The *-ds.xml file is used to create up to 7 different MBeans, and the various values in the *-ds.xml file are distributed among those MBeans. Here are the seven MBeans, where XXX is the data source name: jboss.jca:name=XXX,service=DataSourceBinding jboss.jca:name=XXX,service=LocalTxCM jboss.jca:name=XXX,service=XATxCM jboss.jca:name=XXX,service=NoTxCM jboss.jca:name=XXX,service=ManagedConnectionFactory jboss.jca:name=XXX,service=ManagedConnectionPool jboss.jdbc:service=metadata,datasource=XXX Note that not all are present for any given data source. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4149943#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...