"jaikiran" wrote : | As a workaround, i stopped JBoss. Removed the EAR from the deploy folder of JBoss. Then started JBoss (without the EAR file). Once the server had started successfully, i copied the EAR containing this webservice to the deploy folder. The hot deployer picked up the deployment and successfully deployed the applicaiton. Another workaround is to create a folder named "deploy.last" in %JBOSS_HOME%/server/default/deploy and place your application in that folder and start JBoss. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4175238#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...