Summary

Versions of Java 8 supported by VisiBroker 8.5 service pack 3

VisiBroker 8.5 SP3 on AIX with JDK8

Environment

VisiBroker 8.5 SP3 for AIX w/ JDK8

Question/Problem Description

VisiBroker 8.3 SP3 provides support for Java 8 (JDK8) on AIX, but a minimum release version is required.

Error Message

The idl2cpp will crash, even with something as simple as 'idl2cpp -version'.

Cause

IBM JDK8 releases prior to IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 8, Service Refresh 2 Fix Pack 10 have bugs that prevent proper operation of VisiBroker 8.5 SP3.

Resolution

The IBM JDK8 release used must be the following:
IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, Version 8, Service Refresh 2 Fix Pack 10 (or later)

21:24:51 unix-aix> java -version
java version "1.8.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build pap3280sr1fp10ifix-20150723_01(SR1 FP10 IV75420))
IBM J9 VM (build 2.8, JRE 1.8.0 AIX ppc-32 20150722_258693 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)
J9VM - R28_jvm.28_20150722_1718_B258693
JIT - tr.r14.java_20150625_95081.02
GC - R28_jvm.28_20150722_1718_B258693
J9CL - 20150722_258693)
JCL - 20150711_01 based on Oracle jdk8u51-b15

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