ORA-00237 Snapshot Operation Disallowed Control File Newly Created

Error Code
ORA-00237

Description
Snapshot operation disallowed, control file newly created.

Cause
Possible cause of this error is, an attempt to invoke cfileMakeAndUseSnapshot with a currently mounted control file that was newly created with CREATE CONTROLFILE was made.

Action
To fix this issue, mount a current control file and retry the operation.

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