How to fix the Oracle error PRVF-05196: Failed to retrieve OCR locations?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorPRVF-05196: Failed to retrieve OCR locations with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

PRVF-05196: Failed to retrieve OCR locations

Reason for the Error PRVF-05196: Failed to retrieve OCR locations

Cause: An attempt to retrieve the OCR locations failed, possibly due to incorrect or incomplete Clusterware install, or due to incorrect configuration of the OCR, or due to invalid or incorrect OCR location file ocr.loc.

How to fix the Error PRVF-05196: Failed to retrieve OCR locations ?

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

Action: Make sure that the Clusterware installation and Clusterware configuration has been correctly completed, and the ocr.loc file is present and accessible.