If the database is recovered with the

"RECOVER DATABASE USING BACKUP CONTROLFILE;"

option without specifying the "UNTIL CANCEL" option, then upon "ALTER DATABASE OPEN RESETLOGS;" you will always get the ORA-1113 error.

Steps to workaround this issue:

1. Recover database again using:

RECOVER DATABASE USING BACKUP CONTROLFILE UNTIL CANCEL;

2. Cancel recovery by issuing the "CANCEL" command.

3. Open the database using:

SVRMGR> ALTER DATABASE OPEN RESETLOGS;