If you use a connection factory with "enableFailover" set to true, then when an exception occurs it will automatically try and reconnect to another server, so you won't get the exception unless it can't reconnect. See user guide If you don't want automatic failover then set to false and you will get all exceptions. There is also a bug in jboss remoting 2.2.2.SP4 which means sometimes you won't get exceptions on failure. See JIRA for more details. This bug is fixed in 2.2.2.SP5 which is available in the repository. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4135879#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...