title: ADMC0016E: The system cannot create a SOAP connector to connect to host xxx at port 16313
body: <p>Getting following error on WAS8558.
  This WAS8558 is being used by Netcool/OMNIbus WebGUI8.1.
  I am having problems while stopping WAS and getting below error.
  Earlier I had done the SSL configuration and performed steps mentioned on below link to enable TLSv1.2
  <a href="https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/206952/how-do-i-configure-websphere-application-server-ss.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://developer.ibm.com/answers/questions/206952/how-do-i-configure-websphere-application-server-ss.html</a></p>
  
  <p>ERROR:</p>
  
  <p><pre> <code> 8:46:59:065 EDT] 00000001 WsServerStop  A   ADMU3007E: Exception com.ibm.websphere.management.exception.ConnectorException: com.ibm.websphere.management.exc
  eption.ConnectorException: <strong>ADMC0016E: The system cannot create a SOAP connector to connect to host xxxxx.cap.dev.net at port 16313.</strong>
          at com.ibm.ws.management.connector.ConnectorHelper.createConnector(ConnectorHelper.java:628)
          at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.WsServerStop.runTool(WsServerStop.java:373)
          at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.AdminTool.executeUtility(AdminTool.java:271)
          at com.ibm.ws.management.tools.WsServerStop.main(WsServerStop.java:113)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:95)
          at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:56)
          at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:620)
          at com.ibm.wsspi.bootstrap.WSLauncher.launchMain(WSLauncher.java:234)
          at com.ibm.wsspi.bootstrap.WSLauncher.main(WSLauncher.java:96)
          at com.ibm.wsspi.bootstrap.WSLauncher.run(WSLauncher.java:77)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:95)
          at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:56)
          at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:620)
          at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppContainer.callMethodWithException(EclipseAppContainer.java:587)
          at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:198)
          at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110)
          at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79)
          at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:369)
          at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
          at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:95)
          at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:56)
          at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:620)
          at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:340)
          at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:282)
          at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:981)
          at com.ibm.wsspi.bootstrap.WSPreLauncher.launchEclipse(WSPreLauncher.java:401)
          at com.ibm.wsspi.bootstrap.WSPreLauncher.main(WSPreLauncher.java:164)
  Caused by: com.ibm.websphere.management.exception.ConnectorException: ADMC0016E: The system cannot create a SOAP connector to connect to host xxxxx.cap.dev.net at port 16313.
          at com.ibm.websphere.management.AdminClientFactory.createAdminClientPrivileged(AdminClientFactory.java:635)
          at com.ibm.websphere.management.AdminClientFactory.access$000(AdminClientFactory.java:127)
          at com.ibm.websphere.management.AdminClientFactory$1.run(AdminClientFactory.java:210)
          at com.ibm.ws.security.util.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:63)
          at com.ibm.websphere.management.AdminClientFactory.createAdminClient(AdminClientFactory.java:206)
          at com.ibm.ws.management.connector.ConnectorHelper.tryProtocol(ConnectorHelper.java:665)
          at com.ibm.ws.management.connector.ConnectorHelper.createConnector(ConnectorHelper.java:597)
          ... 29 more
  Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
          at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
          at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:86)
          at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:58)
          at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:542)
          at com.ibm.websphere.management.AdminClientFactory.createAdminClientPrivileged(AdminClientFactory.java:457)
          ... 35 more
  Caused by: com.ibm.websphere.management.exception.ConnectorNotAvailableException: [SOAPException: faultCode=SOAP-ENV:Client; msg=Error opening socket: java.io.IOExce
  ption: Exception during sslSocket.startHandshake: Received fatal alert: handshake_failure; targetException=java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Error opening socket: 
  java.io.IOException: Exception during sslSocket.startHandshake: Received fatal alert: handshake_failure]
          at com.ibm.ws.management.connector.soap.SOAPConnectorClient.reconnect(SOAPConnectorClient.java:429)
          at com.ibm.ws.management.connector.soap.SOAPConnectorClient.(SOAPConnectorClient.java:228)
          ... 40 more
  <strong>Caused by: [SOAPException: faultCode=SOAP-ENV:Client; msg=Error opening socket: java.io.IOException: Exception during sslSocket.startHandshake: Received fatal alert:
   handshake_failure; targetException=java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Error opening socket: java.io.IOException: Exception during sslSocket.startHandshake:</strong> Receive
  d fatal alert: handshake_failure]
          at org.apache.soap.transport.http.SOAPHTTPConnection.send(SOAPHTTPConnection.java:475)
          at org.apache.soap.rpc.Call.WASinvoke(Call.java:510)
          at com.ibm.ws.management.connector.soap.SOAPConnectorClient$4.run(SOAPConnectorClient.java:387)
          at com.ibm.ws.security.util.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:118)
          at com.ibm.ws.management.connector.soap.SOAPConnectorClient.reconnect(SOAPConnectorClient.java:372)
          ... 41 more </code></pre></p>