ORA-01147: SYSTEM tablespace file 16 is offline on Open After Point in Time Recovery (Doc ID 2023618.1)

Last updated on JULY 07, 2017

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.1.0.2 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

After RMAN point in time recovery (PITR), the database open fails with error: 

SQL> alter database open resetlogs;
alter database open resetlogs
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01147: SYSTEM tablespace file 196 is offline
ORA-01110: data file 196: '+DATA_1/ESTC1CDB/DATAFILE/system.359.876912739'

Changes

 A datafile is added to the system tablespace after the point in time of recovery.  

Cause

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