How to fix the Oracle error ORA-19711: cannot use RENORMALIZEALLFILENAMES while database is open?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-19711: cannot use RENORMALIZEALLFILENAMES while database is open with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-19711: cannot use RENORMALIZEALLFILENAMES while database is open

Reason for the Error ORA-19711: cannot use RENORMALIZEALLFILENAMES while database is open

An attempt was made to re-normalize all the file names in the control file while the database is open.

How to fix the Error ORA-19711: cannot use RENORMALIZEALLFILENAMES while database is open ?

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

Close the database before using the RENORMALIZEALLFILENAMES procedure.