Interestigly, if I chage the *ds file to reflect Loal XA DS, everythings woks fine! View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4028402#4028402 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4028402