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Upgrade to Maximum Protection Mode fails with ORA-16651: upgrade to maximum protection mode not possible (Doc ID 2316003.1)

Last updated on APRIL 03, 2020

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 12.2.0.1 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms



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

Database Name: Prim
ServiceName: 'ORCL_CFG'
 

Changes

 Upgrade to MaxProtection from MaxPerformance

 

Cause

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