How to fix the Oracle error ORA-19645: datafile string: incremental-start SCN is prior to creation SCN string?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-19645: datafile string: incremental-start SCN is prior to creation SCN string with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-19645: datafile string: incremental-start SCN is prior to creation SCN string

Reason for the Error ORA-19645: datafile string: incremental-start SCN is prior to creation SCN string

The incremental-start SCN which was specified when starting an incremental datafile backup is less than the datafile’s creation SCN.

How to fix the Error ORA-19645: datafile string: incremental-start SCN is prior to creation SCN string ?

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

Specify a larger incremental-start SCN.