How to fix the Oracle error ORA-19638: file string is not current enough to apply this incremental backup?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-19638: file string is not current enough to apply this incremental backup with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-19638: file string is not current enough to apply this incremental backup

Reason for the Error ORA-19638: file string is not current enough to apply this incremental backup

The checkpoint of the target for this incremental backup is less than the start of the incremental backup. If this backup were applied, then any changes made between the datafile checkpoint and the start of the incremental backup could be lost.

How to fix the Error ORA-19638: file string is not current enough to apply this incremental backup ?

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

Supply a backup set that can be applied and retry the operation.