The problem with heavily xml-configured software is that it all comes down to voodoo. Unless you're on the app server project team of course. The article at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/techarticles/0710_rit... was very helpful. Without it, it would be impossible to come up with all the above XML incantations. Also, the design idea of overloading XML text elements such as: jboss.jca:service=RARDeployment,name='wmq.jmsra.rar' may be worth reconsidering. Configuration like this is just too fragile. Still hoping for a resolution here. Any help will be most appreciated. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4156514#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...