How to fix the Oracle error ORA-19972: ALTER DATABASE RECOVER TO LOGICAL requires one instance left?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-19972: ALTER DATABASE RECOVER TO LOGICAL requires one instance left with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-19972: ALTER DATABASE RECOVER TO LOGICAL requires one instance left

Reason for the Error ORA-19972: ALTER DATABASE RECOVER TO LOGICAL requires one instance left

ALTER DATABASE RECOVER TO LOGICAL required only one instance to be left running.

How to fix the Error ORA-19972: ALTER DATABASE RECOVER TO LOGICAL requires one instance left ?

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

Shutdown all but one instance, then retry the command.