frank@Rena# uname -a
FreeBSD Rena.FStaals.LAN 8.0-RC1 FreeBSD 8.0-RC1 #0: Mon Nov  2 13:45:35 CET 2009     root@Rena.FStaals.LAN:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/RENAKERNEL  amd64
frank@Rena# java -version
java version "1.6.0_03-p4"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_03-p4-frank_30_oct_2009_09_44-b00)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 1.6.0_03-p4-frank_30_oct_2009_09_44-b00, mixed mode)
frank@Rena# sockstat -4 | grep 4848                 
frank@Rena# sh startserv
Nov 21, 2009 2:57:44 PM com.sun.enterprise.admin.launcher.GFLauncherLogger info
INFO: JVM invocation command line:
/usr/local/jdk1.6.0/bin/java
-cp
/home/frank/head/glassfish/glassfishv3/glassfish/modules/glassfish.jar
-XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions
-XX:MaxPermSize=192m
-XX:NewRatio=2
-XX:+LogVMOutput
-XX:LogFile=/home/frank/head/glassfish/glassfishv3/glassfish/domains/domain1/logs/jvm.log
-Xmx512m
-client
-javaagent:/home/frank/head/glassfish/glassfishv3/glassfish/lib/monitor/btrace-agent.jar=unsafe=true,noServer=true
-Dosgi.shell.telnet.maxconn=1
-Djdbc.drivers=org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver
-Dfelix.fileinstall.dir=/home/frank/head/glassfish/glassfishv3/glassfish/modules/autostart/
-Djavax.net.ssl.keyStore=/home/frank/head/glassfish/glassfishv3/glassfish/domains/domain1/config/keystore.jks
-Dosgi.shell.telnet.port=6666
-Djava.security.policy=/home/frank/head/glassfish/glassfishv3/glassfish/domains/domain1/config/server.policy
-Dfelix.fileinstall.poll=5000
-Dcom.sun.aas.instanceRoot=/home/frank/head/glassfish/glassfishv3/glassfish/domains/domain1
-Dcom.sun.enterprise.config.config_environment_factory_class=com.sun.enterprise.config.serverbeans.AppserverConfigEnvironmentFactory
-Dosgi.shell.telnet.ip=127.0.0.1
-Djava.endorsed.dirs=/home/frank/head/glassfish/glassfishv3/glassfish/modules/endorsed:/home/frank/head/glassfish/glassfishv3/glassfish/lib/endorsed
-Dcom.sun.aas.installRoot=/home/frank/head/glassfish/glassfishv3/glassfish
-Djava.ext.dirs=/usr/local/jdk1.6.0/lib/ext:/usr/local/jdk1.6.0/jre/lib/ext:/home/frank/head/glassfish/glassfishv3/glassfish/domains/domain1/lib/ext
-Dfelix.fileinstall.bundles.new.start=true
-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=/home/frank/head/glassfish/glassfishv3/glassfish/domains/domain1/config/cacerts.jks
-Dcom.sun.enterprise.security.httpsOutboundKeyAlias=s1as
-Djava.security.auth.login.config=/home/frank/head/glassfish/glassfishv3/glassfish/domains/domain1/config/login.conf
-DANTLR_USE_DIRECT_CLASS_LOADING=true
-Dfelix.fileinstall.debug=1
-Dorg.glassfish.web.rfc2109_cookie_names_enforced=false
-Djava.library.path=/home/frank/head/glassfish/glassfishv3/glassfish/lib:/usr/local/jdk1.6.0/jre/lib/amd64/server:/usr/local/jdk1.6.0/jre/lib/amd64:/usr/local/jdk1.6.0/lib/amd64:/usr/java/packages/lib/amd64:/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib
com.sun.enterprise.glassfish.bootstrap.ASMain
-domainname
domain1
-asadmin-args
start-domain,,,--verbose
-instancename
server
-verbose
true
-debug
false
-asadmin-classpath
/home/frank/head/glassfish/glassfishv3/glassfish/modules/admin-cli.jar
-asadmin-classname
com.sun.enterprise.admin.cli.AsadminMain
-upgrade
false
-domaindir
/home/frank/head/glassfish/glassfishv3/glassfish/domains/domain1
-read-stdin
true
There is a process already using the admin port 4848 -- it probably is another instance of a GlassFish server.
Command start-domain failed.