How to fix the Oracle error ORA-16177: media recovery is not required?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-16177: media recovery is not required with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-16177: media recovery is not required

Reason for the Error ORA-16177: media recovery is not required

The THROUGH LAST SWITCHOVER clause of the ALTER DATABASE RECOVER MANAGED STANDBY DATABASE was specified and the database has been recovered to the most recent End-Of-Redo marker. All known archived logs have been applied. Managed recovery is not required.

How to fix the Error ORA-16177: media recovery is not required ?

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

No action is necessary. The standby database may be activated as a new primary or may continue as a standby.