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How to resolve [java.net.BindException Address already in use] error when starting Cognos 8 BI

Troubleshooting


Problem

This document describes how to resolve the CFG-ERR-0103 and [java.net.BindException Address already in use] error when starting Cognos 8 BI

Symptom

The following lines are written to the Tomcat.log file

ERROR [main] org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol - Error initializing endpoint:
java.net.BindException: Address already in use:9300
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.initEndpoint(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:280 )
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol.init(Http11Protocol.java:150)
at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteConnector.initialize(CoyoteConnector.java:1156)< br> at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.initialize(StandardService.java:579)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.initialize(StandardServer.java:2246)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:511)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catalina.java:400)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catalina.java:180)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.jav a:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:203)

[{"Product":{"code":"SSEP7J","label":"Cognos Business Intelligence"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"Install and Config","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF010","label":"HP-UX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF027","label":"Solaris"},{"code":"PF033","label":"Windows"}],"Version":"10.1;10.2;10.2.1;10.2.2;8.4.1","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}},{"Product":{"code":"SS6G84","label":"IBM Cognos Analytics on Cloud"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":" ","Platform":[{"code":"","label":""}],"Version":"","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}}]

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Modified date:
08 May 2025

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