If you specify a home interface using either the @RemoteHome/@LocalHome annotations or with the or <local-home> elements in ejb-jar.xml, EJB3s will behave as 2.x EJBs. Everytime you lookup an instance in the JNDI context, you will acquire a new instance of an EJB - the jndi lookup behavior is identical to a create on a home interface. When you do the lookup, you receive a proxy to the EJB, but the proxy does not have an instance on the server side until the bean is invoked for the first time. Take a look at the tutorials that are bundled with EJB3 for examples. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3957126#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...