Oracle Error ORA-46268: Conflicting operation on audit table(s)

Oracle Error Message

ORA-46268: Conflicting operation on audit table(s)

Reason for the Error

Audit tables were being operated by more than one DBMS_AUDIT_MGMT API from different sessions. The simultaneous execution of the following API with one another and with itself can cause the conflict: INIT_CLEANUP, DEINIT_CLEANUP, SET_AUDIT_TRAIL_LOCATION and MOVE_DBAUDIT_TABLES.

Solution

Wait until the execution of one of the API’s completes and try executing the API again.