Nope, it just mentions creating a default database, although resources.xml exists:-
Nov 02, 2013 3:27:08 PM org.apache.tomee.catalina.TomEEClassLoaderEnricher validateJarFile WARNING: jar 'D:\dev_wksd\eclipse-wksd\devel\Sentinel\war\WEB-INF\lib\hibernate-jpa-2.0-api-1.0.1.Final.jar' contains offending class: javax.persistence.Entity. It will be ignored. Nov 02, 2013 3:27:08 PM org.apache.tomee.catalina.TomEEClassLoaderEnricher validateJarFile WARNING: jar 'D:\dev_wksd\eclipse-wksd\devel\Sentinel\war\WEB-INF\lib\persistence-api-1.0.jar' contains offending class: javax.persistence.Entity. It will be ignored. Nov 02, 2013 3:27:09 PM org.apache.openejb.config.ConfigurationFactory configureApplication INFO: Configuring enterprise application: D:\dev_wksd\eclipse-wksd\devel\Sentinel\war Nov 02, 2013 3:27:09 PM org.apache.openejb.config.ConfigurationFactory configureService INFO: Configuring Service(id=Default JDBC Database, type=Resource, provider-id=Default JDBC Database) Nov 02, 2013 3:27:09 PM org.apache.openejb.config.AutoConfig logAutoCreateResource INFO: Auto-creating a Resource with id 'Default JDBC Database' of type 'javax.sql.DataSource for 'Sentinel'. Nov 02, 2013 3:27:09 PM org.apache.openejb.assembler.classic.Assembler createRecipe INFO: Creating Resource(id=Default JDBC Database) Nov 02, 2013 3:27:09 PM org.apache.openejb.config.AppInfoBuilder build INFO: Enterprise application "D:\dev_wksd\eclipse-wksd\devel\Sentinel\war" loaded. Nov 02, 2013 3:27:09 PM org.apache.openejb.assembler.classic.Assembler createApplication INFO: Assembling app: D:\dev_wksd\eclipse-wksd\devel\Sentinel\war Nov 02, 2013 3:27:09 PM org.apache.openejb.cdi.CdiBuilder initSingleton INFO: Existing thread singleton service in SystemInstance(): org.apache.openejb.cdi.ThreadSingletonServiceImpl@42e3f9e3 Nov 02, 2013 3:27:09 PM org.apache.openejb.cdi.OpenEJBLifecycle startApplication INFO: OpenWebBeans Container is starting... Nov 02, 2013 3:27:09 PM org.apache.webbeans.plugins.PluginLoader startUp INFO: Adding OpenWebBeansPlugin : [CdiPlugin] Nov 02, 2013 3:27:09 PM org.apache.webbeans.plugins.PluginLoader startUp INFO: Adding OpenWebBeansPlugin : [OpenWebBeansJsfPlugin] Nov 02, 2013 3:27:09 PM org.apache.openejb.cdi.BeansDeployer validateInjectionPoints INFO: All injection points are validated successfully. Nov 02, 2013 3:27:09 PM org.apache.openejb.cdi.OpenEJBLifecycle startApplication INFO: OpenWebBeans Container has started, it took 3 ms. Nov 02, 2013 3:27:09 PM org.apache.openejb.assembler.classic.Assembler createApplication INFO: Deployed Application(path=D:\dev_wksd\eclipse-wksd\devel\Sentinel\war) Nov 02, 2013 3:27:10 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log INFO: Initializing Shiro environment Nov 02, 2013 3:27:10 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory INFO: Deploying web application directory D:\dev_wksd\eclipse-wksd\devel\server\apache-tomee-plus-1.5.2\webapps\docs Nov 02, 2013 3:27:10 PM org.apache.tomee.catalina.TomcatWebAppBuilder init -- View this message in context: http://openejb.979440.n4.nabble.com/MySQL-resource-in-Tomee-1-5-2-tp4665872p4665882.html Sent from the OpenEJB User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.