How to fix the Oracle error ORA-39141: dump file “string” is a duplicate of dump file “string”?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-39141: dump file “string” is a duplicate of dump file “string” with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-39141: dump file “string” is a duplicate of dump file “string”

Reason for the Error ORA-39141: dump file “string” is a duplicate of dump file “string”

When a dump file set consists of multiple files, all files in the set must be specified for an import operation. One of the files provided to import was found to be a duplicate of another dump file in the set. This can occur if the files in the dump set were copied or renamed using operating system utilities and the same dump file was inadvertently copied more than once with different destination names.

How to fix the Error ORA-39141: dump file “string” is a duplicate of dump file “string” ?

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

Remove the dump file indicated in the message and retry the import operation providing only the complete set of dump files created by a specific export job.