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Oracle Error ORA-16436: ALTER DATABASE ... RECOVER FINISH could not start - Developer Publish

Oracle Error ORA-16436: ALTER DATABASE … RECOVER FINISH could not start

Oracle Error Message

ORA-16436: ALTER DATABASE … RECOVER FINISH could not start

Reason for the Error

ALTER DATABASE … RECOVER FINISH failed to start because the standby database was missing redo changes below the checkpoint of data files.

Solution

Issue ALTER DATABASE ACTIVATE STANDBY DATABASE command instead.