Index: src/main/java/com/sun/enterprise/admin/cli/optional/VerifyDomainXmlCommand.java
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--- src/main/java/com/sun/enterprise/admin/cli/optional/VerifyDomainXmlCommand.java	(revision 33782)
+++ src/main/java/com/sun/enterprise/admin/cli/optional/VerifyDomainXmlCommand.java	(working copy)
@@ -42,8 +42,16 @@
 
 import com.sun.enterprise.admin.cli.*;
 import com.sun.enterprise.config.serverbeans.Domain;
+import com.sun.enterprise.config.serverbeans.MonitoringService;
 import com.sun.enterprise.universal.i18n.LocalStringsImpl;
+import com.sun.enterprise.v3.server.AppServerStartup;
 
+
+import com.sun.logging.LogDomains;
+import java.beans.PropertyVetoException;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+import org.glassfish.api.embedded.EmbeddedFileSystem;
 import org.glassfish.api.embedded.Server;
 import org.jvnet.hk2.annotations.*;
 import org.jvnet.hk2.component.*;
@@ -83,7 +91,7 @@
         operandType = "STRING";
         operandMin = 0;
         operandMax = 1;
-
+  
         //processProgramOptions();
     }
 
@@ -92,12 +100,27 @@
     @Override
     protected int executeCommand()
             throws CommandException, CommandValidationException {
-
+        
+        Logger aslogger = LogDomains.getLogger(AppServerStartup.class, LogDomains.CORE_LOGGER);
+        aslogger.setLevel(Level.SEVERE);
+        
+        String serverName = "inplanted";
         File domainXMLFile = getDomainXml();
         logger.printDebugMessage("Domain XML file = " + domainXMLFile);
         try {
-            Server server = new Server.Builder("dummylaunch").build();
-            server.start();
+            Server server = Server.getServer(serverName);
+            if (server == null) {
+                EmbeddedFileSystem.Builder efsb = new EmbeddedFileSystem.Builder();
+                String installRoot = System.getProperty("com.sun.aas.installRoot");
+                File f = new File(installRoot);
+                efsb.installRoot(f, false);
+                Server.Builder builder = new Server.Builder(serverName);
+                // Turn logger off to avoid verbose CLI output that may confuse
+                builder.logger(false);
+                builder.embeddedFileSystem(efsb.build());
+                server = builder.build();
+                server.start();
+            }
             Habitat habitat = server.getHabitat();
             ConfigParser parser = new ConfigParser(habitat);
             URL domainURL = domainXMLFile.toURI().toURL();
@@ -105,7 +128,6 @@
             Dom domDomain = doc.getRoot();
             Domain domain = domDomain.createProxy(Domain.class);            
             DomainXmlVerifier validator = new DomainXmlVerifier(domain);
-
             validator.invokeConfigValidator();
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new CommandException(e.getMessage());