Aaaaah it works! Thanks a lot, i hadn't thought of using the standard start/stop method of the MDB's MBean. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4220948#4220948 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4220948