How to fix the Oracle error ORA-19915: unable to encrypt pre-10.2 files?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-19915: unable to encrypt pre-10.2 files with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-19915: unable to encrypt pre-10.2 files

Reason for the Error ORA-19915: unable to encrypt pre-10.2 files

An RMAN encrypted backup was requested, but this backup includes one or more archived logs that were generated by an older release of Oracle. These archived logs cannot be encrypted.

How to fix the Error ORA-19915: unable to encrypt pre-10.2 files ?

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

Back up the older logs without encryption. Logs created with Oracle release 10.2 and greater can be encrypted.