In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-16236: Logical Standby metadata operation in progress with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.
Oracle Error Description
ORA-16236: Logical Standby metadata operation in progress
Reason for the Error ORA-16236: Logical Standby metadata operation in progress
The requested operation failed because an incompatible Logical Standby metadata operation such as DBMS_LOGSTDBY.SET_TABLESPACE, DBMS_LOGSTDBY.APPLY_SET or DBMS_LOGSTDBY.INSTANTIATE_TABLE was still running.
How to fix the Error ORA-16236: Logical Standby metadata operation in progress ?
You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps
Wait for the incompatible Logical Standby metadata operation to finish, then reenter or respecify the operation.