[Solved] instance of the server may be already running

[Solved] instance of the server may be already running:

you will face this issue generally if your server in eclipse or rational application architect (RSA) is running more than one instance. You can kill all the running processes and restart your server to resolve this issue.

Error: instance of the server may be already running

Root Cause: If more than one java.exe is running in your machine then you will get the instance of the server may be already running error/exception.

Solution:

You can kill the java.exe by using the below commands in windows.

taskkill.exe /IM java.exe

sometimes the above command won’t work, then you can try to kill forcefully using below command,

taskkill.exe /F /IM java.exe

This will kill all the java.exe.

 

Note:

1. You must have admin rights to run the above commands.

2. This command will kill all the running java.exe processes, you can start your java.exe instance after killing it again.