iSeries: Failure during deployment aii_adapter_axis_app.sda

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Symptom
During an SAP Java system or Java Support Package installation, the SDM deployment of aii_adapter_axis_app.sda fails.
The log files show the following exception:
ERROR: Not deployed. Deploy Service returned ERROR:
java.rmi.RemoteException: Cannot register EarLoader for application sap.com/com.sap.aii.adapter.axis.app..
Reason: null; nested exception is: java.lang.NullPointerException

Other terms
AS/400 OS400 iSeries SDM
Reason and Prerequisites
The deployment of this Axis provider is optional. However, it is [...]