Oracle Error RMAN-20003: target database incarnation not found in recovery catalog

Oracle Error Message

RMAN-20003: target database incarnation not found in recovery catalog

Reason for the Error

RESETLOGS CHANGE# and/or time of the target database doesn’t match any database incarnation in the recovery catalog.

Solution

if target database was opened with RESETLOGS option then use ‘reset database’ to register the new incarnation.