To keep the server.log set the "append" property to true in your Log4J appender. See conf/log4.xml. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3990110#3990110 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3990110