WebSphere Business Modeler installation failed with java.io.IOException

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Symptom:

WebSphere Business Modeler installation failed with the following java.io.IOException error in Installation Manager log:

<message>Error backing up files from C:\IBM\SDPShared\native\eclipse.product.marker_1.0.0.20080722.zip
java.io.IOException: Failed to rename file 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\IBM\Installation Manager\adapters\native\IBM WebSphere Business Modeler\com.ibm.sdp.eclipse.ide\eclipse.product_1.0.0.20080722\0_' to 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\IBM\Installation Manager\adapters\native\IBM WebSphere Business Modeler\com.ibm.sdp.eclipse.ide\eclipse.product_1.0.0.20080722\0'. </message>
<exception>

java.io.IOException: Failed to rename file 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\IBM\Installation Manager\adapters\native\IBM WebSphere Business Modeler\com.ibm.sdp.eclipse.ide\eclipse.product_1.0.0.20080722\0_' to 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\IBM\Installation Manager\adapters\native\IBM WebSphere Business Modeler\com.ibm.sdp.eclipse.ide\eclipse.product_1.0.0.20080722\0'.
<stack>com.ibm.cic.common.core.utils.FileUtil.renameTo(FileUtil.java:673)</stack>

<stack>com.ibm.cic.agent.core.commonNativeInstallAdapter.BackupFiles.backupFilesInDir(BackupFiles.java:259)</stack>

<stack>com.ibm.cic.agent.core.commonNativeInstallAdapter.ZipInstallOperation.install(ZipInstallOperation.java:165)</stack>

Resolving the problem:

Before installing WebSphere Business Modeler, disable the system firewall and anti-virus software. If your user id does not have permission to disable the firewall and anti-virus, change the Installation Manager's process priority to be higher than the firewall and anti-virus by doing the following:

1) Open the Task Manager.
2) In the Processes tab, right click on IBMIM.exe -> Set Priority -> Realtime