How to fix the Oracle error ORA-38749: A media recovery has been started.?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-38749: A media recovery has been started. with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-38749: A media recovery has been started.

Reason for the Error ORA-38749: A media recovery has been started.

An attempt was made to start a FLASHBACK DATABASE in the same session as a media recovery.

How to fix the Error ORA-38749: A media recovery has been started. ?

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

Complete or cancel the first media recovery session.