private void verifyIsEmptyOnServer(String regionName, boolean expected) {
    Cache cache = getCache();
    final Region region = cache.getRegion(regionName);
    boolean isEmptyOnServer = region.isEmptyOnServer();
    assertEquals("isEmptyOnServer returns unexpected " + isEmptyOnServer + " instead of expected "
        + expected, expected, isEmptyOnServer);
  }
set the boolean for starting the dispatcher thread a bit later to FALSE. This is just a
precaution in case any test set it to true and did not unset it on completion.
geode-dunit/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/internal/cache/tier/sockets/ClientServerMiscDUnitTestBase.java