How to fix the Oracle error ORA-19912: cannot recover to target incarnation string?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-19912: cannot recover to target incarnation string with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-19912: cannot recover to target incarnation string

Reason for the Error ORA-19912: cannot recover to target incarnation string

The control file is not in the recovery path of the target incarnation, and does not contain enough information as to how to recover to the target incarnation.

How to fix the Error ORA-19912: cannot recover to target incarnation string ?

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

Restore the latest control file from the target incarnation and retry.