2760494 - AS Java fails to start - SecStore.properties does not exist although it should

AS Java fails to start and terminates at bootstrap phase. The following log entries can be detected:

• dev_jstart:
   
  *** ERROR => Node 'bootstrap' failed with exit code 558.
  ***
  *** Please see section 'Failures in the 'synchronizing binaries' phase'
  *** in SAP Note 1316652 for additional information and trouble shooting advice.
  ********************************************************************************  
  *** LOG => exiting (exitcode 22002, retcode 1).
   
• dev_bootstrap:
    
  *** LOG => SfCJavaVm: exit hook is called. (rc = 558)  
  ********************************************************************************
  *** ERROR => Java node 'Instance_bootstrap' terminated with exit code 558.
  ***
  *** Please see section 'Java program exit codes'
  *** in SAP Note 1316652 for additional information and trouble shooting advice.
  ********************************************************************************
  *** LOG => exiting (exitcode 558, retcode 1).
    
• jvm_bootstrap:
    
  [...]
  Exception occurred for component [internal/unkown] of type [unkown]
  com.sap.engine.bootstrap.SynchronizationException: Storage access initialization failed due to OpenSQL error.Check if your db driver file is available on the file system or if the user has correct permissions for that file
  [...]
   at com.sap.engine.offline.OfflineToolStart.main(OfflineToolStart.java:162)
  ----------==[ Caused by: ]==----------
  com.sap.engine.frame.core.configuration.ConfigurationException: Error while connecting to DB.
  [...]
  Caused by: com.sap.sql.log.OpenSQLException: Error while accessing secure store: File "/usr/sap/<SID>/SYS/global/security/data/SecStore.properties" does not exist although it should..
  [...]
  Caused by: com.sap.security.core.server.secstorefs.FileMissingException: File "/usr/sap/<SID>/SYS/global/security/data/SecStore.properties" does not exist although it should.
  [...]

SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java all versions

FileMissingException, does not exist although it should, SecStore.properties, SYS/global/security/data/SecStore.properties, SYS/global/security/data, SecStore.properties, global/security/data, /global/security/data, global/security/data/ , KBA , BC-JAS-COR , Enterprise Runtime, Core J2EE Framework , BC-JAS-SF , Startup Framework , Problem