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ORA-1580 ORA-27040 HOW TO RE-CREATE THE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE (Doc ID 438896.1)

Last updated on APRIL 03, 2020

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 9.2.0.1 to 10.2.0.4 [Release 9.2 to 10.2]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

For a new implementation of RMAN, you made mistake in the directory path for the snapshot
controlfile and need to know how to re-create in the correct location.

Attempting to issue
RMAN> CONFIGURE SNAPSHOT CONTROLFILE NAME CLEAR

Then issue, your RMAN command

Note: For databases already registered, this same error will occur while attempting to backup the
current controlfile.

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Cause

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