How to fix the Oracle error ORA-16446: Target database was not a standby database?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-16446: Target database was not a standby database with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-16446: Target database was not a standby database

Reason for the Error ORA-16446: Target database was not a standby database

ALTER SYSTEM FLUSH REDO TO STANDBY failed because the target database is not a standby database.

How to fix the Error ORA-16446: Target database was not a standby database ?

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

Reissue the ALTER SYSTEM FLUSH REDO TO STANDBY statement and specify a standby database as the target database.