Create a protocol stack containing TCPPING using deprecated add operation on property (this passes and that's fine): batch /subsystem=jgroups/stack=tcpping:add() /subsystem=jgroups/stack=tcpping/transport=TCP:add(socket-binding=jgroups-tcp) /subsystem=jgroups/stack=tcpping/protocol=TCPPING:add() /subsystem=jgroups/stack=tcpping/protocol=TCPPING/property=initial_hosts:add(value="127.0.0.1[7600],127.0.0.1[7700]") /subsystem=jgroups/stack=tcpping/protocol=MERGE2:add() /subsystem=jgroups/stack=tcpping/protocol=FD_SOCK:add(socket-binding=jgroups-tcp-fd) /subsystem=jgroups/stack=tcpping/protocol=FD:add() /subsystem=jgroups/stack=tcpping/protocol=VERIFY_SUSPECT:add() /subsystem=jgroups/stack=tcpping/protocol=BARRIER:add() /subsystem=jgroups/stack=tcpping/protocol=pbcast.NAKACK:add() /subsystem=jgroups/stack=tcpping/protocol=UNICAST2:add() /subsystem=jgroups/stack=tcpping/protocol=pbcast.STABLE:add() /subsystem=jgroups/stack=tcpping/protocol=pbcast.GMS:add() /subsystem=jgroups/stack=tcpping/protocol=UFC:add() /subsystem=jgroups/stack=tcpping/protocol=MFC:add() /subsystem=jgroups/stack=tcpping/protocol=FRAG2:add() /subsystem=jgroups/stack=tcpping/protocol=RSVP:add() run-batch /subsystem=jgroups/channel=ee:write-attribute(name=stack,value=tcpping) reload Now attempt any other operation on the protocol (batch mode makes no difference): /subsystem=jgroups/stack=tcpping/protocol=TCPPING:read-resource This will fail because the protocol needs to be referenced as org.jgroups.protocols.TCPPING .