SNEAK PREVIEW FAILS: SDM PORT 50018

[Former Member]

this is the error I am getting, when I apply the patch of SAP Web Application Server to SP5.

Any idea how to solve this ?

Jul 3, 2004 3:13:44 AM Info: Start logging to console

Jul 3, 2004 3:13:44 AM Info:

Jul 3, 2004 3:13:44 AM Info: ============================================

Jul 3, 2004 3:13:44 AM Info: = Starting to execute command 'deploy' =

Jul 3, 2004 3:13:44 AM Info: ============================================

Jul 3, 2004 3:13:44 AM Info: Starting SDM - Software Deployment Manager...

Jul 3, 2004 3:13:44 AM Info: tc/SL/SDM/SDM/sap.com/SAP AG/6.3005.00.0000.20040414093518.0000

Jul 3, 2004 3:13:45 AM Info: SDM operation mode successfully set to: Standalone

Jul 3, 2004 3:13:45 AM Info: Initializing Network Manager (50017)

Jul 3, 2004 3:13:45 AM Info: Checking if another SDM is running on port 50018

Jul 3, 2004 3:13:45 AM Error: Could not start SDM - another Server may be running already.

Jul 3, 2004 3:13:45 AM Error: Another SDM is running already for this SDM_HOME directory. Exiting. Throwable: com.sap.sdm.client_server.launch.SDMRunningException Throwable message: Another SDM instance is running on this host

Jul 3, 2004 3:13:45 AM Error: Processing error. Return code: 4

[Former Member]

Never mind, finally after rebooting my machine twice, installation worked fine. Well, I would still appreciate your thoughts on this.