In the 10.1.3 adminconsole , create a new deployment area and in the Directory field enter "/". Upon completion, the error: java.io.EOFException is returned.
This appears to be caused by a JRE bug on Solaris. The workaround is to make a backup copy of /opt/serena/dimensions/14.3/common/jre/8.0/lib/security/java.security file (your path may be different), then edit it, comment out line 68, then renumber the leftover security.provider options, so it would look as follows:
Some tracks to investiguate this and report the requested information to Serena Customer support : 1) Most probably it is related to the recent JRE security updates => confirm exact JRE version.