To solve this problem ( in linux based os ) do following
1) increase memory (so that this problem don’t come frequently ) by configuring “domain.xml” in
/glassfish/domain/domain1/config
search for
<jvm-options>-XX:MaxPermSize=
set it to higher value eg- 198m or 256m
2) kill the glassfish process to free the port on which it was running ( in my case it was 8686)
open terminal (in linux based os) and type –
sudo netstat -npl | grep 8686
this will result in something like..
tcp6 0 0 :::8686 :::* LISTEN 3452/java
next use
kill -9 3452 to kill that process ( 3452 in this case )
Now try to start glassfish, it should start.