Monday, October 27, 2014

ORA-00268 Specified log file does not exist string

Error Code
ORA-00268

Description
Specified log file does not exist 'string'.

Cause
Possible cause of this error is, the given redo log file does not exist.

Action
To fix this issue, check the spelling and capitalization of the filename and retry the command.

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ORA-00267 Name of archived log file not needed

Error Code
ORA-00267

Description
Name of archived log file not needed.

Cause
Possible cause of this error is, during media recovery, the name of an archived redo log file was entered, but no name was requested.

Action
To fix this issue, continue media recovery, but do not enter a new log name.

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ORA-00266 Name of archived log file needed

Error Code
ORA-00266

Description
Name of archived log file needed.

Cause
Possible cause of this error is, during media recovery, the name of an archived redo log file was requested, but no name was entered.

Action
To fix this issue, mount the correct redo log file and enter its name when it is requested.

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ORA-00265 Instance recovery required, cannot set ARCHIVELOG mode

Error Code
ORA-00265

Description
Instance recovery required, cannot set ARCHIVELOG mode.

Cause
Possible cause of this error is, the database either crashed or was shutdown with the ABORT option. Media recovery cannot be enabled because the online logs may not be sufficient to recover the current datafiles.

Action
To fix this issue, open the database and then enter the SHUTDOWN command with the NORMAL or IMMEDIATE option.

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ORA-00264 No recovery required

Error Code
ORA-00264

Description
No recovery required.

Cause
Possible cause of this error is, an attempt was made to perform media recovery on files that do not // need any type of recovery.

Action
To fix this issue, do not attempt to perform media recovery on the selected files. Check to see that the filenames were entered properly. If not, retry the command with the proper filenames.

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