How to fix the Oracle error ORA-16266: Cannot instantiate a Logical Standby from another Logical Standby?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-16266: Cannot instantiate a Logical Standby from another Logical Standby with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-16266: Cannot instantiate a Logical Standby from another Logical Standby

Reason for the Error ORA-16266: Cannot instantiate a Logical Standby from another Logical Standby

An instantiation of a Logical Standby has been attempted for another database with the Logical Standby role, which is not supported.

How to fix the Error ORA-16266: Cannot instantiate a Logical Standby from another Logical Standby ?

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

Instantiate a Logical Standby database only from a Primary Database.