Redeploying an ejb to WLS from ear file using weblogic.Deploy !!!!

[deepa karkala]

I want to redeploy an ejb to WLS server (not the entire application) and came to know from bea online document that the following command will do this :

java weblogic.Deployer -adminurl http://myadmin:10720 -username system -password weblogic -name myApp.ear -activate -targets myBean.jar@jytServer -source myApp.ear

I am getting the following error :

weblogic.management.ApplicationException:
[J2EE:160043]Missing deployment descriptor "META-INF/application.xml" at myApp.ear".

The ear file very much contains the application.xml under META-INF directory and in the application.xml, there is an entry for myBean.jar.

I saw similar topic posted in bea newsgroup by someone else but no reply.

I would highly appreicate your help. (admin console access is denied and i have to use weblogic.Deploy only in this case).

thanks,
jyothi