I have MDBs which sometimes run lengthy processes. I want to be able to drop a new EAR into the /farm directory, and all of the apps should restart/redeploy. But what is happening is that the apps which are running these long-running MDBs are waiting for the MDBs to finish before restarting/redeploying. What is the recommended solution? I don't care about the MDBs not finishing -- they will just restart once the app is redeployed, correct? The MDBs are bean-managed. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4104798#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...