ORA-38760: This database instance failed to turn on flashback database

ORA-38760: This database instance failed to turn on flashback database

Cause:

When i start the database and try to open the database after restore of controlfile from different database, i get flashback data generation failure error

SQL> startup mount;
ORACLE instance started.

Total System Global Area 1509949440 bytes
Fixed Size                  2924640 bytes
Variable Size             956305312 bytes
Database Buffers          536870912 bytes
Redo Buffers               13848576 bytes
Database mounted.
SQL> alter database open;
alter database open
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-38760: This database instance failed to turn on flashback database

Error details

SQL> !oerr ora 38760
38760, 00000, "This database instance failed to turn on flashback database"
// *Cause: Database flashback is on but this instance failed to
//         start generating flashback data. Look in alert log for more
//         specific errors.
// *Action: Correct the error or turn off database flashback.

Workaround:

Shutdown the instance

SQL> shu immediate;
ORA-01507: database not mounted


ORACLE instance shut down.

Start the database in mount mode

SQL> startup mount;
ORACLE instance started.

Total System Global Area 1509949440 bytes
Fixed Size                  2924640 bytes
Variable Size             956305312 bytes
Database Buffers          536870912 bytes
Redo Buffers               13848576 bytes
Database mounted.

Check the flashback

SQL> select flashback_on from v$database;

FLASHBACK_ON
------------------
YES

Switch off flashback

SQL> alter database flashback off;

Database altered.

SQL> select flashback_on from v$database;

FLASHBACK_ON
------------------
NO

Now open the database

SQL> alter database open resetlogs;