How to fix the Oracle error ORA-27021: sequential file handle must be specified?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-27021: sequential file handle must be specified with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-27021: sequential file handle must be specified

Reason for the Error ORA-27021: sequential file handle must be specified

The filename which will be passed to sbtopen was not specified.

How to fix the Error ORA-27021: sequential file handle must be specified ?

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

Specify a filename and continue. If this is a backup set being created via Recovery Manager, use the ‘format’ option to specify the backup piece handle name.