Thanks Dave, You were absolutely right - removing the Non JTA Data source fixed the problem, and when I upgraded my Geronimo 2.0 server to the latest build, the deployer did not like the way that I had specified the <external path>, but using the complex type format fixed this problem also. However, the latest version of Geronimo (I'm actually using WASCE 2.0 based on geronimo-2.0_Rev562004 openejb-3.0_Rev561991 and openjpa-1.0.0_Rev561970) now gives the following error, which I have researched a fair bit, and suspect that it may be a Geronimo bug, is this the case? or am I missing something here.... the error is as follows:
Error: Unable to distribute lunchinator-ear-2.0.ear: Manifest class path entries must be a valid jar file (JAVAEE 5 Section 8.2): path=../APP-INF/lib/commons-beanutils-1.7.0.jar, resolved to targetURI=../APP-INF/lib/commons-beanutils-1.7.0.jar looking at: lunchinator-web-2.0.war current classpath: [WEB-INF/lib/ajax4jsf-1.1.1.jar, WEB-INF/lib/jsf-facelets-1.1.11.jar, WEB-INF/lib/mysql-connector-java-5.0.5-bin.jar, WEB-INF/lib/oscache-2.3.2.jar, WEB-INF/lib/richfaces-3.0.1.jar, WEB-INF/classes/, ../../APP-INF/lib/commons-beanutils-1.7.0.jar] ignoring modules: [lunchinator-web-2.0.war, lunchinator-domain-2.0.jar] org.apache.geronimo.common.DeploymentException: Manifest class path entries must be a valid jar file (JAVAEE 5 Section 8.2): path=../APP-INF/lib/commons-beanutils-1.7.0.jar, resolved to targetURI=../APP-INF/lib/commons-beanutils-1.7.0.jar looking at: lunchinator-web-2.0.war current classpath: [WEB-INF/lib/ajax4jsf-1.1.1.jar, WEB-INF/lib/jsf-facelets-1.1.11.jar, WEB-INF/lib/mysql-connector-java-5.0.5-bin.jar, WEB-INF/lib/oscache-2.3.2.jar, WEB-INF/lib/richfaces-3.0.1.jar, WEB-INF/classes/, ../../APP-INF/lib/commons-beanutils-1.7.0.jar] ignoring modules: [lunchinator-web-2.0.war, lunchinator-domain-2.0.jar] at org.apache.geronimo.deployment.DeploymentContext.getCompleteManifestClassPath(DeploymentContext.java:367) at org.apache.geronimo.deployment.DeploymentContext.getCompleteManifestClassPath(DeploymentContext.java:286) at org.apache.geronimo.web25.deployment.AbstractWebModuleBuilder.basicInitContext(AbstractWebModuleBuilder.java:332) at org.apache.geronimo.tomcat.deployment.TomcatModuleBuilder.initContext(TomcatModuleBuilder.java:290) at org.apache.geronimo.tomcat.deployment.TomcatModuleBuilder$$FastClassByCGLIB$$6f85ec2c.invoke(<generated>) at net.sf.cglib.reflect.FastMethod.invoke(FastMethod.java:53) at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.FastMethodInvoker.invoke(FastMethodInvoker.java:38) at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanOperation.invoke(GBeanOperation.java:124) at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanInstance.invoke(GBeanInstance.java:830) at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.RawInvoker.invoke(RawInvoker.java:57) at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.basic.RawOperationInvoker.invoke(RawOperationInvoker.java:35) at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.basic.ProxyMethodInterceptor.intercept(ProxyMethodInterceptor.java:96) at org.apache.geronimo.j2ee.deployment.ModuleBuilder$$EnhancerByCGLIB$$5ba4e66e.initContext(<generated>) at org.apache.geronimo.j2ee.deployment.SwitchingModuleBuilder.initContext(SwitchingModuleBuilder.java:159) at org.apache.geronimo.j2ee.deployment.SwitchingModuleBuilder$$FastClassByCGLIB$$d0c31844.invoke(<generated>) at net.sf.cglib.reflect.FastMethod.invoke(FastMethod.java:53) at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.FastMethodInvoker.invoke(FastMethodInvoker.java:38) at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanOperation.invoke(GBeanOperation.java:124) at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanInstance.invoke(GBeanInstance.java:830) at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.RawInvoker.invoke(RawInvoker.java:57) at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.basic.RawOperationInvoker.invoke(RawOperationInvoker.java:35) at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.basic.ProxyMethodInterceptor.intercept(ProxyMethodInterceptor.java:96) at org.apache.geronimo.j2ee.deployment.ModuleBuilder$$EnhancerByCGLIB$$5ba4e66e.initContext(<generated>) at org.apache.geronimo.j2ee.deployment.EARConfigBuilder.buildConfiguration(EARConfigBuilder.java:576) at org.apache.geronimo.j2ee.deployment.EARConfigBuilder$$FastClassByCGLIB$$38e56ec6.invoke(<generated>) at net.sf.cglib.reflect.FastMethod.invoke(FastMethod.java:53) at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.FastMethodInvoker.invoke(FastMethodInvoker.java:38) at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanOperation.invoke(GBeanOperation.java:124) at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanInstance.invoke(GBeanInstance.java:830) at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.RawInvoker.invoke(RawInvoker.java:57) at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.basic.RawOperationInvoker.invoke(RawOperationInvoker.java:35) at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.basic.ProxyMethodInterceptor.intercept(ProxyMethodInterceptor.java:96) at org.apache.geronimo.deployment.ConfigurationBuilder$$EnhancerByCGLIB$$5ccac361.buildConfiguration(<generated>) at org.apache.geronimo.deployment.Deployer.deploy(Deployer.java:302) at org.apache.geronimo.deployment.Deployer.deploy(Deployer.java:124) at org.apache.geronimo.deployment.Deployer$$FastClassByCGLIB$$734a235d.invoke(<generated>) at net.sf.cglib.reflect.FastMethod.invoke(FastMethod.java:53) at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.FastMethodInvoker.invoke(FastMethodInvoker.java:38) at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanOperation.invoke(GBeanOperation.java:124) at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanInstance.invoke(GBeanInstance.java:865) at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.basic.BasicKernel.invoke(BasicKernel.java:239) at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.KernelGBean.invoke(KernelGBean.java:342) at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.KernelGBean$$FastClassByCGLIB$$1cccefc9.invoke(<generated>) at net.sf.cglib.reflect.FastMethod.invoke(FastMethod.java:53) at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.FastMethodInvoker.invoke(FastMethodInvoker.java:38) at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanOperation.invoke(GBeanOperation.java:124) at org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime.GBeanInstance.invoke(GBeanInstance.java:865) at org.apache.geronimo.kernel.basic.BasicKernel.invoke(BasicKernel.java:239) at org.apache.geronimo.system.jmx.MBeanGBeanBridge.invoke(MBeanGBeanBridge.java:168) at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.DynamicMetaDataImpl.invoke(DynamicMetaDataImpl.java:231) at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.MetaDataImpl.invoke(MetaDataImpl.java:238) at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:833) at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(JmxMBeanServer.java:802) at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.doOperation(RMIConnectionImpl.java:1423) at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.access$100(RMIConnectionImpl.java:96) at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl$PrivilegedOperation.run(RMIConnectionImpl.java:1260) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:275) at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.doPrivilegedOperation(RMIConnectionImpl.java:1363) at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.invoke(RMIConnectionImpl.java:797) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:64) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:615) at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:309) at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:168) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:275) at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:164) at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:506) at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.handleRequest(TCPTransport.java:838) at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTransport.java:912) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:803) Caused by: java.io.IOException: Could not create JarFile for file: C:\IBM\CE\repository\com\maketechnologies\applications\lunchinator-ear\2.0\APP-INF\lib\commons-beanutils-1.7.0.jar at org.apache.geronimo.deployment.DeploymentContext$DefaultJarFileFactory.newJarFile(DeploymentContext.java:271) at org.apache.geronimo.deployment.DeploymentContext.getCompleteManifestClassPath(DeploymentContext.java:365) ... 70 more Caused by: java.util.zip.ZipException: Bad file descriptor C:\IBM\CE\repository\com\maketechnologies\applications\lunchinator-ear\2.0\APP-INF\lib\commons-beanutils-1.7.0.jar at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method) at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:238) at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:168) at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:133) at org.apache.geronimo.deployment.DeploymentContext$DefaultJarFileFactory.newJarFile(DeploymentContext.java:269) ... 71 more Any guidance is of course gratefully received.... -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Geronimo-2.0%2C-OpenJPA-and-DB2-tf4203557s134.html#a11975703 Sent from the Apache Geronimo - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.