small addition to my previous post. as a result of the exceptions we get following errors by the end of the deployment : --- MBeans waiting for other MBeans --- ObjectName: portal:service=CMS State: FAILED Reason: javax.jcr.RepositoryException: failed to read node state from cache: deadbeef-face-babe-cafe-babecafebabe: failed to read node state from cache: deadbeef-face-babe-cafe-babecafebabe I Depend On: jboss.jca:name=PortalDS,service=DataSourceBinding portal:service=JAASLoginModule portal:service=Hibernate,type=CMS Depends On Me: portal:commandFactory=CMSObject cms.pm.cache:service=TreeCache --- MBEANS THAT ARE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM --- ObjectName: portal:service=CMS State: FAILED Reason: javax.jcr.RepositoryException: failed to read node state from cache: deadbeef-face-babe-cafe-babecafebabe: failed to read node state from cache: deadbeef-face-babe-cafe-babecafebabe I Depend On: jboss.jca:name=PortalDS,service=DataSourceBinding portal:service=JAASLoginModule portal:service=Hibernate,type=CMS Depends On Me: portal:commandFactory=CMSObject cms.pm.cache:service=TreeCache View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4101603#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...