How to fix the Oracle error RMAN-06053: unable to perform media recovery because of missing log?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorRMAN-06053: unable to perform media recovery because of missing log with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

RMAN-06053: unable to perform media recovery because of missing log

Reason for the Error RMAN-06053: unable to perform media recovery because of missing log

This message is accompanied with another message identifying the missing log. The log would be needed to perform the media recovery, but the log is not on disk and no backup set containing the log is available.

How to fix the Error RMAN-06053: unable to perform media recovery because of missing log ?

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

Determine if a backup set containing the log can be made available. If so, then use the CHANGE command to make the backup set available and retry the command. If not, then a point-in-time recovery up to the missing log is the only alternative.