How to fix the Oracle error ORA-19911: datafile string contains future changes at the incarnation boundary?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-19911: datafile string contains future changes at the incarnation boundary with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-19911: datafile string contains future changes at the incarnation boundary

Reason for the Error ORA-19911: datafile string contains future changes at the incarnation boundary

The file did not hit end backup marker redo during recovery at the incarnation boundary, hence may contain changes discarded by new incarnation.

How to fix the Error ORA-19911: datafile string contains future changes at the incarnation boundary ?

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

Use older backup of the file and then re-issue the command.