2588796 - Error 5 (Access is denied.) in execution of a 'AtlGetSecurityDescriptor' function

Symptom

SAP installation stops and following error is displayed:

Last error reported by the step: Error 5 (Access is denied.) in execution of a 'AtlGetSecurityDescriptor' function, line (1229), with parameter (Error in getting security descriptor for '\\<virtualhost>\SAP<SID>_<NR>' NT service)

Environment

SAP system installation on virtual host name of Windows server using SWPM

Product

SAP NetWeaver 7.5

Keywords

virtual host name alias , KBA , BC-INS-NT , SAP Netweaver based Solutions on Windows , Problem

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