Running msiexec failed with rc 1603: Fatal error during installation

You just start the SAP installation on Windows environment but getting an error,

Running msiexec failed with return code 1603 - Fatal error during installation

Running msiexec failed with return code 1603: Fatal error during installation.
Commandline was msiexec.exe /norestart /L vcredist_x64.log /i vcredist_x64.msi /qn
If you want the installer to retry, choose Yes. If you want the installer to abort the installation, choose No.

Solution

1. Create the \tmp directory under your SAP directory. Example, the SAP installation is on drive C:\ and you need to create the tmp directoy as below.

\usr\sap\SID\tmp\

2. Select Yes to continue the SAP installation.

Reference

SAP Note 1578091

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