How to fix the error ORA-00233: copy control file is corrupt or unreadable?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-00233: copy control file is corrupt or unreadable with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-00233: copy control file is corrupt or unreadable

Reason for the Error ORA-00233: copy control file is corrupt or unreadable

The specified copy control file was found to be corrupt or unreadable during an invocation of cfileUseCopy.

How to fix the Error ORA-00233: copy control file is corrupt or unreadable ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Before retrying cfileUseCopy, use the ALTER DATABASE BACKUP CONTROLFILE command and specify the same filename that was specified for cfileUseCopy.