Thank you for your responses. I got a little farther.

I took the "total-replication.xml" from the jbosscache-core.jar from my server lib area and was able to run. I then began commenting out pieces of my xml configuration taken from the all.xml in the jbosscache-pojo.jar I commented out the "serialization" portion. It may have been at least part of the problem.

 <!--
 serialization related configuration, used for replication and cache loading

 <serialization
 objectInputStreamPoolSize="12"
 objectOutputStreamPoolSize="14"
 version="3.0.0"
 marshallerClass="org.jboss.cache.marshall.VersionAwareMarshaller"
 useLazyDeserialization="false"
 useRegionBasedMarshalling="false"/>
 -->

 private List<StatusValueTimeStamped> statusValues = null;

 /**
 * Proxy is needed for pojo cache
 * @return
 */
 private List<StatusValueTimeStamped> getStatusValuesProxy()
 {
 return statusValues;
 }

Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.VerifyError: (class: com/lm/dataModel/rules/StatusRule, method: propagateFromHere
OnUpTree signature: (Lcom/lm/dataModel/ANode;Lcom/lm/dataModel/ANode$Source;Lcom/lm/dataModel/ANode$StatusValue;)Z) Unable to pop
operand off an empty stack
 at com.lm.dataModel.ANode.setStatusValueWithPropagation(ANode.java:301)
 at com.lm.seem.StatusTableModel.setValueAt(StatusTableModel.java:133)

 public synchronized void setStatusValueWithPropagation(Source source,
 StatusValue statusValue)
 {
 StatusRule.propagateFromHereOnUpTree(this, source, statusValue);
 }

public static boolean propagateFromHereOnUpTree(ANode myNode, Source source,
 StatusValue status)

I use load time instrumentation.

Yes, thank you for you help. I think you are on the right track. I am not sure if we really did the best job in implementing this class.

We have a tree of equipment item nodes whose status may be set through the children. For instance, if a power supply is down to say a computer - the whole computer is "hosed." We have a set of rules that determines how each child sets the status of its parent. This is what you are seeing in this class.

@org.jboss.cache.pojo.annotation.Replicable
public class StatusRule
{

 @org.jboss.cache.pojo.annotation.Transient
 protected transient static Logger trace =
 ApplGlobalFileLogger.getFileLogger();

 protected String description = null;

 public static enum RULE_TYPE
 {

 F0, F1, F2, F3,
 C0, C1, C2, C3
 };

 public StatusRule(String description)
 {
 this.description = description;
 }

 public String getDescription()
 {
 return description;
 }

 /**
 * The class that extends this class
 * must OVERRIDE what it means to set the status of each node.
 * Some rules may look at children and then look at the dominance rule to
 * see if that exists and over rides the children rule.
 * Note: This was an abstract method - but the JCache disallowed abstracts.
 * Other rules must simply override this method.
 * @param myNode
 * @param source
 * @param status
 * @return
 */
 //public abstract boolean applyRule(ANode myNode, Source source, StatusValue statusValue);
 public boolean applyRule(ANode myNode, Source source, StatusValue statusValue)
 throws Exception
 {
 if (source == null) {
 trace.log(Level.SEVERE, " bad source - to apply rule it is null");
 throw new Exception();
 }

 if (myNode == null) {
 return false;
 }
 StatusValue calculatedValue = statusValue; // the default

 String[] children = myNode.getChildNodes();
 ANode child = null;
 if (source.equals(Source.CHILDREN_SETTING_STATUS)) {

 for (String childFullPathName : children) {
 child = EquipmentHierarchy.getInstance().getNode(childFullPathName);
 if (child != null) {
 //look at each child and follow the rule above as stated in the description
 }
 }
 }

 // always directly set this node without looking at children because the
 // base class does the propagation. All propagation is the same and goes
 // up the tree from this place!
 myNode.setStatusValueImmediateNoPropagateForPropagationRULEOnly(source, statusValue); // non recursive one

 return true;

 }

 /**
 * Change status on this status value on this node on upward
 * @param myNode
 * @param source
 * @param status
 * @return
 */
 public static boolean propagateFromHereOnUpTree(ANode myNode, Source source,
 StatusValue status)
 {
 try {
 String name = null;
 if (myNode != null) {
 name = myNode.getFullPathName();
 }
 trace.log(Level.INFO, "Propagation rule started on " + name);

 if (myNode == null) {
 trace.log(Level.SEVERE, "Propagation rule has no node associated with it!");
 return false; // can do nothing
 }

 // do the from here part!
 // set my node's status
 System.out.println("setStatusValueWithPropagation " +
 myNode.getRuleType().toString());
 switch (myNode.getRuleType()) {
 case F0:
 F0StatusRule.getInstance().applyRule(myNode, source, status);
 break;
 case F1:
 F1StatusRule.getInstance().applyRule(myNode, source, status);
 break;
 case F2:
 F2StatusRule.getInstance().applyRule(myNode, source, status);
 break;
 case F3:
 F3StatusRule.getInstance().applyRule(myNode, source, status);
 break;
 case C0:
 break;
 case C1:
 break;
 case C2:
 break;
 case C3:
 break;
 default:
 System.out.println("Invalid rule type : " +
 myNode.getRuleType().toString());
 }

 ANode parent = null;
 String parentFullPathName = myNode.getParentNode();
 if (parentFullPathName != null) {
 parent =
 EquipmentHierarchy.getInstance().getNode(parentFullPathName);
 // do the on up tree part
 // in all cases want to propagat parent = e the status up the tree

 // move up to the parent in the tree and
 // now we are propagating based on the source of a CHILD setting status
 parent.setStatusValueWithPropagation(Source.CHILDREN_SETTING_STATUS, status); // indirect recursion
 } else //parent is null at the root
 {
 // end of the recursion
 trace.log(Level.INFO, "Ending recursion on node " + name);
 return true;
 }
 return true;
 } catch (Exception ex) {
 Logger.getLogger(StatusRule.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
 return false;
 }

 }

 // propagation goodies
 /**
 * Method to reset the status down the tree from this node - note - it sets the operator status.
 * Note: method left here just in case needed later. At the moment there is no need so
 * made private.
 */
 protected synchronized void resetOperatorStatusFromNodeOnDown(ANode node)
 {
 StatusValue statusValue = StatusValue.NOT_TESTED;
 String[] children = node.getChildNodes();
 Source source = Source.OPERATOR;
 ANode child = null;
 for (String childFullPathName : children) {
 //look at each child and follow the rule above as stated in the description
 child = EquipmentHierarchy.getInstance().getNode(childFullPathName);
 if (child != null) {
 child.setStatusValueImmediateNoPropagateForPropagationRULEOnly(source, statusValue); // non recursive one

 }

 }

 // most simple rule - directly set this node without looking at children
 node.setStatusValueImmediateNoPropagateForPropagationRULEOnly(source, statusValue); // non recursive one

 }

 @Override
 public boolean equals(Object obj)
 {
 return super.equals(obj);
 }

 @Override
 public int hashCode()
 {
 return super.hashCode();
 }

 @Override
 public String toString()
 {
 StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(30);


 buf.append("Textual Description = ");
 if (this.description != null) {
 buf.append(this.description);
 }

 return buf.toString();
 }
}

@org.jboss.cache.pojo.annotation.Replicable
public class F0StatusRule
 extends StatusRule
 implements java.io.Serializable
{

 private static F0StatusRule instance = null;
 private transient static String myDescription =
 "1. If all children have status of NOT TESTED, then the parent status will be NOT TESTED." +
 "\n" +
 "2. If all critical children have status of GOOD or NOT TESTED, and all non-critical children have status of GOOD, GOOD WITH LOSS OF REDUNDANCY, or NOT TESTED, then the parent status will be GOOD." +
 "\n" +
 "3. If all children have status of GOOD, GOOD WITH LOSS OF REDUNDANCY, or NOT TESTED, then parent status will be GOOD WITH LOSS OF REDUNDANCY." +
 "\n" +
 "4. If all critical children have status of GOOD, GOOD WITH LOSS OF REDUNDANCY, DEGRADED, or NOT TESTED, then parent status will be DEGRADED." +
 "\n" +
 "5. If the children have status other than the ones mentioned above, the parent status will be FAILED.";

 private F0StatusRule(String description)
 {
 super(description);
 }
 /**
 * Singleton
 * @return
 */
 public static synchronized F0StatusRule getInstance()
 {
 if (instance == null) {
 instance = new F0StatusRule(myDescription);
 }
 return instance;
 }
 @Override
 // emo - i don't think statusValue needs to be passed in here
 public boolean applyRule(ANode myNode, Source source, StatusValue statusValue)
 throws Exception
 {

 // Check inputs...
 if (source == null) {
 trace.log(Level.SEVERE, " bad source - to apply rule it is null");
 throw new Exception();
 }
 if (myNode == null) {
 return false;
 }

 // Initialize generic values
 StatusValue calculatedStatus = StatusValue.NOT_TESTED;
 int[] criticalStatusCounts = new int[StatusValue.values().length];
 int[] nonCriticalStatusCounts = new int[StatusValue.values().length];

 if (source.equals(Source.CHILDREN_SETTING_STATUS)) {
 // Get children information
 String[] children = myNode.getChildNodes();
 int childCount = children.length;

 // Go through all the children and get their status, dividing them
 // between critical and non critical. Also keep track of how many of
 // each (critical/non critical) there are
 ANode child = null;
 int criticalChildCount = 0;
 int nonCriticalChildCount = 0;
 for (String childFullPathName : children) {
 child =
 EquipmentHierarchy.getInstance().getNode(childFullPathName);
 if (child != null) {
 if (myNode.getChildCriticality(childFullPathName)) {
 criticalStatusCounts[child.getSummaryStatus().ordinal()]++;
 criticalChildCount++;
 } else {
 nonCriticalStatusCounts[child.getSummaryStatus().ordinal()]++;
 nonCriticalChildCount++;
 }
 //look at each child and follow the rule above as stated in the description
 } else {
 System.out.println("child " + childFullPathName +
 " missing for " +
 myNode.getFullPathName());
 }
 }

 // Calculate the status according to the rule
 int statusMatches = criticalStatusCounts[StatusValue.NOT_TESTED.ordinal()] +
 nonCriticalStatusCounts[StatusValue.NOT_TESTED.ordinal()];
 // All status are NOT_TESTED
 if (statusMatches == childCount) {
 calculatedStatus = StatusValue.NOT_TESTED;
 } else {
 // Check to see if all critical are NOT_TESTED/GOOD
 // and if all non critical are NOT_TESTED/GOOD/LOSS_WITH_REDUNDANCY
 int criticalMatches = criticalStatusCounts[StatusValue.NOT_TESTED.ordinal()] +
 criticalStatusCounts[StatusValue.GOOD.ordinal()];
 int nonCriticalMatches =
 nonCriticalStatusCounts[StatusValue.NOT_TESTED.ordinal()] +
 nonCriticalStatusCounts[StatusValue.GOOD.ordinal()] +
 nonCriticalStatusCounts[StatusValue.GOOD_WITH_LOSS_OF_REDUNDANCY.ordinal()];
 if (criticalMatches == criticalChildCount && nonCriticalMatches ==
 nonCriticalChildCount) {
 calculatedStatus = StatusValue.GOOD;
 } else {
 // Check to see if all critical are NOT_TESTED/GOOD/LOSS_WITH_REDUNDANCY
 // and if all non critical are NOT_TESTED/GOOD/LOSS_WITH_REDUNDANCY
 criticalMatches +=
 criticalStatusCounts[StatusValue.GOOD_WITH_LOSS_OF_REDUNDANCY.ordinal()];
 if (criticalMatches == criticalChildCount &&
 nonCriticalMatches == nonCriticalChildCount) {
 calculatedStatus = StatusValue.GOOD_WITH_LOSS_OF_REDUNDANCY;
 } else {
 // Check to see if all critical are NOT_TESTED/GOOD/LOSS_WITH_REDUNDANCY/DEGRADED
 criticalMatches +=
 criticalStatusCounts[StatusValue.DEGRADED.ordinal()];
 if (criticalMatches == criticalChildCount)// &&
 {
 calculatedStatus = StatusValue.DEGRADED;
 } else {
 // All else are FAILED
 calculatedStatus = StatusValue.FAILED;
 }
 }
 }
 }

 } else {
 calculatedStatus = statusValue;
 }
 // always directly set this node without looking at children because the
 // base class does the propagation. All propagation is the same and goes
 // up the tree from this place!
 myNode.setStatusValueImmediateNoPropagateForPropagationRULEOnly(source,
 calculatedStatus);
 return true;
 }
}

Wow! Thank you for finding that problem. I did not change the xml file - but simply removed the switch from the code and never saw the byte code error again.
Thank you for your diligence! I am impressed with this JBoss Team!


I have gotten a lot farther thanks to your help - but seem to have one last problem. When I start my separate applications and they connect to the cache with the same name - they appear to connect to separate caches. Here is the code that used to work on pojo 2. I have 3 separate caches for different objects within our application. Each cache uses the same xml file found here. This xml file has been updated to work with pojo 3.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<jbosscache xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="urn:jboss:jbosscache-core:config:3.0">


 <!--
 isolation levels supported: READ_COMMITTED and REPEATABLE_READ
 nodeLockingSchemes: mvcc, pessimistic (deprecated), optimistic (deprecated)
 -->
 <locking
 isolationLevel="REPEATABLE_READ"
 lockParentForChildInsertRemove="false"
 lockAcquisitionTimeout="20000"
 nodeLockingScheme="mvcc"
 writeSkewCheck="false"
 concurrencyLevel="500"/>

 <!--
 Used to register a transaction manager and participate in ongoing transactions.
 -->

 <transaction
 transactionManagerLookupClass="org.jboss.cache.transaction.GenericTransactionManagerLookup"
 syncRollbackPhase="false"
 syncCommitPhase="false"/>


 <!--
 Used to register JMX statistics in any available MBean server
 -->
 <jmxStatistics
 enabled="false"/>

 <!--
 If region based marshalling is used, defines whether new regions are inactive on startup.
 -->
 <startup
 regionsInactiveOnStartup="true"/>


 <!--
 Used to register JVM shutdown hooks.
 hookBehavior: DEFAULT, REGISTER, DONT_REGISTER
 -->
 <shutdown
 hookBehavior="DEFAULT"/>

 <!--
 Used to define async listener notification thread pool size
 -->
 <listeners
 asyncPoolSize="1"
 asyncQueueSize="1000000"/>

 <!--
 Used to enable invocation batching and allow the use of Cache.startBatch()/endBatch() methods.
 -->
 <invocationBatching
 enabled="false"/>

 <!--
 serialization related configuration, used for replication and cache loading
 -->
 <!-- LKA - Causes strange error where attach a node - but then can not find it in the very next line
 <serialization
 objectInputStreamPoolSize="12"
 objectOutputStreamPoolSize="14"
 version="3.0.0"
 marshallerClass="org.jboss.cache.marshall.VersionAwareMarshaller"
 useLazyDeserialization="false"
 useRegionBasedMarshalling="false"/>
 -->

<!--
1/6/09 We have 3 separate caches at the moment:
 <clustering mode="replication" clusterName="AlertsCache"> </clustering>
 <clustering mode="replication" clusterName="EquipmentCache"/></clustering>
 <clustering mode="replication" clusterName="TestListsCache"/></clustering>
 -->
 <!--
 This element specifies that the cache is clustered.
 modes supported: replication (r) or invalidation (i).
 -->
 <clustering mode="replication" clusterName="JBossCluster-Cache">

 <!--
 Defines whether to retrieve state on startup
 -->
 <stateRetrieval timeout="20000" fetchInMemoryState="false"/>

 <!--
 Network calls are synchronous.
 -->
 <sync replTimeout="20000"/>
 <!--
 Uncomment this for async replication.
 -->
 <!--<async useReplQueue="true" replQueueInterval="10000" replQueueMaxElements="500" serializationExecutorPoolSize="20" serializationExecutorQueueSize="5000000"/>-->

 <!-- Uncomment to use Buddy Replication -->
 <!--
 <buddy enabled="true" poolName="myBuddyPoolReplicationGroup" communicationTimeout="2000">
 <dataGravitation auto="true" removeOnFind="true" searchBackupTrees="true"/>
 <locator class="org.jboss.cache.buddyreplication.NextMemberBuddyLocator">
 <properties>
 numBuddies = 1
 ignoreColocatedBuddies = true
 </properties>
 </locator>
 </buddy>
 -->

 <!--
 Configures the JGroups channel. Looks up a JGroups config file on the classpath or filesystem. udp.xml
 ships with jgroups.jar and will be picked up by the class loader.
 -->
 <jgroupsConfig>

 <UDP discard_incompatible_packets="true" enable_bundling="false" enable_diagnostics="false" ip_ttl="2"
 loopback="false" max_bundle_size="64000" max_bundle_timeout="30" mcast_addr="228.10.10.10"
 mcast_port="45588" mcast_recv_buf_size="25000000" mcast_send_buf_size="640000"
 oob_thread_pool.enabled="true" oob_thread_pool.keep_alive_time="10000" oob_thread_pool.max_threads="4"
 oob_thread_pool.min_threads="1" oob_thread_pool.queue_enabled="true" oob_thread_pool.queue_max_size="10"
 oob_thread_pool.rejection_policy="Run" thread_naming_pattern="pl" thread_pool.enabled="true"
 thread_pool.keep_alive_time="30000" thread_pool.max_threads="25" thread_pool.min_threads="1"
 thread_pool.queue_enabled="true" thread_pool.queue_max_size="10" thread_pool.rejection_policy="Run"
 tos="8" ucast_recv_buf_size="20000000" ucast_send_buf_size="640000" use_concurrent_stack="true"
 use_incoming_packet_handler="true"/>
 <PING num_initial_members="3" timeout="2000"/>
 <MERGE2 max_interval="30000" min_interval="10000"/>
 <FD_SOCK/>
 <FD max_tries="5" shun="true" timeout="10000"/>
 <VERIFY_SUSPECT timeout="1500"/>
 <pbcast.NAKACK discard_delivered_msgs="true" gc_lag="0" retransmit_timeout="300,600,1200,2400,4800"
 use_mcast_xmit="false"/>
 <UNICAST timeout="300,600,1200,2400,3600"/>
 <pbcast.STABLE desired_avg_gossip="50000" max_bytes="400000" stability_delay="1000"/>
 <pbcast.GMS join_timeout="5000" print_local_addr="true" shun="false" view_ack_collection_timeout="5000"
 view_bundling="true"/>
 <FRAG2 frag_size="60000"/>
 <pbcast.STREAMING_STATE_TRANSFER/>
 <pbcast.FLUSH timeout="0"/>

 </jgroupsConfig>
 </clustering>

 <!--
 Eviction configuration. WakeupInterval defines how often the eviction thread runs, in milliseconds. 0 means
 the eviction thread will never run.

 <eviction wakeUpInterval="500">
 <default algorithmClass="org.jboss.cache.eviction.LRUAlgorithm" eventQueueSize="200000">
 <property name="maxNodes" value="5000"/>
 <property name="timeToLive" value="1000"/>
 </default>
 <region name="/org/jboss/data1">
 <property name="timeToLive" value="2000"/>
 </region>
 <region name="/org/jboss/data2" algorithmClass="org.jboss.cache.eviction.FIFOAlgorithm" eventQueueSize="100000">
 <property name="maxNodes" value="3000"/>
 <property name="minTimeToLive" value="4000"/>
 </region>
 </eviction>
 -->

 <!--
 Cache loaders.

 If passivation is enabled, state is offloaded to the cache loaders ONLY when evicted. Similarly, when the state
 is accessed again, it is removed from the cache loader and loaded into memory.

 Otherwise, state is always maintained in the cache loader as well as in memory.

 Set 'shared' to true if all instances in the cluster use the same cache loader instance, e.g., are talking to the
 same database.
LKA - comment out until we get our database set up - Derby comes with JBoss 5 - may use it

 <loaders passivation="false" shared="false">
 <preload>
 <node fqn="/org/jboss"/>
 <node fqn="/org/tempdata"/>
 </preload>
 -->
 <!--
 we can have multiple cache loaders, which get chained

 <loader class="org.jboss.cache.loader.JDBCCacheLoader" async="true" fetchPersistentState="true"
 ignoreModifications="true" purgeOnStartup="true">

 <properties>
 cache.jdbc.table.name=jbosscache
 cache.jdbc.table.create=true
 cache.jdbc.table.drop=true
 cache.jdbc.table.primarykey=jbosscache_pk
 cache.jdbc.fqn.column=fqn
 cache.jdbc.fqn.type=varchar(255)
 cache.jdbc.node.column=node
 cache.jdbc.node.type=blob
 cache.jdbc.parent.column=parent
 cache.jdbc.sql-concat=1 || 2
 cache.jdbc.driver = org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver
 cache.jdbc.url=jdbc:derby:jbossdb;create=true
 cache.jdbc.user=user1
 cache.jdbc.password=user1
 </properties>
 -->
 <!-- alternatively use a connection from a datasorce, as per the code sample below-->
 <!--<properties>-->
 <!--cache.jdbc.datasource=AllSampleDS-->
 <!--cache.jdbc.table.name=jbosscache-->
 <!--cache.jdbc.table.create=true-->
 <!--cache.jdbc.table.drop=true-->
 <!--</properties>
 <singletonStore enabled="true" class="org.jboss.cache.loader.SingletonStoreCacheLoader">
 <properties>
 pushStateWhenCoordinator=true
 pushStateWhenCoordinatorTimeout=20000
 </properties>
 </singletonStore>
 </loader>
 </loaders>
-->

 <!--
 Define custom interceptors. All custom interceptors need to extend org.jboss.cache.interceptors.base.CommandInterceptor
 -->
 <!--
 <customInterceptors>
 <interceptor position="first" class="org.jboss.cache.config.parsing.custominterceptors.AaaCustomInterceptor">
 <property name="attrOne" value="value1" />
 <property name="attrTwo" value="value2" />
 </interceptor>
 <interceptor position="last" class="org.jboss.cache.config.parsing.custominterceptors.BbbCustomInterceptor"/>
 <interceptor index="3" class="org.jboss.cache.config.parsing.custominterceptors.AaaCustomInterceptor"/>
 <interceptor before="org.jboss.cache.interceptors.CallInterceptor"
 class="org.jboss.cache.config.parsing.custominterceptors.BbbCustomInterceptor"/>
 <interceptor after="org.jboss.cache.interceptors.CallInterceptor"
 class="org.jboss.cache.config.parsing.custominterceptors.AaaCustomInterceptor"/>
 </customInterceptors>
 -->
</jbosscache>

 private PojoCache createCache(String configFileName, String clusterName)
 throws Exception
 {

 trace.log(Level.INFO, "creating cache with " + configFileName +
 " in cluster, cache name " +
 clusterName + "," + this.nameOfCache);

 Configuration config = createConfigurationFromXMLFile(configFileName);

 config.setClusterName(clusterName); // We can set a different cluster group.
 trace.log(Level.INFO, "Printout of configuration:\n" + config.toString());
 boolean toStart = true;
 PojoCache cache = PojoCacheFactory.createCache(config, toStart);

 return cache;
 }

 public CacheManager(String nameOfCache, String configFileName, String clusterName)
 {

 //this.logger = trace;
 this.nameOfCache = nameOfCache;
 try
 {
 this.myCache = createCache(configFileName, clusterName);
 }
 catch (Exception e)
 {
 trace.log(Level.SEVERE, "Severe Error - cache is not working. Exit", e);
 System.exit(-1);
 }

 }

 String configFileName =
 "META-INF/total-replication-cache-service.xml";
 String clusterName = "Equipment-Cluster";
 cacheManager = new CacheManager("EquipmentCache", configFileName, clusterName);

 cacheManager = new CacheManager("TestListsCache", configFileName, clusterName);

Jan 6, 2009 12:48:03 PM com.lm.cache.CacheManager createCache
INFO: creating cache with META-INF/total-replication-cache-service.xml in cluster, cache name Equipment-Cluster,EquipmentCache
Jan 6, 2009 12:48:05 PM com.lm.cache.CacheManager createCache
INFO: Printout of configuration:
org.jboss.cache.config.Configuration@6530b8c5
log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (org.jboss.cache.factories.ComponentRegistry).
log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.

-------------------------------------------------------
GMS: address is 127.0.0.1:1836
-------------------------------------------------------
Jan 6, 2009 12:48:10 PM com.lm.dataModel.EquipmentHierarchy <init>
INFO: In constructor of the tree manager.
Jan 6, 2009 12:48:10 PM com.lm.cache.CacheManager findObjectInCache
SEVERE: did NOT find / with transformedName / in cache name EquipmentCache
Jan 6, 2009 12:48:10 PM com.lm.dataModel.EquipmentHierarchy createNode
INFO: This new node is a root node - name is /
Jan 6, 2009 12:48:11 PM com.lm.cache.CacheManager findObjectInCache
SEVERE: did NOT find / with transformedName / in cache name EquipmentCache
Jan 6, 2009 12:48:11 PM com.lm.cache.CacheManager attachObjectToCache
INFO: did attach object class com.lm.dataModel.EquipmentItemNode / to name / in cache name EquipmentCache with fqn of /__JBossInte
rnal__/_ID_/3l5o5c71-j125gs-fpmuul9v-1-fpmuul9v-2

Jan 6, 2009 12:52:52 PM com.lm.cache.CacheManager createCache
INFO: creating cache with META-INF/total-replication-cache-service.xml in cluster, cache name Equipment-Cluster,EquipmentCache
Jan 6, 2009 12:52:52 PM com.lm.cache.CacheManager createCache
INFO: Printout of configuration:
org.jboss.cache.config.Configuration@52a94ae3

-------------------------------------------------------
GMS: address is 127.0.0.1:1847
-------------------------------------------------------
Jan 6, 2009 12:52:53 PM com.lm.dataModel.EquipmentHierarchy <init>
INFO: In constructor of the tree manager.
Jan 6, 2009 12:52:53 PM com.lm.cache.CacheManager findObjectInCache
SEVERE: did NOT find / with transformedName / in cache name EquipmentCache

I got it working by using the config2to3.bat on my old xml file as suggested early on.

Thank you for all your help.