How to fix the Oracle error ORA-01143: cannot disable media recovery – file string needs media recovery?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-01143: cannot disable media recovery – file string needs media recovery with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-01143: cannot disable media recovery – file string needs media recovery

Reason for the Error ORA-01143: cannot disable media recovery – file string needs media recovery

An attempt to disable media recovery found a file that needs media recovery, thus media recovery cannot be disabled.

How to fix the Error ORA-01143: cannot disable media recovery – file string needs media recovery ?

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

Recover the offending file or drop the tablespace it belongs to and retry this command.