterprise.config.serverbeans.AppserverConfigEnvironmentFactory
-Dcom.sun.enterprise.taglibs=appserv-jstl.jar,jsf-impl.jar
-Dcom.sun.enterprise.taglisteners=jsf-impl.jar
-Djavax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory=com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl
-Dcom.sun.aas.configName=server-config
-Dorg.xml.sax.parser=org.xml.sax.helpers.XMLReaderAdapter
-Ddomain.name=creator
-Djmx.invoke.getters=true
-Djavax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory=com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.DocumentBuilderFactoryImpl
-Dcom.sun.aas.promptForIdentity=true
-Dorg.xml.sax.driver=com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.SAXParser
-Dcom.sun.aas.instanceRoot=C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/domains/creator
-Djavax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory=com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.TransformerFactoryImpl
-Dcom.sun.aas.domainName=creator
-Djava.util.logging.manager=com.sun.enterprise.server.logging.ServerLogManager
-Dproduct.name=Sun-Java-System/Application-Server
-Dcom.sun.enterprise.overrideablejavaxpackages=javax.faces,javax.servlet.jsp.jstl,javax.xml.bind,javax.help
-Dcom.sun.aas.configRoot=C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/config
-Djava.library.path=C:\Sun\Creator2ea2\java\jre\bin\client;C:\Sun\Creator2ea2\SunAppServer8\lib;C:\Sun\Creator2ea2\SunAppServer8\lib;C:\Sun\Creator2ea2\java\bin;.;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\Sun\Creator2ea2\SunAppServer8\lib;C:\Sun\Creator2ea2\SunAppServer8\bin;C:\Sun\Creator2ea2\SunAppServer8\lib;C:\Sun\Creator2ea2\SunAppServer8\bin;C:\Sun\Creator2ea2\SunAppServer8\bin;C:\Sun\Creator2ea2\SunAppServer8\bin;C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\;C:\Program Files\Borland\BDS\4.0\Bin;C:\PROGRA~1\Borland\CBUILD~3\Bin;C:\PROGRA~1\Borland\CBUILD~3\Projects\Bpl;C:\Oracle\OraHomeAPISOFT\bin;C:\Program Files\Oracle\jre\1.1.7\bin;C:\Program Files\Borland\Delphi7\Bin;C:\Program Files\Borland\Delphi7\Projects\Bpl\;C:\PROGRA~1\Borland\CBUILDER5\Projects\Bpl;C:\PROGRA~1\Borland\CBUILDER3\bin;C:\PROGRA~1\Borland\CBUILDER5\bin;C:\PROGRA~1\Borland\CBUILDER\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\WinSCP3\;C:\Program Files\Fichiers communs\GTK\2.0\bin;C:\Tools;C:\Program Files\vPoint_XP;C:\Program Files\Sybase\SQL Anywhere 9\win32;C:\Program Files\Sybase\Shared\win32;C:\Program Files\Sybase\SQL Anywhere 9\drivers;C:\Program Files\Sybase\Shared\Sybase Central 4.3\win32;C:\SuperWabaSDK\SuperWabaSDK\bin;C:\Java\Ant\bin\;c:\JbuilderX\jdk1.4\bin;C:\Java\SuperWabaSDK\qrfSQL\win32;C:\Java\SuperWabaSDK\WExtLib\jni\VC\Release;C:\Java\FirebirdSQL\jaybird.dll;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\SOTI\MobiControl;;C:\Documents and Settings\Microtec\Mes documents\Borland Studio Projects\Bpl;C:\PROGRA~1\FICHIE~1\ORACLE\BIN
-Dcom.sun.aas.instanceName=server
-Dcom.sun.aas.processLauncher=SE
-cp
C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/java/lib/tools.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib/appserv-rt.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\activation.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\admin-cli.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\appserv-admin.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\appserv-cmp.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\appserv-env.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\appserv-ext.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\appserv-jstl.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\appserv-upgrade.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\commons-launcher.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\commons-logging.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\dom.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\driveradapter.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\j2ee-svc.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\j2ee.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\jax-qname.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\jaxr-api.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\jaxr-impl.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\jaxrpc-api.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\jaxrpc-impl.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\jdic_0_9.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\jmxremote.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\jmxremote_optional.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\jsf-api.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\jsf-impl.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\mail.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\PEtray.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\relaxngDatatype.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\rmissl.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\saaj-api.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\saaj-impl.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\smbase.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\smdb2.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\sminformix.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\smoracle.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\smresource.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\smspy.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\smsqlserver.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\smsybase.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\smutil.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\xalan.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\xercesImpl.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib\xsdlib.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib/install/applications/jmsra/imqjmsra.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/imq/lib/jaxm-api.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/imq/lib/fscontext.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/lib/ant/lib/ant.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/pointbase/lib/pbclient.jar;C:/Sun/Creator2ea2/SunAppServer8/pointbase/lib/pbembedded.jar
com.sun.rave.tray.RavePEMain
start
display
native|#]
*** EXITING ERROR:
Can't create Java VM
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