Tomcat 5.5.1 on iSeries - Inability to re-deploy an app

[Michael Bruton <mcbruton@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi!

  We installed Tomcat 5.5.1 on our iSeries to give us a lighter weight 
alternative to WebSphere.  When our system was literally unable to 
deploy a fairly simple servlet app for lack of resources, we needed the 
alternative!

  The problem is that once I've deployed the app to Tomcat, using the 
/manager URL within Tomcat, I'm dead-ended.  I have to end the server, 
manually delete the app's folders, and restart the server.

  In the Tomcat Web Application Manager browser interface, I first 
stopped the application, then clicked on Undeploy.  When I do this in a 
Windows Tomcat installation, it actually removes the application from 
the list.  In our iSeries Tomcat interface it does not, but it throws an 
error.

  I was hoping someone might have run into the same thing.  Any help is 
greatly appreciated.

The log (in part) shows the following error:

May 24, 2006 1:12:30 PM org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Jdk14Logger 
info    INFO: HTMLManager: undeploy: Undeploying web application at 
'/WebEstimSO001'
May 24, 2006 1:12:30 PM org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Jdk14Logger 
error   SEVERE: HTMLManager: 
ManagerServlet.undeploy[/WebEstimSO001]                                                                    

LifecycleException:  Container 
org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/WebEstimSO001] 
has not been started
at 
java.lang.Throwable.<init>(Throwable.java:180)                                                                              

at 
java.lang.Exception.<init>(Exception.java:29)                                                                               

at 
org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException.<init>(LifecycleException.java:79)                                                   

at 
org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException.<init>(LifecycleException.java:53)                                                   

at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.stop(StandardContext.java:4270)                                                    

at 
org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.undeploy(ManagerServlet.java:1279)                                               

at 
org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.undeploy(HTMLManagerServlet.java:465)                                        

at 
org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.doGet(HTMLManagerServlet.java:80)                                            

at 
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:682)                                                                

at 
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:682)                                            

at 
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:797)                                            

at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166)       

at 
org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:132)               

at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:94)                      

at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:121)                     

at 
org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:359)                  

at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:109)                           

at 
org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:106)                           

at 
org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:97)                        

at 
org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:113)                             

at 
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:718)                              

at 
org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:682)
at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:534)                              

at 
org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:647)                      

at 
java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)                                                                   

May 24, 2006 1:12:30 PM org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Jdk14Logger 
info                                     INFO: HTMLManager: list: 
Listing contexts for virtual host 'localhost'         

- Michael Bruton
MIS Coordinator
Dealer's Auto Auction of Oklahoma City