Syncing Forms Across Multiple Application Server Servers?

Hi Guys,
I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction. We recently brought up multiple servers running Application Server 10.1.2.3 for High Availability of our forms and reports. My question is, is there a way to keep the forms files synced? With IIS for example, I have written a batch file that will go check for modifications on a source server and then sync any destination servers that are out of sync. However with Application Server, you cannot simply copy files over because if they are in use they are locked.
Would anyone happen to know of any kind of solution for keeping multiple Application Servers synced?

What we do is use a Load balancer with Multiple App severs. To keep the forms correct we take one out at a time off peak and update and do this round robin until they match.
Best Regards
mseberg

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