Manual verification on machines have shown that this issue is not hudson-only-related.

Failing on RHEL 5, RHEL 6, both 32 and 64 bit systems. IBM JDK 6.

Environment definitions:

Machine: Linux dev88.mw.lab.eng.bos.redhat.com 2.6.32-358.18.1.el6.i686 #1 SMP Fri Aug 2 17:10:27 EDT 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

JDK: java version "1.6.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build pxi3260sr13ifix-20130303_02(SR13+IV37419))
IBM J9 VM (build 2.4, JRE 1.6.0 IBM J9 2.4 Linux x86-32 jvmxi3260sr13-20130114_134867 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)
J9VM - 20130114_134867
JIT  - r9_20130108_31100
GC   - 20121212_AA)
JCL  - 20130303_02


Machine: Linux dev117.mw.lab.eng.bos.redhat.com 2.6.18-348.16.1.el5 #1 SMP Sat Jul 27 01:05:23 EDT 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

JDK:java version "1.6.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build pxa6460sr13ifix-20130303_02(SR13+IV37419))
IBM J9 VM (build 2.4, JRE 1.6.0 IBM J9 2.4 Linux amd64-64 jvmxa6460sr13-20130114_134867 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)
J9VM - 20130114_134867
JIT  - r9_20130108_31100
GC   - 20121212_AA)
JCL  - 20130303_02



Server console log (please ignore missing security deps):

INFO: Starting container with: [/qa/tools/opt/ibm-java-60/bin/java, -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true, -Djava.net.preferIPv6Addresses=false, -Dmcast.ip=234.99.54.14, -Dmodcluster.ip=224.0.1.115, -Xmx512m, -XX:MaxPermSize=128m, -Dorg.apache.tomcat.util.buf.UDecoder.ALLOW_ENCODED_SLASH=true, -Djboss.node.name=node0, -Dnode.ip=127.0.0.1, -ea, -Djboss.home.dir=/home/hudson/users-tmp/tsykora/62ER1_2/jdg-server/jboss-datagrid-server-6.2.0, -Dorg.jboss.boot.log.file=/home/hudson/users-tmp/tsykora/62ER1_2/jdg-server/jboss-datagrid-server-6.2.0/standalone/log/boot.log, -Dlogging.configuration=file:/home/hudson/users-tmp/tsykora/62ER1_2/jdg-server/jboss-datagrid-server-6.2.0/standalone/configuration/logging.properties, -Djboss.bundles.dir=/home/hudson/users-tmp/tsykora/62ER1_2/jdg-server/jboss-datagrid-server-6.2.0/bundles, -jar, /home/hudson/users-tmp/tsykora/62ER1_2/jdg-server/jboss-datagrid-server-6.2.0/jboss-modules.jar, -mp, /home/hudson/users-tmp/tsykora/62ER1_2/jdg-server/jboss-datagrid-server-6.2.0/modules, -jaxpmodule, javax.xml.jaxp-provider, org.jboss.as.standalone, -server-config, standalone-dist.xml]
14:12:04,079 INFO  [org.jboss.modules] (main) JBoss Modules version 1.2.2.Final-redhat-1
14:12:04,682 INFO  [org.jboss.msc] (main) JBoss MSC version 1.0.4.GA-redhat-1
14:12:04,802 INFO  [org.jboss.as] (MSC service thread 1-5) JBAS015899: JBoss Data Grid 6.2.0 (AS 7.2.1.Final-redhat-10) starting
14:12:07,283 WARN  [org.jboss.as.server] (Controller Boot Thread) JBAS015883: No security realm defined for native management service; all access will be unrestricted.
14:12:07,302 INFO  [org.xnio] (MSC service thread 1-5) XNIO Version 3.0.7.GA-redhat-1
14:12:07,306 INFO  [org.jboss.as.server] (Controller Boot Thread) JBAS015888: Creating http management service using socket-binding (management-http)
14:12:07,308 WARN  [org.jboss.as.server] (Controller Boot Thread) JBAS015884: No security realm defined for http management service; all access will be unrestricted.
14:12:07,331 INFO  [org.xnio.nio] (MSC service thread 1-5) XNIO NIO Implementation Version 3.0.7.GA-redhat-1
14:12:07,355 INFO  [org.jboss.remoting] (MSC service thread 1-5) JBoss Remoting version 3.2.16.GA-redhat-1
14:12:07,526 INFO  [org.jboss.as.clustering.infinispan] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 18) JBAS010280: Activating Infinispan subsystem.
14:12:07,538 INFO  [org.jboss.as.naming] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 24) JBAS011800: Activating Naming Subsystem
14:12:07,590 INFO  [org.jboss.as.security] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 27) JBAS013171: Activating Security Subsystem
14:12:07,600 INFO  [org.jboss.as.clustering.jgroups] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 21) JBAS010260: Activating JGroups subsystem.
14:12:07,694 INFO  [org.jboss.as.jsf] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 31) JBAS012605: Activated the following JSF Implementations: [main, 1.2]
14:12:07,906 INFO  [org.jboss.as.security] (MSC service thread 1-6) JBAS013170: Current PicketBox version=4.0.17.SP2-redhat-2
14:12:07,979 INFO  [org.jboss.as.connector.logging] (MSC service thread 1-8) JBAS010408: Starting JCA Subsystem (IronJacamar 1.0.19.Final-redhat-2)
14:12:08,151 INFO  [org.jboss.as.naming] (MSC service thread 1-6) JBAS011802: Starting Naming Service
14:12:08,345 INFO  [org.jboss.as.remoting] (MSC service thread 1-5) JBAS017100: Listening on 127.0.0.1:9999
14:12:08,346 INFO  [org.jboss.as.remoting] (MSC service thread 1-7) JBAS017100: Listening on 127.0.0.1:4447
14:12:09,641 INFO  [org.apache.coyote.ajp] (MSC service thread 1-1) JBWEB003046: Starting Coyote AJP/1.3 on ajp-/127.0.0.1:8009
14:12:09,643 INFO  [org.apache.coyote.http11] (MSC service thread 1-8) JBWEB003001: Coyote HTTP/1.1 initializing on : http-/127.0.0.1:8080
14:12:09,647 INFO  [org.apache.coyote.http11] (MSC service thread 1-8) JBWEB003000: Coyote HTTP/1.1 starting on: http-/127.0.0.1:8080
14:12:09,940 INFO  [org.jboss.modcluster] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 32) MODCLUSTER000001: Initializing mod_cluster ${project.version}
14:12:10,013 INFO  [org.jboss.modcluster] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 32) MODCLUSTER000032: Listening to proxy advertisements on /224.0.1.115:23364
14:12:10,155 WARN  [org.jgroups.stack.Configurator] (MSC service thread 1-4) JGRP000014: FlowControl.ignore_synchronous_response has been deprecated: not used any longer
14:12:10,191 WARN  [org.jgroups.stack.Configurator] (MSC service thread 1-4) JGRP000014: FlowControl.ignore_synchronous_response has been deprecated: not used any longer
14:12:11,866 ERROR [org.jboss.msc.service.fail] (MSC service thread 1-8) MSC000001: Failed to start service jboss.infinispan.default: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.infinispan.default: Failed to start service
	at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1767) [jboss-msc-1.0.4.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.4.GA-redhat-1]
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) [rt.jar:1.6.0]
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:931) [rt.jar:1.6.0]
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:738) [vm.jar:1.6.0]
Caused by: org.infinispan.commons.CacheException: Unable to construct a GlobalComponentRegistry!
	at org.infinispan.factories.GlobalComponentRegistry.<init>(GlobalComponentRegistry.java:129)
	at org.infinispan.manager.DefaultCacheManager.<init>(DefaultCacheManager.java:195)
	at org.jboss.as.clustering.infinispan.DefaultEmbeddedCacheManager.<init>(DefaultEmbeddedCacheManager.java:48)
	at org.jboss.as.clustering.infinispan.subsystem.EmbeddedCacheManagerService.start(EmbeddedCacheManagerService.java:67)
	at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1811) [jboss-msc-1.0.4.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.4.GA-redhat-1]
	at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1746) [jboss-msc-1.0.4.GA-redhat-1.jar:1.0.4.GA-redhat-1]
	... 3 more
Caused by: org.infinispan.commons.CacheException: Unable to invoke method public void org.infinispan.topology.LocalTopologyManagerImpl.inject(org.infinispan.remoting.transport.Transport,java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService,org.infinispan.factories.GlobalComponentRegistry,org.infinispan.util.TimeService) on object of type LocalTopologyManagerImpl with parameters [org.infinispan.executors.LazyInitializingExecutorService@10761076, org.infinispan.executors.LazyInitializingExecutorService@10761076, org.infinispan.factories.GlobalComponentRegistry@66746674, org.infinispan.util.DefaultTimeService@1b811b81]
	at org.infinispan.commons.util.ReflectionUtil.invokeAccessibly(ReflectionUtil.java:188)
	at org.infinispan.factories.AbstractComponentRegistry.invokeInjectionMethod(AbstractComponentRegistry.java:229)
	at org.infinispan.factories.AbstractComponentRegistry.access$000(AbstractComponentRegistry.java:65)
	at org.infinispan.factories.AbstractComponentRegistry$Component.injectDependencies(AbstractComponentRegistry.java:797)
	at org.infinispan.factories.AbstractComponentRegistry.registerComponentInternal(AbstractComponentRegistry.java:201)
	at org.infinispan.factories.AbstractComponentRegistry.registerComponent(AbstractComponentRegistry.java:156)
	at org.infinispan.factories.AbstractComponentRegistry.getOrCreateComponent(AbstractComponentRegistry.java:277)
	at org.infinispan.factories.AbstractComponentRegistry.getOrCreateComponent(AbstractComponentRegistry.java:253)
	at org.infinispan.factories.GlobalComponentRegistry.<init>(GlobalComponentRegistry.java:125)
	... 8 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: argument type mismatch
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) [rt.jar:1.6.0]
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:60) [rt.jar:1.6.0]
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:37) [rt.jar:1.6.0]
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:611) [rt.jar:1.6.0]
	at org.infinispan.commons.util.ReflectionUtil.invokeAccessibly(ReflectionUtil.java:183)
	... 16 more

14:12:12,989 INFO  [org.jboss.as.controller] (Controller Boot Thread) JBAS014774: Service status report
JBAS014775:    New missing/unsatisfied dependencies:
      service jboss.infinispan.security (missing) dependents: [service jboss.security.security-domain.other, service jboss.security.security-domain.jboss-web-policy] 
JBAS014777:   Services which failed to start:      service jboss.infinispan.default: org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.infinispan.default: Failed to start service

14:12:13,010 INFO  [org.jboss.as] (Controller Boot Thread) JBAS015961: Http management interface listening on http://127.0.0.1:9990/management
14:12:13,011 INFO  [org.jboss.as] (Controller Boot Thread) JBAS015951: Admin console listening on http://127.0.0.1:9990
14:12:13,013 ERROR [org.jboss.as] (Controller Boot Thread) JBAS015875: JBoss Data Grid 6.2.0 (AS 7.2.1.Final-redhat-10) started (with errors) in 10777ms - Started 92 of 144 services (8 services failed or missing dependencies, 44 services are passive or on-demand)


Setting severity as high because ibm jdk 6 is one of the supported jdks.
If anything needed, let me know.