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PDB Refreshable Clone Hitting ORA-00311 Error (Doc ID 2732810.1)

Last updated on APRIL 17, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 19.8.0.0.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

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"ORA-00311: cannot read header from archived log" error when cloning a refreshable PDB or when running a refresh command for a cloned PDB.

Error:
SQL> ALTER PLUGGABLE DATABASE <PDB_NAME> REFRESH;
ALTER PLUGGABLE DATABASE <PDB_NAME> REFRESH
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00311: cannot read header from archived log
 

SQL> CREATE PLUGGABLE DATABASE <PDB_NAME> FROM <SOURCE_PDB_NAME>@<DB_LINK> REFRESH MODE EVERY 2 MINUTES KEYSTORE IDENTIFIED BY "****";
CREATE PLUGGABLE DATABASE <PDB_NAME> FROM <SOURCE_PDB_NAME>@<DB_LINK> REFRESH MODE EVERY 2 MINUTES KEYSTORE IDENTIFIED BY "****"
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00311: cannot read header from archived log

Changes

 

Cause

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