How to fix the Oracle error ORA-38873: missing incarnation information?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-38873: missing incarnation information with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-38873: missing incarnation information

Reason for the Error ORA-38873: missing incarnation information

Flashback Database failed because incarnation information was not found in the control file. The Flashback target incarnation was not in the control file or had a missing parent incarnation.

How to fix the Error ORA-38873: missing incarnation information ?

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

Register logs from the missing incarnations and retry the command.