How to fix the Oracle error ORA-01676: standby file name convert of ‘string’ exceeds maximum length of string?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-01676: standby file name convert of ‘string’ exceeds maximum length of string with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-01676: standby file name convert of ‘string’ exceeds maximum length of string

Reason for the Error ORA-01676: standby file name convert of ‘string’ exceeds maximum length of string

When the given file name is converted to the name used for the standby database, the converted name is bigger than the maximum allowed file name.

How to fix the Error ORA-01676: standby file name convert of ‘string’ exceeds maximum length of string ?

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

Change initialization parameter DB_FILE_STANDBY_NAME_CONVERT or LOG_FILE_STANDBY_NAME_CONVERT to convert to a valid file name.