Oracle DBA, How To, Error, Cause and Action

ORA-00230: operation disallowed: snapshot control file enqueueunavailable

ORA-00230: operation disallowed: snapshot control file enqueue unavailable




Cause: The attempted operation cannot be executed at this time because another process currently holds the snapshot control file enqueue.




Action: Retry the operation after the concurrent operation that is holding the snapshot control file enqueue terminates.