Oracle Error RMAN-20011: target database incarnation is not current in recovery catalog

Oracle Error Message

RMAN-20011: target database incarnation is not current in recovery catalog

Reason for the Error

the database incarnation that matches the RESETLOGS CHANGE# and time of the mounted target database control file is not the current incarnation of the database

Solution

If ‘reset database to incarnation ‘ was used to make an old incarnation current then restore the target database from a backup that matches the incarnation and mount it. You will need to do ‘STARTUP NOMOUNT’ before you can restore the control file using RMAN. Otherwise use ‘reset database to incarnation ‘ make the intended incarnation current in the recovery catalog.