2956393 - SAP HANA service does not start with error "Missing log, recovery stopped at log pos"

You are trying to start SAP HANA and the start of one or more services fail with the following exception:

[0000]{-1}[-1/-1] 2020-08-07 10:05:03.570264 f topology Topology.cpp(00415) : assign failed with persistence startup error. exception 1: no.3000280 (DataAccess/impl/PersistenceManagerImpl.cpp:3197) TID: 19822
 Missing log, recovery stopped at log pos 0x1f9fc6d42
exception throw location:
1: 0x00007fe53998b6ae in DataAccess::PersistenceManagerImpl::replayOrClearLog(bool, bool, bool, unsigned long&, unsigned long&)+0x65a at PersistenceManagerImpl.cpp:3197 (libhdbdataaccess.so)
2: 0x00007fe539983c7c in DataAccess::PersistenceManagerImpl::replayImpl(bool)+0x178 at PersistenceManagerImpl.cpp:4981 (libhdbdataaccess.so)
3: 0x00007fe53bd6d65e in PersistenceLayer::PersistenceSystem::start(NameServer::ServiceStartInfo const&, bool, bool)+0xa8a at PersistenceSystem.cpp:566 (libhdbpersistence.so)
4: 0x00007fe53bd2638e in PersistenceLayer::PersistenceFactory::startPersistence(NameServer::ServiceStartInfo&, bool, bool, DataAccess::TablePreloadWriteCallback*, ltt::smartptr_handle<DataAccess::DisasterRecoveryPrimaryCallback>, DataAccess::DisasterRecoveryESCallback*)+0xba at PersistenceFactory.cpp:546 (libhdbpersistence.so)
5: 0x00007fe55937f6f9 in PersistenceController::startup(PersistenceLayer::PERSISTENCE_MODE, NameServer::ServiceStartInfo*, bool, DataAccess::TablePreloadWriteCallback*, DataAccess::TablePreloadReadCallback*, Backup::RecoverCbc_Federation*)+0x5d5 at PersistenceController.cpp:721 (libhdblogger.so)
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stopping service...

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