How to fix the Oracle error ORA-10646: Too many recursive extensions during SYSTEM tablespace migration?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-10646: Too many recursive extensions during SYSTEM tablespace migration with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-10646: Too many recursive extensions during SYSTEM tablespace migration

Reason for the Error ORA-10646: Too many recursive extensions during SYSTEM tablespace migration

When SYSTEM tablespace is being migrated, dictionary tables tried to extend recursively more than 1000 times.

How to fix the Error ORA-10646: Too many recursive extensions during SYSTEM tablespace migration ?

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

If SYSTEM tablespace is very large, then simply reissue the tablespace migration command.