| Error | ORA-16516 |
Description | The current state is invalid for the attempted operation. | Cause | The broker may return this error for switchover operations and for database state change operations. If this error is returned for a switchover operation, the broker has determined that either:
- The databases changing roles are offline.
- The primary database is not shipping log files.
- The standby database that will become the primary is not applying log files. The broker returns this error for database state change operations if the database state specified is invalid.
| Action | If this error is returned when attempting a switchover operation, make sure that:
- The databases changing roles are online.
- The primary database is shipping log files.
- The standby database is applying log files. If this error is returned when attempting a database state change operation, make sure you specify a valid state.
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