Issues are found from manual reproducing of mac nightly failures of common:
http://aurora.ru.oracle.com/functional/faces/RunDetails.xhtml?names=1141570.ManualSubmit-1
The trace can be found from http://spbef16.ru.oracle.com:9502/runs/01141/1141570.ManualSubmit/1141570.ManualSubmit-1/html/common/deploymentconfig/DeploymentConfigTest_testAppJREDNSConsole_out.txt:

OUTPUT>@@@@@@ expect this is server vm. Driver will not be executed{java.runtime.name=Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment, sun.boot.library.path=/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/lib, java.vm.version=1.9.0-ea-client-nightly-h3677-20151025-b89, gopherProxySet=false, java.vm.vendor=Oracle Corporation, java.vendor.url=http://java.oracle.com/, path.separator=:, java.vm.name=Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM, file.encoding.pkg=sun.io, user.country=US, sun.os.patch.level=unknown, java.vm.compressedOopsMode=Zero based, java.vm.specification.name=Java Virtual Machine Specification, user.dir=/Users/uadmin/aurora/sandboxmanual, java.runtime.version=1.9.0-ea-client-nightly-h3677-20151025-b89, java.awt.graphicsenv=sun.awt.CGraphicsEnvironment, os.arch=x86_64, java.io.tmpdir=/var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/T/, line.separator=
OUTPUT>, jnlp.nativeMixedCodeDialog=false, java.vm.specification.vendor=Oracle Corporation, os.name=Mac OS X, java.security.manager=, sun.jnu.encoding=UTF-8,

By anslysis the driver code UIDriver is expecting __jvm_launched or drstools.jar from command which is not met.
It needs more investigate to determine if the requirement is valid.