JBoss EAP 6 fails to start with parser error message "Unexpected element '{urn:jboss:domain:1.7}host"

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Issue

When starting JBoss EAP 6.x the following error is appearing:

Unexpected element '{urn:jboss:domain:1.7}host'
Error on starting JBoss: Caused by: javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException: ParseError at [row,col]:[3,1]

Environment

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 6.x

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