How to fix the error ORA-00446: background process started when not expected?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-00446: background process started when not expected with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-00446: background process started when not expected

Reason for the Error ORA-00446: background process started when not expected

The background process specified started up AFTER the RDBMS was already running.

How to fix the Error ORA-00446: background process started when not expected ?

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

If nobody at your site started the process, then this is an internal error.