Oracle DBA, How To, Error, Cause and Action

ORA-01277: file 'string' already exists

ORA-01277: file 'string' already exists








Cause: An ALTER DATABASE BACKUP CONTROLFILE TO TRACE AS 'filename' command specified a file name which is already in use.








Action: Either specify a different file name, or add the REUSE parameter to the command to overwrite the existing file.