We don't have that error any more. The solution apparently worked. Yong Huang --- On Tue, 8/30/11, Sreejith Nair <sreejithsna@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Slightly old topic. > We are frequently getting this error 'ORA-245 (control file > backup operation failed)' after we upgraded our database to > 11.2.0.2. > Would be helpful if you can share if the solution mentioned > in the below email worked for you. ... > > RMAN> configure snapshot controlfile name to > > '+DISKGROUP/dbname/controlfile/snapcf_dbname.f'; -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l