3003693 - System not starting with error 'mismatch of table VBHDR'

Dispatcher shuts down at startup with following error, as the work processes couldn't be started:

*** DP_FATAL_ERROR => DpWpCheck: no more work processes
*** DISPATCHER EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN ***

On any work process trace file (dev_w<nr>), messages similar to these are displayed:

M  ThrCreateShObjects  allocated 151744 bytes at 7fbc5b962000
M  *** ERROR => ThrtVBInit: mismatch of table VBHDR: ntab length = 860, VBHDRLN = 856 [thxxvb.c     14818]
M  *** ERROR => ThrInitRunTime: ThrtVBInit failed (-1) [thxxrun1.c   156]
M  *** ERROR => ThrInitRunTime failed (-1) [thxxext.c    279]
M  *** ERROR => ThCallHooks: event handler ThrtStartup for event CREATE_SHM failed (-1) [thSos.c      2118]
M  *** ERROR => ThIPCInit: hook failed [thxxhead.c   1584]
M  ***LOG R19=> ThInit, ThIPCInit ( TSKH-IPC-000001) [thxxhead.c   1278]

M  in_ThErrHandle: 1
M  *** ERROR => ThInit: ThIPCInit (step TH_INIT, thRc ERROR-CORE-INIT_FAILED, action STOP_WP, level 1) [thxxhead.c   2703]
...
M  *** work process W<nr> died => ThInit: ThIPCInit

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ThrtVBInit, mismatch of table VBHDR, ntab length, VBHDRLN, ThrInitRunTime, ThrtVBInit failed , KBA , BC-CST-STS , Startup Service , Problem