It is not a bug. The overflow table is defined for a specific tablespace and that won't change even if you move the IOT: SQL> create table driver( 2 driver_name varchar2(40), 3 other_stuff varchar2(100), 4 recnum number, 5 constraint driver_pk 6 primary key(recnum) 7 ) 8 organization index 9 tablespace users 10 overflow tablespace indx; Table created. Elapsed: 00:00:00.02 SQL> SQL> begin 2 for i in 1..1000 loop 3 insert into driver 4 values (TO_CHAR ( TO_DATE ( TO_CHAR ( i, '99999999999') , 'J'), 'JSP'), 'blather and junk '||i, i); 5 end loop; 6 7 commit; 8 9 end; 10 / PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. Elapsed: 00:00:00.04 SQL> SQL> column table_name new_value ot_name SQL> SQL> select table_name, iot_name, iot_type, tablespace_name 2 from user_tables 3 where iot_type = 'IOT_OVERFLOW'; TABLE_NAME IOT_NAME IOT_TYPE TABLESPACE_NAME ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------ ------------------------------ SYS_IOT_OVER_16788 DRIVER IOT_OVERFLOW INDX 1 row selected. Elapsed: 00:00:00.05 SQL> SQL> alter table &ot_name move tablespace users; alter table SYS_IOT_OVER_16788 move tablespace users * ERROR at line 1: ORA-25191: cannot reference overflow table of an index-organized table Elapsed: 00:00:00.01 SQL> SQL> alter table driver move tablespace indx; Table altered. Elapsed: 00:00:00.10 SQL> SQL> select table_name, iot_name, iot_type, tablespace_name 2 from user_tables 3 where iot_type = 'IOT_OVERFLOW'; TABLE_NAME IOT_NAME IOT_TYPE TABLESPACE_NAME ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------ ------------------------------ SYS_IOT_OVER_16788 DRIVER IOT_OVERFLOW INDX 1 row selected. Elapsed: 00:00:00.00 SQL> David Fitzjarrell Principal author, "Oracle Exadata Survival Guide" On Wednesday, November 5, 2014 5:51 AM, Mostafa Eletriby <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hello All, I have a problem regarding moving tables to another tablespace or same tablespace From sysaux tablespace and from another tablespaces , show same error. DB version: 11.2.0.2 O.s : Windows server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition ALTER TABLE<table name> MOVE TABLESPACE <tablespace name> ; ALTER TABLE<table name> MOVE TABLESPACE ; ORA-25191: cannot reference overflow table of an index-organized table I searched a lot at MOS and googled the error but I am not sure of it is a bug & I may have to upgrade DB. (Doc ID 49763.1) Please advice. Regards,