Copy fails with “Locked - Cannot rename table on target; source name exists” when source and targ (4299765)

The following errors are observed when running copy in an environment where source and target databases are one in the same and the source and target schema and table names are identical:

sp_ctrl (alvsupu07:5439)> copy sha76.table1 to sha76.table2

copying 1 of 1 objects

copy started; job id 102

sp_ctrl (alvsupu07:5439)> copy status

Job ID : 102

PID : 17667

Host : alvsupu07

Started : 16-MAY-11 17:46:58

Job Type : Copy

Status : Wait for Marker

ID Tablename Status Time Total Rows %Comp Total Time

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1 "SHA76"."TABLE1" Locked - Cannot rename table on target; source name exists

The following errors are observed in sync client log though sync server log shows no errors:

17671 16/17:47:10 ERROR:SyncTableHandler:0: Table SHA76.TABLE1 exists! Cannot rename TABLE2 to TABLE1

17671 16/17:47:13 INFO:APP:0: Setting debug to 0

17671 16/17:47:13 INFO:SyncApplication:0: Starting SYNC...

17671 16/17:47:58 INFO:SyncImportThread:1: Export is now complete

17671 16/17:48:03 INFO:SyncLogMonitor:1: Importing table "TABLE1"

17671 16/17:48:03 INFO:SyncLogMonitor:1: Done importing 4 rows

17671 16/17:48:03 INFO:SyncLogMonitor:1: Import process complete: success = 1, warnings = 1

17671 16/17:48:04 INFO:SyncMessager:0: Import thread 1 completed successfully

17671 16/17:48:04 INFO:SyncMessager:0: SYNC SUCCESS