After PIT restore, "The host ID does not exist" error appears

After a point-in-time (PIT) restore operation (which may include either a Full File System restore or a BMR restore), the error message The hostID does not exist appears.

In this scenario, a full backup is taken when a SERVICE_USER as root/administrator account is configured. This account takes the backup of the NetBackup installed binaries with root/administrator ownership.

Before a restore, SERVICE_USER is configured with an account other than root/administrator, and then an incremental backup is taken where the service user is backed up as part of bp.conf. In a PIT restore operation with the incremental backup, the SERVICE_USER entry gets restored. However, the binaries are restored in the root account ownership.

After changing the service user, you must take a full backup, whether it is a MS-Windows\Standard Policy for File System or BMR policy configuration.