How to fix the Oracle error RMAN-20003: target database incarnation not found in recovery catalog?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorRMAN-20003: target database incarnation not found in recovery catalog with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

RMAN-20003: target database incarnation not found in recovery catalog

Reason for the Error RMAN-20003: target database incarnation not found in recovery catalog

RESETLOGS CHANGE# and/or time of the target database doesn’t match any database incarnation in the recovery catalog.

How to fix the Error RMAN-20003: target database incarnation not found in recovery catalog ?

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

if target database was opened with RESETLOGS option then use ‘reset database’ to register the new incarnation.