Intialize services.bat script getting failed.

Question

C:\Endeca\Apps\simplecatalog\control>initialize_services.bat
[07.12.14 13:07:57] SEVERE: Caught exception while querying for defined
application list.
Occurred while executing line 18 of valid BeanShell script:
15|
16|      // If the application is already defined
17|      // log an error and exit with code 1
18|      if (app.isDefined()) {
19|        log.severe("An application
already exists with the name, \"" + provObj.getAppName() +
"\". " +
20|                
"Please use the '--force' option if you want to replace all existing
configuration.");
21|        System.exit(1);
[07.12.14 13:07:57] SEVERE: Caught an exception while invoking method 'run' on
object 'AssertNotDefined'. Releasing locks.
Caused by java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl invoke0 - null
Caused by com.endeca.soleng.eac.toolkit.exception.AppControlException
com.endeca.soleng.eac.toolkit.script.Script runBeanShellScript - Error
executing valid BeanShell script.
Caused by com.endeca.soleng.eac.toolkit.exception.EacCommunicationException
com.endeca.soleng.eac.toolkit.application.Application isDefined - Caught
exception while querying for defined application list.
Caused by org.apache.axis.AxisFault
org.apache.axis.AxisFault makeFault - ; nested exception is:
        java.net.ConnectException:
Connection refused: connect
Caused by java.net.ConnectException
java.net.PlainSocketImpl socketConnect - Connection refused: connect
Can someone please help me on this to clear this exception.

Answer 1

Connection refused likely means that you don't have a service runnning that you need.  Example :  Do you have platform services running?  You can test this with runCommand.