"scott.stark(a)jboss.org" wrote : That does work, but I don't understand why. Configured is an earlier state than Started or Installed (which I also tried, and this does not work for this demand). Why would a demand on Configured allow the HAPartition bean to move further than Started or Installed? I think you're misunderstand what it is doing. :-) The "state" is really "whenRequired" | @XmlAttribute(name="state") | public void setWhenRequired(ControllerState whenRequired) | { | So the above says that the HAPartition must be the Installed state before the JBossCacheDistributedTreeManager moves to the Configured state where it injects the HAPartitionCacheHandler.cache View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4182127#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...