Hi,
You can also use Tomcat manager to reload the Web Application.
To open Tomcat Admin/Manager
type
http://servername ortnumber/ it displays Tomcat Admin Home Page.
and click on Tomcat Manager and it prompts for UserName & password.
and it redirects to
Tomcat Web Application Manager
where you can
1)check the status of all Web Applications.
2)check the Number of active Sessions for each Web Application.
3)can do some admin activities like
a)start
b)Stop
c)Reload
d)Undeploy
e)Deploy