3164444 - Byte Code Adapter Installation Failed - Permission denied at instance.properties

The activity "Byte Code Adapter Installation" is failing with the error "Operation Failed".

In the DAA's log file SMDAgentApplicationX.log you can find the error message:

"Error      Failed to load instance properties from File System
[EXCEPTION]
java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/sap/<SystemID>/<Instance>/j2ee/cluster/instance.properties (Permission denied)
 at java.io.FileInputStream.open0(Native Method)
 at java.io.FileInputStream.open(FileInputStream.java:195)
 at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:138)
 at java.io.FileReader.<init>(FileReader.java:72)
 at com.sap.smdagent.vmmanager.impl700.VMManager.getInstanceProperties(VMManager.java:196)
 at com.sap.smdagent.vmmanager.impl710.VMManager711.getSettingsFromFileSystem(VMManager711.java:121)
 at com.sap.smd.wily.WilyHandlerService._retrieveISAgentSettings(WilyHandlerService.java:2138)
 at com.sap.smd.wily.WilyHandlerService.retrieveISAgentSettings(WilyHandlerService.java:2018)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
 at com.sap.engine.services.rmi_p4.P4DynamicSkeleton.dispatch(P4DynamicSkeleton.java:241)
 at com.sap.engine.services.rmi_p4.DispatchImpl._runInternal(DispatchImpl.java:483)
 at com.sap.engine.services.rmi_p4.DispatchImpl._run(DispatchImpl.java:282)
 at com.sap.engine.services.rmi_p4.DispatchImpl.run(DispatchImpl.java:759)
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:836)"

SAP Solution Manager 7.2

instance.properties (Permission denied) , KBA , SV-SMG-DIA-WLY-BCA , Byte Code Agent Setup , Problem