How to fix the Oracle error RMAN-08112: archived log failover was done on string, check alert log for more info?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorRMAN-08112: archived log failover was done on string, check alert log for more info with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

RMAN-08112: archived log failover was done on string, check alert log for more info

Reason for the Error RMAN-08112: archived log failover was done on string, check alert log for more info

This is an informational message to indicate the server found a corrupted block in an archived log and had to switch to another copy of the same archived log in an alternate archived log destination to get corresponding un-corrupted block.

How to fix the Error RMAN-08112: archived log failover was done on string, check alert log for more info ?

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

If backup is done with delete input option, nothing needs to be done. Otherwise delete the archived log that has corrupted block(s) as recovery on applying this log would fail. Alert log contains name of the log that has corrupted block(s).