Can it be that you have a deadlock in the database? Can you have pending updates that can block one another?
Are all components packaged into the same EAR (I see a remote reference in one of the names that are looked up)?
You are using EM in 2 beans - do those EMs belong to the same PU?
thanks,
-marina
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