How to fix the Oracle error ORA-31460: logfile location string is not an existing directory?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-31460: logfile location string is not an existing directory with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-31460: logfile location string is not an existing directory

Reason for the Error ORA-31460: logfile location string is not an existing directory

The directory specification for logfile location for the change source, does not correspond with an existing directory, or the directory was not accessible.

How to fix the Error ORA-31460: logfile location string is not an existing directory ?

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

1. Create the directory if it does not exist. If the directory does exist, change the file system permissions so the directory can be accessed. OR 2. perform ALTER CHANGE SOURCE and change the logfile_location to be an existing directory that contains the logfiles