Oracle® Database 11g / 12c / 18c error codes ORA-01196: file [string] is inconsistent due to a failed media recovery session

ORA-01196: file [string] is inconsistent due to a failed media recovery session

Oracle Error Code: ORA-01196

Cause: The file was being recovered but the recovery did not terminate normally. This left the file in an inconsistent state. No more recovery was successfully completed on this file.

Action: Either apply more logs until the file is consistent or restore the backup again and repeat recovery.