The tools poll the server via JMX repeatedly in order to see if the server is up yet. The warning messages are not critical but if you go through them you'll see first no connection can be made (server hasn't even gotten jmx up yet), jmx isn't bound (jmx itself isnt listening on the port yet), and finally, either a success or failure. It's failing ;) What's failing is that your authentication is not being accepted. The polling mechanism uses the RMIAdapter in JMX to ask if the server is up. The other possibility (which the tools does *not* use) is the http adapter (ie viewing on a web page for example). Both of these adapters can be password protected. If they are, then you need to double-click the server (opening the server editor) and add in the username and password for authentication. Give that a shot and let's see how this goes. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4121110#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...