That would be my guess. Could you turn on tracing when you deploy your *-ds.xml file and then send it to me? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3994097#3994097 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3994097