How to fix the Oracle error ORA-38776: cannot begin flashback generation – recovery area is disabled?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-38776: cannot begin flashback generation – recovery area is disabled with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-38776: cannot begin flashback generation – recovery area is disabled

Reason for the Error ORA-38776: cannot begin flashback generation – recovery area is disabled

During a database mount, the RVWR process discovered that the recovery area was disabled. DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST must have been set null or removed from the INIT.ORA file while the database was unmounted.

How to fix the Error ORA-38776: cannot begin flashback generation – recovery area is disabled ?

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

Flashback database requires the recovery area to be enabled. Either enable the recovery area by setting the DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST and DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST_SIZE initialization parameters, or turn off flashback database with the ALTER DATABASE FLASHBACK OFF command.