private static void remoteCreateCache() throws Exception {

    Assert.assertTrue(cache == null, "cache should be null");

    DistributedCacheTestCase x = new DistributedCacheTestCase() {};
    cache = CacheFactory.create(x.getSystem());

    AttributesFactory factory = new AttributesFactory();
    factory.setScope(Scope.DISTRIBUTED_NO_ACK);
    cache.createRegion("root", factory.create());
  }
Creates the root region in a remote VM
geode-core/src/distributedTest/java/org/apache/geode/internal/cache/DistributedCacheTestCase.java