How to fix the Oracle error ORA-38711: Corrupt flashback log block header: block string?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-38711: Corrupt flashback log block header: block string with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-38711: Corrupt flashback log block header: block string

Reason for the Error ORA-38711: Corrupt flashback log block header: block string

A corrupt Flashback Database log file block header was read. More information was dumped to the trace file.

How to fix the Error ORA-38711: Corrupt flashback log block header: block string ?

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

If you are doing a FLASHBACK DATABASE, then the flashback cannot be performed because of the corrupted log. A restore and an incomplete recovery must be performed instead.