Oracle Error ORA-38954: Cross platform transport is not supported between source platform identifier string and target platform identifier string

Oracle Error Message

ORA-38954: Cross platform transport is not supported between source platform identifier string and target platform identifier string

Reason for the Error

The platform identifier in the transported file indicated that the datafile format was different than the target database datafile format.

Solution

For a list of supported platforms, query fixed view SYS.V$TRANSPORTABLE_PLATFORM. If both platforms are present, Contact Oracle support