How to fix the error ORA-00234: error in identifying or opening snapshot or copy control file?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-00234: error in identifying or opening snapshot or copy control file with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-00234: error in identifying or opening snapshot or copy control file

Reason for the Error ORA-00234: error in identifying or opening snapshot or copy control file

A snapshot or copy control file of the specified name could not be found or opened during an invocation of cfileUseSnapshot, cfileMakeAndUseSnapshot, or cfileUseCopy.

How to fix the Error ORA-00234: error in identifying or opening snapshot or copy control file ?

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

Re-create the snapshot or copy control file using cfileMakeAndUseSnapshot or ALTER DATABASE BACKUP CONTROLFILE, respectively.