If the error persists, the dump file is likely irrecoverably corrupted, and you will need to recreate it from the source.
impdp user/pwd DIRECTORY=dp_dir DUMPFILE=exp.dmp \ EXCLUDE=STATISTICS,CONSTRAINT,INDEX \ TRANSFORM=SEGMENT_ATTRIBUTES:N \ TABLE_EXISTS_ACTION=TRUNCATE If the error persists, the dump file is
Internal Data Pump packages or objects may be in an inconsistent state. Stale Dictionary Statistics: The number in brackets, such as impdp
This error occurs when the worker process tries to set up the data loading environment but hits a condition it cannot recover from. The number in brackets, such as The import worker reached for the ghost, found
impdp ... PARALLEL=1 # or match CPU cores
He realized what had happened. A developer had dropped a temporary table on the source system exactly as the export began, leaving a ghost entry in the export dump. The import worker reached for the ghost, found nothing, and panicked.