How to fix the Oracle error ORA-16587: ambiguous object specified to Data Guard broker?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-16587: ambiguous object specified to Data Guard broker with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-16587: ambiguous object specified to Data Guard broker

Reason for the Error ORA-16587: ambiguous object specified to Data Guard broker

An object was specified that the broker could not uniquely distinguish from other objects in the configuration.

How to fix the Error ORA-16587: ambiguous object specified to Data Guard broker ?

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

Try to further distinguish the object specified for the operation and reissue the command.