Tomcat deployment failure - maven

The Issue I'm Having
I've implemented a mild change to my application, and I checked it into the subversion repository. Once that was checked in, I ran a Jenkins build. Jenkins is currently running on a Windows server.
The error I am receiving is the following:
org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal
org.codehaus.mojo:tomcat-maven-plugin:1.1:deploy (deploy) on project sd-rest-servlet:
Cannot invoke Tomcat manager: FAIL - Deployed application at context path /sd but
context failed to start
I investigated further into this error message, so I checked out the Tomcat logs on the Jenkins server, and I found an underlying issue:
SEVERE: Error starting static Resources
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Document base C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\temp\28-sd does not exist or is not a readable directory
at org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext.setDocBase(FileDirContext.java:142)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.resourcesStart(StandardContext.java:4320)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4489)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:799)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:779)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:601)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptor(HostConfig.java:675)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployDescriptors(HostConfig.java:601)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:502)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.check(HostConfig.java:1385)
at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.lifecycleEvent(HostConfig.java:306)
at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleSupport.fireLifecycleEvent(LifecycleSupport.java:142)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.backgroundProcess(ContainerBase.java:1389)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1653)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.processChildren(ContainerBase.java:1662)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$ContainerBackgroundProcessor.run(ContainerBase.java:1642)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Now, as I understand it, the temp folder is only ever used in this way when I set antiJarLocking or antiResourceLocking to true in the context file. However, as you can see, I have not included this in the Context element:
<Context unpackWAR="false">
Other Behaviour
Unable to Undeploy
After some close inspection, I've found that Jenkins isn't able to undeploy the application. In the logs, I see this message.
[INFO] Undeploying application at http://localhost:8082/sd
[INFO] OK - Undeployed application at context path /sd
However, the build fails when it attempts to deploy, with the following error:
Cannot invoke Tomcat manager: FAIL - Application already exists at path /sd
Erratic access to the Temp directory
I've also noticed that it throws the same IllegalArgumentException whenever it attempts to access any file inside the temp directory. This tells me there is something wrong with the temp directory, however I've set the permissions, and earlier on in the application, Jenkins actually puts a file in the temp directory.
No Problems Depoying
Jenkins actually deploys the application without a problem. I've watched the directories change when the files are added to them, including the temp directory. This tells me that Jenkins is randomly deciding it can't read the contents of the directory, despite the fact that it is added a file to it. It appears that it has write permissions, but not read permissions, which really doesn't make much sense!
Attempts to Solve the problem
Ensured the file exists
I first attempted to look inside C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 6.0\temp\28-sd to see if the file existed. Sure enough, it existed.
Altered Permissions
I've set permissions to allow for full access from every user on the server, as a precaution.
Researched the use of the Temp directory
I've attempted to configure my context file to avoid all use of the temp directory, so I don't have a clue why it's still attempting to read from it. I am inexperienced with the ins and outs of this technology, so I may still have some settings that require the temp folder.
Edits
Expanded Tomcat Logs
18-Dec-2013 12:14:19 org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig checkResources
INFO: Undeploying context [/sd]
18-Dec-2013 12:16:06 org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDescriptor
INFO: Deploying configuration descriptor sd.xml
18-Dec-2013 12:16:09 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext resourcesStart
<!-- Above stacktrace goes here -->
18-Dec-2013 12:16:09 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error in resourceStart()
18-Dec-2013 12:16:09 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Error getConfigured
18-Dec-2013 12:16:09 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext start
SEVERE: Context [/sd] startup failed due to previous errors
18-Dec-2013 12:16:09 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext stop
INFO: Container org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.[Catalina].[localhost].[/sd] has not been started
Some more information on the issue
After reading through the logs for the thousandth time, I reread this line:
...Tomcat 6.0\temp\28-sd does not exist or is *not a readable directory*
So when I looked inside the temp directory again, I realized that the files being generated aren't directories. They are these weird file objects with no extension, and they look like this:
For me, this indicates that something has gone wrong with the way Tomcat manipulates files and this is the core of the issue. I hope this extra information helps someone with the answer!

I see that Hoaz suggested moving the deployment out of C:\Program Files\ because of the space character. I wonder if it's rather a permissions issue than the space in the name?
Can you please also try these (without uninstalling the Tomcat from C:\Program Files\):
Configure the location of the temp directory to be outside C:\Program Files\
Reference : SO question How is the Tomcat temp directory location defined?
Change the location of docBase and/or appBase
Reference :Apache documentation http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/config/host.html
Also, forcing the installation outside "C:\Program Files" would work fine unless / until someone insists that "That's where the Program Files should live, you know". :-)

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at
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Check that the backup from 1. is fine.
rm data/graph.db/nioneo_logical.log.active. NB: this operation might be harmful.
try to restart the server
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Absolute Paths in solr.xml configuration using Tomcat6 on windows

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<cores adminPath="/admin/cores">
<core name="catalog" instanceDir="e:\SolrInstances\catalog" />
<core name="sites" instanceDir="e:\SolrInstances\sites" />
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at org.apache.solr.core.CoreContainer.create(CoreContainer.java:435)
at org.apache.solr.core.CoreContainer.load(CoreContainer.java:316)
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How to run Solr 4 in Tomcat locally?

I've been trying to set up Solr 4.3 on my home PC (in Tomcat 7) but it doesn't run. I have set up Tomcat and deployed the solr.war file which both unpacks and shows up in the Tomcat Web Apps Manager screen in Tomcat but its not running and clicking the start button doesn't do anything (as it should already be running in the first place).
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Exactly where this lib directory is highly variable. For a Debian or
Ubuntu server using the Tomcat package available from the OS vendor,
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/usr/share/tomcat7/lib.
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classpath. Usually you can use the same location as the jar files
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-Dlog4j.configuration=file:///path/to/log4j.properties
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Remove copy fields if not required. Usage of copy fields is available in same file.
Update C:\Program Files\Apache...\Tomcat...\webapps\solrTest\collection1\conf\solrconfig.xml.
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start scripts can be run from anywhere, and allow passing JVM args
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start scripts work around known JVM bugs
start scripts allow setting port from command line, and default stop
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zkcli, the start script for the solr zookeeper tool, will auto-explode the WAR if necessary
the "server" directory has been kept clean but stuffing all of
tomcat under the "server/tc" directory
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$ cd server
$ bin/startup.sh
To start on a different port (e.g. 7574):
$ cd server
$ bin/startup.sh -Dhttp.port=7574
To shut down:
$ cd server
$ bin/shutdown.sh -Dhttp.port=7574
The scripts even accept -Djetty.port=7574 to make it easier to
cut-n-paste from start examples using jetty. The "example" directory
is still there too, so you can still run the jetty based server if you
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Solr install
Download and unpack the latest version of Solr, somewhere on the disk.
cd /tmp
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cd /opt
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Context docBase="/opt/solr-4.6.1/dist/solr-4.6.1.war">
<Environment
name="solr/home"
type="java.lang.String"
value="/opt/solr-4.6.1/example/solr"
override="true" />
<Loader
className="org.apache.catalina.loader.VirtualWebappLoader"
virtualClasspath="/opt/solr-4.6.1/example/lib/ext/*.jar;/opt/solr-4.6.1/example/resources/" />
</Context>
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Preliminaries
Make yourself a nice cup of tea
Make sure you have the Windows Java environment installed. It's up to version 6 at the moment.
I assume you use XAMPP to run Apache and MySQL and latest version of PHP5
Installing Tomcat
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I am trying to deploy my spring application in a server machine which having the tomcat 6.0.29 server. But tomcat server getting stop automatically while extracting the war.
In Catalina Log I have the following:
Jan 27, 2012 3:02:44 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployWAR
INFO: Deploying web application archive application.war
In localhost.log
Jan 27, 2012 3:03:21 AM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: Initializing Spring root WebApplicationContext
There is no any stacktrace.
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I have deployed the same war in my another testing server and it is working fine.
Any help...
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Also check the ports available from OS/firewall to bind with.
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Enabling Tomcat debug log:
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Enabling Spring debug log:
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