2555931 - Core service [tc~je~dbcontainer~srv] fails to start - Java node terminates with exit code 2150

During an upgrade, AS Java does not start. The following log entries can be found:

• in dev_server log file:

F [Thr 924] *** LOG => SfCJavaVm: exit hook is called. (rc = 2150)
F
F ********************************************************************************
F *** ERROR => Java node 'server0' terminated with exit code 2150.
F ***
F *** Please see section 'Java program exit codes'
F *** in SAP Note 1316652 for additional information and trouble shooting advice.
F ********************************************************************************
F
F [Thr 924] *** LOG => exiting (exitcode 2150, retcode 1).

• in std_server log file:

Service [tc~je~dbcontainer~srv] start ================= ERROR =================
   CSN Component [BC-JAS-DPL], DC Name [sap.com/tc~je~dbcontainer~srv]
 com.sap.engine.frame.ServiceException: [ERROR CODE DPL.DBC.101] failed to look up default datasource jdbc/notx/SAP/BC_DBCONTAINER, caused by javax.naming.NamingException: Exception during lookup operation of object with name jdbc/notx/SAP/BC_DBCONTAINER, cannot resolve object reference. [Root exception is com.sap.engine.services.connector.exceptions.BaseResourceException: ConnectionFactory "SAPPOPDB" does not exist. Possible reasons: the adapter in which ConnectionFactory "SAP<SID>DB" is defined is not deployed or not started.].
...
 Caused by: javax.naming.NamingException: Exception during lookup operation of object with name jdbc/notx/SAP/BC_DBCONTAINER, cannot resolve object reference. [Root exception is com.sap.engine.services.connector.exceptions.BaseResourceException: ConnectionFactory "SAP<SID>DB" does not exist. Possible reasons: the adapter in which ConnectionFactory "SAP<SID>DB" is defined is not deployed or not started.]
...
 Caused by: com.sap.engine.services.connector.exceptions.BaseResourceException: ConnectionFactory "SAP<SID>DB" does not exist. Possible reasons: the adapter in which ConnectionFactory "SAP<SID>DB" is defined is not deployed or not started.

SAP NetWeaver 7.1
SAP NetWeaver 7.2
SAP NetWeaver 7.3
SAP NetWeaver 7.3 EHP1
SAP NetWeaver 7.4
SAP NetWeaver 7.5

BaseResourceException, ConnectionFactory, ServiceException, dplool, sap.com/tc~je~dbcontainer~srv, tc~je~dbcontainer~srv, 2150, exitcode 2150, terminated with exit code 2150, configtool, config tool, NZDM, sysDS-dataSourceName, tc~lm~nzdm~crrsrv, sys.DS.additionalProperties, [tc~je~dbcontainer~srv] , KBA , BC-JAS-TRH , Transactions and Resource Handling , BC-JAS-COR , Enterprise Runtime, Core J2EE Framework , BC-UPG-TLS-TLJ , Upgrade tools for Java , BC-JAS-SF , Startup Framework , BC-JAS-ADM-ADM , Administration , Problem