For some reason starting a SOA-P instance by right clicking in the server view does not start/open the console for the output of the server as it is starting. For EAP and Seam projects this does not seem to be the case as often, but I think I have seen it. The current JBDS 3.0 M4 release does seem to not show the console unless I open the console via the Window -> Show View -> General -> Console and then I have to click an icon to enable the "Java Stack Trace Console". Once I have setup the console once as just noted even if I close it it will open as I expect. If I close JBDS and make sure that the console was not left open, I get the same behaviour when I try to right click on the SOA-P instance.