How to fix the Oracle error ORA-38799: Cannot drop guaranteed restore point internally created for snapshot standby?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-38799: Cannot drop guaranteed restore point internally created for snapshot standby with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-38799: Cannot drop guaranteed restore point internally created for snapshot standby

Reason for the Error ORA-38799: Cannot drop guaranteed restore point internally created for snapshot standby

An attempt is made to drop the guaranteed restore point Oracle created internally for a snapshot standby.

How to fix the Error ORA-38799: Cannot drop guaranteed restore point internally created for snapshot standby ?

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

Use the “alter database convert to physical standby” command to convert the snapshot standby to a normal physical standby. This will automatically flashback the database and drop this guaranteed restore point.