How to fix the Oracle error ORA-16420: fast-start failover target cannot be converted to snapshot standby?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-16420: fast-start failover target cannot be converted to snapshot standby with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-16420: fast-start failover target cannot be converted to snapshot standby

Reason for the Error ORA-16420: fast-start failover target cannot be converted to snapshot standby

The database chosen for conversion to a snapshot standby was the fast-start failover target standby database.

How to fix the Error ORA-16420: fast-start failover target cannot be converted to snapshot standby ?

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

Choose another physical standby database and retry the operation.