How to fix the Oracle error ORA-15554: cannot start workload replay client because the database server is not in PREPARE mode?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-15554: cannot start workload replay client because the database server is not in PREPARE mode with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-15554: cannot start workload replay client because the database server is not in PREPARE mode

Reason for the Error ORA-15554: cannot start workload replay client because the database server is not in PREPARE mode

The Workload Replay Client could not connect to the database server because the database server was not in the PREPARE mode.

How to fix the Error ORA-15554: cannot start workload replay client because the database server is not in PREPARE mode ?

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

Put the database in PREPARE mode by using DBMS_WORKLOAD_REPLAY.PREPARE_REPLAY, and restart the Workload Replay Client.