ORA-00398: abort thread recovery due to reconfiguration
Cause: Global enqueue service reconfiguration occurred during instance/crash recovery.
Action: This is used internally, no action is required.
Oracle Error ORA-00398 means abort thread recovery due to reconfiguration. It occurs when the database is being restarted while the instance is disconnected from the recovery catalog.
Official Explanation:
This error occurs when the database is being restarted while the instance is disconnected from the recovery catalog. It means that the database cannot be restored because the necessary information to perform the recovery, the archived redo logs, cannot be located.
Common Cases:
1. When the database is restarted while the instance is disconnected from the recovery catalog.
2. When the archived redo logs cannot be located.
Normal Handling:
Step 1: Connect to the critical database instance.
Step 2: Check the location of archived redo logs.
Step 3: Determine which log file is missing and locate it.
Step 4: Submit the missing log to the database.
Step 5: Restart the database normally.