Trying to do:
asadmin create-service
And getting:
Error while trying to install Glassfish as a Windows Service.
The return value was: 8.
STDERR:
STDOUT: WMI.WmiException: UnknownFailure
at WMI.WmiRoot.BaseHanderl.CheckError(ManagementBaseObject result)
at WMI.WmiRoot.ClassHandler.Invoke(Object proxy, MethodInfo method, Object[] ags)
at WMI.Win32ServicesProxy.Create(String, String, STring, ServiceType, ErrorControl, StartMode, Boolean, String[])
at winsw.WrapperService.Run(String[] args)
at winsw.WrapperService.Main(String[] arges
Command create-service failed
Trying to create glassfish as a service to start glassfish at windows boot (with a WAR file in the auto-deploy folder to start the application ASAP.)
do you have more than one domain in your domain directory? if so you must specify the name of the domain as noted in the asadmin create-service documentation
I got the same error because Glassfish v3 was already installed as a Windows Service with the same default Display Name for the service: "Domain1 Glassfish Server".
The create-service command allows you specify a Service Name, but not the Service Display Name. Even though I supplied a new name when using create-service, it was trying to add the duplicate Display Name.
SOLUTION:
Use the Windows SC tool to change the Display Name of the existing Glassfish Service to something else before creating the new Windows Service:
sc config Domain1 DisplayName= "Domain1 GlassfishInstance1"
Then the create-service command will work for your new Glassfish Instance.
asadmin> create-service --name GlassfishInstance2"
The new Service will have the default Display Name of Domain1 Glassfish Server.
I also changed that with the SC tool afterward (optional)
sc config GlassfishInstance2 DisplayName= "Domain1 GlassfishInstance2"
I got the same error when I had a service of the same name existing already. The service wasn't actually used any more and the domain had been deleted.
C:\sc delete domainName
removed the service and afterwards I could call asadmin create-service domainName
