ORA-00222 Operation would Reuse Name of a Currently Mounted control file

Error Code
ORA-00222

Description
Operation would reuse name of a currently mounted control file

Cause
Possible cause of this error is, the filename supplied as a parameter to the ALTER DATABASE BACKUP CONTROLFILE command or to cfileSetSnapshotName matches the name of the specified currently mounted control file.

Action
To fix this issue, Retry the operation with a different filename.

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