Oracle DBA, How To, Error, Cause and Action

ORA-00238: operation would reuse a filename that is part of the database

ORA-00238: operation would reuse a filename that is part of the database




Cause: The filename supplied as a parameter to the ALTER DATABASE BACKUP CONTROLFILE command or to cfileSetSnapshotName matches the name of a file that is currently part of the database.




Action: Retry the operation with a different filename.