This is a weird case. If I deploy a dynamic VDB from a compiled Groovy script, it is not seen as ACTIVE by the script. The server log shows it is active.

If I use a non-compiled Groovy script, it all works fine.

To add to the intrigue, if the compiled script periodically polls to see if the VDB is active, and I go to the Virtual Databases display in RHQ, the script magically sees the VDB as ACTIVE.

I'm attaching the materials used in this test.