How to fix the Oracle error ORA-01196: file string is inconsistent due to a failed media recovery session?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-01196: file string is inconsistent due to a failed media recovery session with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-01196: file string is inconsistent due to a failed media recovery session

Reason for the Error ORA-01196: file string is inconsistent due to a failed media recovery session

The file was being recovered but the recovery did not terminate normally. This left the file in an inconsistent state. No more recovery was successfully completed on this file.

How to fix the Error ORA-01196: file string is inconsistent due to a failed media recovery session ?

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

Either apply more logs until the file is consistent or restore the backup again and repeat recovery.