How to fix the Oracle error ORA-13869: Instance-wide SQL tracing on instance string is already enabled?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-13869: Instance-wide SQL tracing on instance string is already enabled with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-13869: Instance-wide SQL tracing on instance string is already enabled

Reason for the Error ORA-13869: Instance-wide SQL tracing on instance string is already enabled

Attempt to enable an instance-level tracing which has been already enabled on a specific instance

How to fix the Error ORA-13869: Instance-wide SQL tracing on instance string is already enabled ?

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

Disable and re-enable tracing with different bind/wait options