diff -r eeb783e79897 glassfish.common/src/org/netbeans/modules/glassfish/common/GlassfishInstance.java
--- a/glassfish.common/src/org/netbeans/modules/glassfish/common/GlassfishInstance.java	Mon Aug 11 11:21:39 2014 +0200
+++ b/glassfish.common/src/org/netbeans/modules/glassfish/common/GlassfishInstance.java	Mon Aug 11 13:30:12 2014 +0200
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@
         GlassFishVersion version = ServerUtils.getServerVersion(
                 ip.get(GlassfishModule.GLASSFISH_FOLDER_ATTR));
         try {
-            instance = new GlassfishInstance(ip, version, gip);
+            instance = new GlassfishInstance(ip, version, gip, updateNow);
             tagUnderConstruction(deployerUri);
             if (!instance.isPublicAccess()) {
                 instance.ic.add(instance.commonSupport);
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@
 
     @SuppressWarnings("LeakingThisInConstructor")
     private GlassfishInstance(Map<String, String> ip, GlassFishVersion version,
-            GlassfishInstanceProvider instanceProvider) {
+            GlassfishInstanceProvider instanceProvider, boolean prepareProperties) {
         this.version = version;
         this.process = null;
         ic = new InstanceContent();
@@ -783,7 +783,11 @@
         } else {
             domainXMLListener = null;
         }
-        this.properties = prepareProperties(ip);
+        if (prepareProperties) {
+            this.properties = prepareProperties(ip);
+        } else {
+            this.properties = new Props(ip);
+        }
         if (!isPublicAccess()) {
             // Add this instance into local lookup (to find instance from
             // node lookup).