ORA-00234 Error in Identifying or Opening Snapshot or Copy Control File

Error Code
ORA-00234

Description
Error in identifying or opening snapshot or copy control file

Cause
Possible cause of this error is, a snapshot or copy control file of the specified name could not be found or opened during an invocation of cfileUseSnapshot, cfileMakeAndUseSnapshot, or cfileUseCopy.

Action
To fix this issue, re-create the snapshot or copy control file using cfileMakeAndUseSnapshot or ALTER DATABASE BACKUP CONTROLFILE, respectively.

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