3668843 - Recovery from file-based data backup failed due to missing backup catalog from backint

You're performing HANA DB recovery from a file-based data backup without backup catalog, but the following error can be observed in HANA traces.

backup.log
2025-06-25T14:26:59-03:00  P046560      197a820ee07 INFO    RECOVERY state of service: indexserver, knavir03xc020:30003, volume: 0, RecoveryExecuteCatalogRecoveryInProgress
2025-06-25T14:27:06-03:00  P046560      197a820ee07 INFO    RECOVERY state of service: indexserver, knavir03xc020:30003, volume: 0, RecoveryError

backint.log
2025-06-25 14:26:59.864 backint started:
  command: /usr/sap/SID/SYS/global/hdb/opt/hdbbackint -f restore -p /etc/initSID.utl -i /var/tmp/hdbbackint_SID.3jj2lI -o /var/tmp/hdbbackint_SID.R1tAxf -u SID
  pid: 46622
  input:
  #SOFTWAREID "backint 1.04" "HANA HDB server 2.00.033.00.1535711040"
  #NULL "/usr/sap/SID/SYS/global/hdb/backint/DB_SID/log_backup_0_0_0_0"
  
2025-06-25 14:27:06.367 backint terminated:
  pid: 46622
  exit code: 0
  output:
  
  #SOFTWAREID "backint 1.06" "NMSAP 19.9 19.9.0.3.Build.154 154"
  
  
  #NOTFOUND "/usr/sap/SID/SYS/global/hdb/backint/DB_SID/log_backup_0_0_0_0" 

indexserver (or nameserver) trace
[46570]{-1}[-1/-1] 2025-06-25 14:27:06.367364 e Backup           BackupExe_JobRestore.cpp(00700) : restore job caught exceptionexception  1: no.110088  (Backup/Executor/impl/BackupExe_JobRestore.cpp:389)
    Error reading backup from 'BACKINT' '/usr/sap/SID/SYS/global/hdb/backint/DB_SID/log_backup_0_0_0_0'
exception throw location:
 1: 0x00007f3455317291 in Backup::BackupExe_JobRestore::runBackupJob()+0x3410 at BackupExe_JobRestore.cpp:387 (libhdbbackup.so)
 2: 0x00007f345530444f in Backup::BackupExe_Job::run(Execution::Context&, Execution::JobObject&)+0xb at BackupExe_Job.hpp:61 (libhdbbackup.so)
 3: 0x00007f34427e7797 in Execution::JobObjectImpl::run(Execution::JobWorker*)+0x1463 at JobExecutorImpl.cpp:1134 (libhdbbasis.so)
 4: 0x00007f34427e9d56 in Execution::JobWorker::run(void*&)+0x6e2 at JobExecutorThreads.cpp:326 (libhdbbasis.so)
 5: 0x00007f34427c1726 in Execution::Thread::staticMainImp(void**)+0x3f2 at Thread.cpp:539 (libhdbbasis.so)
...
exception  2: no.110203  (Backup/Destination/impl/BackupDest_DestCallback.cpp:177)
    Not all data could be written: Expected 4096 but transferred 0 

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