Remote clients do not have access to JNDI entries in the java: namespace, thus any items (such as data sources) that a remote client needs must be in the global namespace. Of course, once the name is moved out of the java: namespace, then even local clients need to look the name up in the global namespace. (Please use the 'code' tag when posting XML text - otherwise the browser thinks the tags are html and tries to render them, making the post difficult to read.) View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4241252#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...