Description:
Oracle Online backup of controlfile fails if the database is set to NOARCHIVELOG.
Symptoms:
The backup will fail with the message:
Error: Failed to switch log file for thread 1
Double-clicking the error message will display the log context message:
ORA-00258: manual archiving in NOARCHIVELOG mode must identify log
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