Yes, IBM Java8 on AIX creates symbolic links. When the installation is network/local installation and copied the installation to $DLC/jdk and $DLC/jre folder, all these symbolic links will not have valid references. So before working with IBM Java8 make sure that the below files are having valid references. $DLC/jre/lib/management/snmp.acl.template $DLC/jre/lib/management/management.properties $DLC/jre/lib/management/jmxremote.access $DLC/jre/lib/management/jmxremote.password.template $DLC/jre/lib/logging.properties $DLC/jre/lib/jaxp.properties.sample $DLC/jre/lib/xerces.properties $DLC/jre/lib/security/javaws.policy $DLC/jre/lib/security/java.security $DLC/jre/lib/security/java.policy |