Looking at your description again, the problem is probably that the app server is deploying the war file before it gets fully copied over. This is a common occurrence when copying a file over the network, since the hot deployer wakes up every five seconds, if it takes longer than that to copy the file, then the file copy will be only partially completed before the hot deployer runs. The solution is to copy the file to some other directory on the server (say to jboss_home/server, and then only after the copy is completed, move the war file (or exploded directory) into the deploy directory. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4034113#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...