Why do I receive "ERROR: Expected /usr/sap/$SID/SYS/profile/ to be a directory, please set DIR_PROFILE parameter!" even when DIR_PROFILE attribute is set?

Issue

• We observe the following error in logs even when the DIR_PROFILE attribute for given SAPInstance is configured and resource doesn't start. How to fix this?

  ERROR: Expected /usr/sap/RH1/SYS/profile/ to be a directory, please set DIR_PROFILE parameter!
  

• SAP Instance on node fails to start and when the following command is run by SAPInstance resource agent or manually the Instance is not starting.

  # LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/sap/RH1/ASCS00/exe/ /usr/sap/RH1/ASCS00/exe/sapcontrol -nr 00 -function Start; echo $?
  
  23.09.2018 17:40:01
  Start
  OK
  0
  
  # LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/sap/RH1/ASCS00/exe/ /usr/sap/RH1/ASCS00/exe/sapcontrol -nr 00 -function WaitforStarted 3600 10; echo $?
  
  23.09.2018 17:40:39
  WaitforStarted
  FAIL: process msg_server MessageServer not running
  2