If a cache with a filestore has additional enabled CrossSiteReplication with the <backup> element the start of the cache will fail because of a NullPointerException.

For the momen the cache should be loaded from the cache store the distribution is not initialized and the replication failed with a NullPointerException, see stacktrace.

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ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (MSC service thread 1-5) MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.datagrid-infinispan.clustered.wolf: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.datagrid-infinispan.clustered.wolf: Failed to start service
at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1904)
...
Caused by: org.infinispan.commons.CacheException: Unable to invoke method public void org.infinispan.persistence.manager.PersistenceManagerImpl.preload() on object of type PersistenceManagerImpl
...
Caused by: org.infinispan.persistence.spi.PersistenceException: Execution exception!
at org.infinispan.persistence.file.SingleFileStore.process(SingleFileStore.java:547)
...
Caused by: org.infinispan.persistence.spi.PersistenceException: Unable to preload!
at org.infinispan.persistence.manager.PersistenceManagerImpl.preloadKey(PersistenceManagerImpl.java:750)
...
Caused by: org.infinispan.commons.CacheException: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.InvocationContextInterceptor.rethrowException(InvocationContextInterceptor.java:137)
...
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.infinispan.distribution.impl.DistributionManagerImpl.getWriteConsistentHash(DistributionManagerImpl.java:118)
at org.infinispan.distribution.impl.DistributionManagerImpl.getConsistentHash(DistributionManagerImpl.java:108)
at org.infinispan.distribution.impl.DistributionManagerImpl.getPrimaryLocation(DistributionManagerImpl.java:98)
at org.infinispan.interceptors.locking.ClusteringDependentLogic$DistributionLogic.localNodeIsPrimaryOwner(ClusteringDependentLogic.java:473)
at org.infinispan.interceptors.xsite.NonTransactionalBackupInterceptor.lambda$handleSingleKeyWriteCommand$0(NonTransactionalBackupInterceptor.java:57)
at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.ReturnValueStage.thenAccept(ReturnValueStage.java:48)
at org.infinispan.interceptors.xsite.NonTransactionalBackupInterceptor.handleSingleKeyWriteCommand(NonTransactionalBackupInterceptor.java:54)
at org.infinispan.interceptors.xsite.NonTransactionalBackupInterceptor.visitPutKeyValueCommand(NonTransactionalBackupInterceptor.java:35)
at org.infinispan.interceptors.xsite.NonTransactionalBackupInterceptor.visitPutKeyValueCommand(NonTransactionalBackupInterceptor.java:22)
at org.infinispan.commands.write.PutKeyValueCommand.acceptVisitor(PutKeyValueCommand.java:77)
at org.infinispan.interceptors.DDAsyncInterceptor.visitCommand(DDAsyncInterceptor.java:49)
at org.infinispan.interceptors.BaseAsyncInterceptor.invokeNext(BaseAsyncInterceptor.java:52)
at org.infinispan.interceptors.locking.AbstractLockingInterceptor.visitNonTxDataWriteCommand(AbstractLockingInterceptor.java:107)
at org.infinispan.interceptors.locking.NonTransactionalLockingInterceptor.visitDataWriteCommand(NonTransactionalLockingInterceptor.java:38)
at org.infinispan.interceptors.locking.AbstractLockingInterceptor.visitPutKeyValueCommand(AbstractLockingInterceptor.java:77)
at org.infinispan.interceptors.locking.AbstractLockingInterceptor.visitPutKeyValueCommand(AbstractLockingInterceptor.java:45)
at org.infinispan.commands.write.PutKeyValueCommand.acceptVisitor(PutKeyValueCommand.java:77)
at org.infinispan.interceptors.DDAsyncInterceptor.visitCommand(DDAsyncInterceptor.java:49)
at org.infinispan.interceptors.BaseAsyncInterceptor.invokeNext(BaseAsyncInterceptor.java:52)
at org.infinispan.statetransfer.StateTransferInterceptor.handleNonTxWriteCommand(StateTransferInterceptor.java:391)
at org.infinispan.statetransfer.StateTransferInterceptor.handleWriteCommand(StateTransferInterceptor.java:334)
at org.infinispan.statetransfer.StateTransferInterceptor.visitPutKeyValueCommand(StateTransferInterceptor.java:108)
at org.infinispan.statetransfer.StateTransferInterceptor.visitPutKeyValueCommand(StateTransferInterceptor.java:65)
at org.infinispan.commands.write.PutKeyValueCommand.acceptVisitor(PutKeyValueCommand.java:77)
at org.infinispan.interceptors.DDAsyncInterceptor.visitCommand(DDAsyncInterceptor.java:49)
at org.infinispan.interceptors.BaseAsyncInterceptor.invokeNext(BaseAsyncInterceptor.java:52)
at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.CacheMgmtInterceptor.updateStoreStatistics(CacheMgmtInterceptor.java:168)
at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.CacheMgmtInterceptor.visitPutKeyValueCommand(CacheMgmtInterceptor.java:154)
at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.CacheMgmtInterceptor.visitPutKeyValueCommand(CacheMgmtInterceptor.java:41)
at org.infinispan.commands.write.PutKeyValueCommand.acceptVisitor(PutKeyValueCommand.java:77)
at org.infinispan.interceptors.DDAsyncInterceptor.visitCommand(DDAsyncInterceptor.java:49)
at org.infinispan.interceptors.BaseAsyncInterceptor.invokeNext(BaseAsyncInterceptor.java:52)
at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.InvocationContextInterceptor.visitCommand(InvocationContextInterceptor.java:103)
... 53 more

...
ERROR [org.jboss.as.controller.management-operation] (Controller Boot Thread) WFLYCTL0013: Operation ("add") failed - address: ([
("subsystem" => "datagrid-infinispan"),
("cache-container" => "clustered"),
("distributed-cache" => "wolf")
]) - failure description: {
"WFLYCTL0080: Failed services" =>

,
"WFLYCTL0412: Required services that are not installed:" => ["jboss.datagrid-infinispan.clustered.wolf"],
"WFLYCTL0180: Services with missing/unavailable dependencies" => undefined
}
INFO [org.jboss.as.controller] (Controller Boot Thread) WFLYCTL0183: Service status report
WFLYCTL0186: Services which failed to start: service jboss.datagrid-infinispan.clustered.wolf: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.datagrid-infinispan.clustered.wolf: Failed to start service

ERROR [org.jboss.as] (Controller Boot Thread) WFLYSRV0026: Infinispan Server 9.0.0-SNAPSHOT (WildFly Core 2.2.0.Final) started (with errors) in 8365ms - Started 219 of 261 services (1 services failed or missing dependencies, 144 services are lazy, passive or on-demand)