title: Eclipse Websphere can't start the server.- Cannot connect to the server process
body: <p>I work with Eclipse and WebSphere. My company changes the user's permissions and  I'm not administrator.</p>
  
  <p>Today I want to start the WebSphere server from Eclipse and I get the message</p>
  
  <pre><code>Cannot connect to the server process. Make sure the server is already started
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I created another new server and I get the same message.</p>
  
  <p>From command screen I executed the command</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\SDP\runtimes\base_v7\profiles\AppSrv02\bin&gt;startServer.bat server1
  Denied access
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The whole error trace is</p>
  
  <pre><code>ADMU0116I: La información de la herramienta se está anotando en el archivo
             C:\Program Files
             (x86)\IBM\SDP\runtimes\base_v7\logs\server1\startServer.log
  java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:60)
          at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:37)
          at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:611)
          at com.ibm.ws.bootstrap.WSLauncher.main(WSLauncher.java:267)
  Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
          at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.WindowsService.getWindowsServiceNameForServer(WindowsService.java:209)
          at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.WindowsService.&lt;init&gt;(WindowsService.java:154)
          at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.WindowsService.getWindowsServiceInstance(WindowsService.java:139)
          at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.WsServerController.getWindowsServiceIfAvailable(WsServerController.java:161)
          at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.WsServerLauncher.getWindowsServiceIfAvailable(WsServerLauncher.java:157)
          at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.WsServerController.executeUtilityOnWindows(WsServerController.java:129)
          at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.WsServerLauncher.main(WsServerLauncher.java:138)
          ... 5 more
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/yEyzX.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/yEyzX.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>How can I start the webSphere from Eclipse? Do I need administrator permission?</p>
  
  <p><strong>EDITED</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>************ Start Display Current Environment ************
  Host Operating System is Windows 8, version 6.2 build 9200
  Java version = JRE 1.6.0 IBM J9 2.4 Windows 8 x86-32 jvmwi3260sr15-20131016_170922 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)
  J9VM - 20131016_170922
  JIT  - r9_20130920_46510ifx2
  GC   - GA24_Java6_SR15_20131016_1337_B170922, Java Compiler = j9jit24, Java VM name = IBM J9 VM
  was.install.root = C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\SDP\runtimes\base_v7
  user.install.root = null
  Java Home = C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\SDP\runtimes\base_v7\java\jre
  ws.ext.dirs = C:\\Program Files (x86)\\IBM\\SDP\\runtimes\\base_v7\\java\\lib;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\IBM\\SDP\\runtimes\\base_v7\\classes;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\IBM\\SDP\\runtimes\\base_v7\\lib;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\IBM\\SDP\\runtimes\\base_v7\\installedChannels;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\IBM\\SDP\\runtimes\\base_v7\\lib\\ext;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\IBM\\SDP\\runtimes\\base_v7\\web\\help;C:\\Program Files (x86)\\IBM\\SDP\\runtimes\\base_v7\\deploytool\\itp\\plugins\\com.ibm.etools.ejbdeploy\\runtime
  Classpath = C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\SDP\runtimes\base_v7\properties;C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\SDP\runtimes\base_v7\lib\startup.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\SDP\runtimes\base_v7\lib\bootstrap.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\SDP\runtimes\base_v7/lib/lmproxy.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\SDP\runtimes\base_v7/lib/urlprotocols.jar;C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\SDP\runtimes\base_v7\java\lib\tools.jar
  Java Library path = C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\SDP\runtimes\base_v7\java\jre\bin;C:\Windows\SysWOW64;C:\Windows;C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\SDP\runtimes\base_v7\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\SDP\runtimes\base_v7\java\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\SDP\runtimes\base_v7\java\jre\bin;C:\app\client\product\12.1.0\client_1\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\CA\SharedComponents\PEC\bin;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\Personal Communications\;C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\Trace Facility\;C:\Program Files (x86)\CA\SCM;.
  Current trace specification = *=info:com.ibm.*=all
  ************* End Display Current Environment *************
  [24/11/17 9:15:33:776 CET] 00000000 ManagerAdmin  I   TRAS0017I: El estado de rastreo de arranque es *=info:com.ibm.*=all.
  [24/11/17 9:15:33:792 CET] 00000000 WsServerContr 1   Executing executeUtilityOnWindows with args: C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\SDP\runtimes\base_v7\profiles\AppSrv02\config E101758Node03Cell E101758Node03 server1 
  [24/11/17 9:15:33:792 CET] 00000000 WsServerContr 1   Getting WindowsService obj with: server1 and C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\SDP\runtimes\base_v7\profiles\AppSrv02\config E101758Node03Cell E101758Node03 server1 
  [24/11/17 9:15:33:792 CET] 00000000 WindowsServic &gt;  WindowsService for server server1 Entry
                                   &lt;null&gt;
  [24/11/17 9:15:33:792 CET] 00000000 WindowsServic &gt;  getWindowsServiceNameForServer server1 Entry
                                   &lt;null&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>EDITED NEW TRACE</strong></p>
  
  <p>I created the new server with the profile was70profile1 and the name is server1</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\SDP\runtimes\base_v7\profiles\was70profile1\bin&gt;startServer.bat server1
  Denied Access
  ADMU0116I: La información de la herramienta se está anotando en el archivo
             C:\Program Files
             (x86)\IBM\SDP\runtimes\base_v7\logs\server1\startServer.log
  java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:60)
          at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:37)
          at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:611)
          at com.ibm.ws.bootstrap.WSLauncher.main(WSLauncher.java:267)
  Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
          at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.WindowsService.getWindowsServiceNameForServer(WindowsService.java:209)
          at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.WindowsService.&lt;init&gt;(WindowsService.java:154)
          at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.WindowsService.getWindowsServiceInstance(WindowsService.java:139)
          at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.WsServerController.getWindowsServiceIfAvailable(WsServerController.java:161)
          at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.WsServerLauncher.getWindowsServiceIfAvailable(WsServerLauncher.java:157)
          at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.WsServerController.executeUtilityOnWindows(WsServerController.java:129)
          at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.WsServerLauncher.main(WsServerLauncher.java:138)
          ... 5 more
  </code></pre>