Why is my publishing failing in Tomcat v7.0 Server because of locks by another process?

Question

I have a Tomcat v7.0 server setup in my eclipse (helios) environment which I use for testing web applications. Currently I have in my workspace a struts web-app which is loaded

Answer 1

1. In the console window, where you find the stack trace, just switch the tab from console to servers (or display it from Window -> Show View -> Servers).
2. Double-click on your tomcat server, it will open up an overview of tomcat. You will find two tabs(on the bottom of the window). Overview and Modules.
3. Click on Modules. You will find the projects listed there.
4. Remove all of the projects and clean the server (right click on server's name -> Clean).

Try restarting the server and it will start working, as it worked for me.