How to fix the Oracle error ORA-16594: DMON background process is not running?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-16594: DMON background process is not running with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-16594: DMON background process is not running

Reason for the Error ORA-16594: DMON background process is not running

The Data Guard broker background process, DMON, was not running.

How to fix the Error ORA-16594: DMON background process is not running ?

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

Check the Data Guard broker log and DMON process trace file to determine why the DMON process is not running.