How to fix the error ORA-00253: character limit string exceeded by archive destination string string?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-00253: character limit string exceeded by archive destination string string with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-00253: character limit string exceeded by archive destination string string

Reason for the Error ORA-00253: character limit string exceeded by archive destination string string

The destination specified by an ALTER SYSTEM ARCHIVE LOG START TO command was too long.

How to fix the Error ORA-00253: character limit string exceeded by archive destination string string ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Retry the ALTER SYSTEM command using a string shorter than the limit specified in the error message.