How to fix the Oracle error ORA-16709: standby archived log location settings conflict with database recovery area?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-16709: standby archived log location settings conflict with database recovery area with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-16709: standby archived log location settings conflict with database recovery area

Reason for the Error ORA-16709: standby archived log location settings conflict with database recovery area

The StandbyArchiveLocation or AlternateLocation property was set to USE_DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST, but the initialization parameter DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST did not specify a valid destination.

How to fix the Error ORA-16709: standby archived log location settings conflict with database recovery area ?

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

Use a value other than USE_DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST for StandbyArchiveLocation or AlternateLocation, or set up a valid database recovery area by setting DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST to a valid destination.