Hi, all I have the same problem too. I try to retrieve a SessionBean from a service (SAR) at startup time. | InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext(); | GroupManagerLocal groupEJB = (GroupManagerLocal) ctx.lookup(GroupManagerLocal.JNDI_NAME); jboss-service.xml <depends>jboss.j2ee:jar=Middleware.jar,name=UserManagerBean,service=EJB3</depends> | <depends>jboss.j2ee:jar=Middleware.jar,name=GroupManagerBean,service=EJB3</depends> | STACK TRACE 17:24:37,274 ERROR [AbstractKernelController] Error installing to Start: name=mib:service=MibScheduleService state=Create mode=Manual requiredState=In | stalled | org.jboss.ejb3.common.registrar.spi.NotBoundException: Object is bound at key jboss.j2ee:jar=Middleware.jar,name=GroupManagerBean,service=EJB3, but is | not fully installed, instead of state: ControllerState@d8bf42{Start} View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4234510#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...