| Error | ORA-16797 |
Description | SPFILE is missing in the Data Guard broker environment | Cause | SPFILE (server parameter file) is not being used in the database, or the resource guard failed to retrieve the status of the SPFILE. | Action | Issue "CREATE SPFILE=`..` FROM PFILE=`...`" command to create an SPFILE, and restart the database to use the SPFILE. |