Oracle Error ORA-19655: cannot switch to incarnation with different RESETLOGS data

Oracle Error Message

ORA-19655: cannot switch to incarnation with different RESETLOGS data

Reason for the Error

This SWITCHTOCOPY operation is attempting to switch to a datafile which comes from a different RESETLOGS version of the database.

Solution

Either restore a backup control file that was taken from the same database version as the target datafile copy, or switch to a different datafile copy.