ORA-01146 cannot start online backup - file string is already in backup
This is an Oracle Database Server Message. This can be generated by the Oracle Database when running any Oracle program.
What is the cause of ORA-01146 from Oracle 8i ?
An attempt was made to start an online backup, but an online backup was already started for one of the datafiles.
How to deal with ORA-01146 from Oracle 8i ?
End the first backup before beginning another.
Contacting Oracle support services ?
Some messages recommend contacting Oracle Support Services to report a problem. Please go here for more information : Oracle Support.
Linked Error Messages
- ORA-01138 database must either be open in this instance or not at all
- ORA-01139 RESETLOGS option only valid after an incomplete database recovery
- ORA-01140 cannot end online backup - all files are offline
- ORA-01141 error renaming data file string - new file ' string ' not found
- ORA-01142 cannot end online backup - none of the files are in backup
- ORA-01143 cannot disable media recovery - file string needs media recovery
- ORA-01144 File size ( string blocks) exceeds maximum of string blocks
- ORA-01145 offline immediate disallowed unless media recovery enabled
- ORA-01147 SYSTEM tablespace file string is offline
- ORA-01148 can not mount database PARALLEL without a lock manager installed
- ORA-01149 cannot shutdown - file string has online backup set
- ORA-01150 cannot prevent writes - file string has online backup set
- ORA-01151 use media recovery to recover block, restore backup if needed
- ORA-01152 file string was not restored from a sufficiently old backup
- ORA-01153 an incompatible media recovery is active
- ORA-01154 database busy. Open, close, mount, and dismount not allowed now