btw. the part that does not work when we say EAR hotdeployment does not work is the hotdeploy of EJBs View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4118941#4118941 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4118941