How to fix the Oracle error ORA-32002: cannot create SPFILE already being used by the instance?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-32002: cannot create SPFILE already being used by the instance with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-32002: cannot create SPFILE already being used by the instance

Reason for the Error ORA-32002: cannot create SPFILE already being used by the instance

A create spfile command is trying to write to an SPFILE that was used to startup the instance.

How to fix the Error ORA-32002: cannot create SPFILE already being used by the instance ?

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

Specify a different SPFILE name