Hi Ryan,
The preferred way to start the server is by using the asadmin.bat script under <AS>/bin directory. If you want to keep the console open and see all the logged message, you can start the server by specifying the verbose mode.
Assuming <glassfish> is where you installed your server, and you want to start domain1, the following should give you want you expect.
<glassfish>/bin/asadmin start-domain domain1 -v
The console will stays open and you can see all the logged messages.
I also want to point out that if you kill this console, you only quit the 'asadmin' command. Your server is still running until you do the '<glassfish>/bin/asadmin stop-domain domain1' command.
hope this help.
Anissa
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