How to fix the Oracle error ORA-19643: datafile string: incremental-start SCN is too recent?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-19643: datafile string: incremental-start SCN is too recent with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-19643: datafile string: incremental-start SCN is too recent

Reason for the Error ORA-19643: datafile string: incremental-start SCN is too recent

The incremental-start SCN which was specified when starting an incremental datafile backup is greater than the datafile checkpoint SCN, which could cause some blocks to be missed.

How to fix the Error ORA-19643: datafile string: incremental-start SCN is too recent ?

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

Specify a smaller incremental-start SCN.