Open Standby Database Fails due to ORA-1110/ORA-1196/ORA-10458

(Doc ID 2047793.1)

Last updated on APRIL 02, 2018

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

"ALTER DATABASE OPEN" on Standby Database fails due to ORA-1110/ORA-1196/ORA-10458 after re-creating standby controlfile.

SQL> alter database open;
alter database open
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-10458: standby database requires recovery
ORA-01196: file 1 is inconsistent due to a failed media recovery session
ORA-01110: data file 1: '/home/app/oracle/oradata/standby/system01.dbf'

Changes

Problem happens with following conditions.

Physical Standby Database
Standby Database is terminated
Standby Controlfile is re-created or restored from backup
Try to Open Standby Database as READ ONLY mode

Cause

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