Thread: I am getting error while starting a websphere server

The publish encountered some problems and the application may not have been installed or it may have been successfully installed but was unable to start. View the Details to display the exceptions and server logs that occurred during the publish.

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Failed to update application
Failed to update application
Please see server logs for more details.
[7/2/13 12:33:49:336 GMT+05:30] 00000020 SystemErr R com.ibm.websphere.management.exception.AdminExcept ion: ADMA0173E: The EAR file for application admin is not managed by WebSphere. Therefore, any operation such as getEarFile that involves changing the EAR file is not allowed.
[7/2/13 12:33:49:336 GMT+05:30] 00000020 SystemErr R at com.ibm.ws.management.application.task.ConfigRepoH elper.getEarFileFromBinaries(ConfigRepoHelper.java :447)
[7/2/13 12:33:49:336 GMT+05:30] 00000020 SystemErr R at com.ibm.ws.management.application.task.ConfigRepoH elper.getEarFileForApp(ConfigRepoHelper.java:176)
[7/2/13 12:33:49:336 GMT+05:30] 00000020 SystemErr R at com.ibm.ws.webservices.admin.utils.CommonUtils.get Ear(CommonUtils.java:361)
[7/2/13 12:33:49:336 GMT+05:30] 00000020 SystemErr R at com.ibm.ws.webservices.admin.deploy.ServiceIndexSe rverTask.performTask(ServiceIndexServerTask.java:1 14)
[7/2/13 12:33:49:336 GMT+05:30] 00000020 SystemErr R at com.ibm.ws.management.application.SchedulerImpl.ru n(SchedulerImpl.java:284)
[7/2/13 12:33:49:336 GMT+05:30] 00000020 SystemErr R at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:735)

It says, that not the server, but the application was unable to start. Try deploying some simple application, which would work for sure. If it works, then the server is OK and the error is in your application. In this case, you should examine all your application files, encounter errors and eliminate them.