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ORA-01156 When Adding Or Dropping Redo Logs (Doc ID 452152.1)

Last updated on JULY 25, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.2 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.



Symptoms

Trying to drop INACTIVE redo log group and getting error:

ORA-01156: recovery in progress may need access to files

Cause

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