How to fix the Oracle error ORA-01195: online backup of file string needs more recovery to be consistent?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-01195: online backup of file string needs more recovery to be consistent with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-01195: online backup of file string needs more recovery to be consistent

Reason for the Error ORA-01195: online backup of file string needs more recovery to be consistent

An incomplete recovery session was started, but an insufficient number of logs were applied to make the file consistent. The reported file is an online backup which must be recovered to the time the backup ended.

How to fix the Error ORA-01195: online backup of file string needs more recovery to be consistent ?

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

Either apply more logs until the file is consistent or restore the database files from an older backup and repeat recovery.