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Trying to Online a Datafile in PDB Returns Error ORA-01516: nonexistent log file, data file, or temporary file (Doc ID 2212486.1)

Last updated on MARCH 27, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.1.0.2 to 12.2 BETA1 [Release 12.1 to 12.2]
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Cloud Exadata Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

NOTE: In the images and/or the document content below, the user information and environment data used represents fictitious data from the Oracle sample schema(s), Public Documentation delivered with an Oracle database product or other training material. Any similarity to actual environments, actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental and not intended in any manner.

For the purposes of this document, the following fictitious environment is used as an example to describe the procedure:

Container Database Name:  CDBPRODS
Pluggable Database Name:  PDB1

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After recovering an offline datafile, an attempt to bring the datafile online the ORA-01516: nonexistent log file, data file, or temporary file error is received.  

For example: 

 

 

Solution

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