The hostname of the first server (client process) is ytsvmx01s, the second one (server process) is ytsvmx02s
here is an extract of my "vm connection" javax.jms.Connection connection; BrokerService broker; ..... // create a new intial context, which loads from jndi.properties file context = new javax.naming.InitialContext(); // lookup the connection factory broker = BrokerFactory.createBroker(new URI("xbean:activemq.xml")); broker.start(); // lookup the connection factory qcf = (javax.jms.ConnectionFactory)context.lookup("ConnectionFactory"); // qcf = new ActiveMQConnectionFactory("vm://localhost?brokerConfig=xbean:activemq.xml"); connection = qcf.createConnection("admin", "admin"); .... here is an extract of my file activemq.xml <broker brokerName="${hostname}" useJmx="true" xmlns="http://activemq.org/config/1.0" persistent="false"> ..... <transportConnectors> <transportConnector name="tcp" uri="tcp://localhost:61616" discoveryUri="multicast://default"/> <transportConnector name="vm" uri="vm://${hostname}"/> </transportConnectors> <networkConnectors> <networkConnector name="pool" uri="static://(tcp://ytsvmx01s:61616,tcp://ytsvmx02s:61616)" conduitSubscriptions="false" dynamicOnly="true" /> </networkConnectors> .... here is my jndi.properties file (for ytsvmx02s, the same with vm://ytsvmx01s for the other server) java.naming.factory.initial = org.apache.activemq.jndi.ActiveMQInitialContextFactory # use the following property to configure the default connector java.naming.provider.url = vm://ytsvmx02s # register some queues in JNDI using the form # queue.[jndiName] = [physicalName] queue.Queue1 = Queue1 queue.Queue2 = Queue2 queue.Queue3 = Queue3 -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/%22Embedded-broker%22%2C-%22network-of-brokers%22-and-%22temporary-queues%22-tp15023996s2354p15037130.html Sent from the ActiveMQ - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.