<![CDATA[More information when object already exists]]>From time to time, I find myself trying to locate "objects that already exists". This is becoming time consuming. When adding the host, the error message only displays that the object already exists but shows no additional information. So I am lost as to exactly why the error is displayed.

This happened just now when I tried to register a "foobar.domain.com" and I get the error message. I know for a fact that "foobar" was never registered in netxms before (new naming standard) but perhaps the IP was used on an old object that was removed. I tried registering "foobar" with both dns and ip - same result every time.

It would be a major improvement if the error message could show some additional details about the duplicate object.

]]>https://forum.netxms.org/topic/3649/more-information-when-object-already-existsRSS for NodeFri, 13 Nov 2026 12:20:10 GMTSat, 21 Mar 2015 14:32:37 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to More information when object already exists on Fri, 08 May 2015 16:09:26 GMT]]>Fantastic. Also love what you guys have done with the download page (stable and development branch). Keep up the good work.

]]>https://forum.netxms.org/post/16809https://forum.netxms.org/post/16809Fri, 08 May 2015 16:09:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to More information when object already exists on Wed, 22 Apr 2015 14:29:45 GMT]]>Will be included in next release.

]]>https://forum.netxms.org/post/16580https://forum.netxms.org/post/16580Wed, 22 Apr 2015 14:29:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to More information when object already exists on Fri, 17 Apr 2015 10:22:10 GMT]]>Cheers  😄

]]>https://forum.netxms.org/post/16481https://forum.netxms.org/post/16481Fri, 17 Apr 2015 10:22:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to More information when object already exists on Thu, 16 Apr 2015 08:45:01 GMT]]>Change request created: https://dev.raden.solutions/issues/804

]]>https://forum.netxms.org/post/16471https://forum.netxms.org/post/16471Thu, 16 Apr 2015 08:45:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to More information when object already exists on Tue, 14 Apr 2015 07:37:19 GMT]]>After upgrading netxms to the latest stable release, I was able to use the search feature as mentioned in this thread. I quickly located the problem, and it turns out netxms did exactly what it was supposed to. I blame myself for implementing a new naming standard on our servers.. Would still love to see more feedback to the user when this kind of problem occurs.

"can't add node A because of ip conflict with node B"

]]>https://forum.netxms.org/post/16416https://forum.netxms.org/post/16416Tue, 14 Apr 2015 07:37:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to More information when object already exists on Tue, 14 Apr 2015 07:31:37 GMT]]>Tried restarting netxms, and still no luck. I am not able to add two critical servers that need monitoring because of this.

]]>https://forum.netxms.org/post/16415https://forum.netxms.org/post/16415Tue, 14 Apr 2015 07:31:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to More information when object already exists on Mon, 23 Mar 2015 09:09:55 GMT]]>Thanks, I'll try that.

However, I am still hopeful for some more info in the GUI.

Netxms is a wonderful application, but I often end up in a few annoyances that could have been avoided with a bit more verbose message output.

]]>https://forum.netxms.org/post/16196https://forum.netxms.org/post/16196Mon, 23 Mar 2015 09:09:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to More information when object already exists on Mon, 23 Mar 2015 08:58:02 GMT]]>If there will be message that node already exists in database, then most probably it means that node with this IP is in the system scheduled for deletion, but can't be deleted because of some lock. In this case restart of server should help.

]]>https://forum.netxms.org/post/16194https://forum.netxms.org/post/16194Mon, 23 Mar 2015 08:58:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to More information when object already exists on Mon, 23 Mar 2015 08:47:44 GMT]]>I would advise to check debug log of the server on a debug level 4 while node is added. There will be written reason why this node is not added:

[23-Mar-2015 10:42:36.057] [DEBUG] [CLSN-0] Received message CMD_CREATE_OBJECT
[23-Mar-2015 10:42:36.057] [DEBUG] PollNode(10.5.0.27/0) zone 0
[23-Mar-2015 10:42:36.057] [DEBUG] PollNode: Node 10.5.0.27 already exist in database
[23-Mar-2015 10:42:36.057] [DEBUG] [CLSN-0] Sending message CMD_REQUEST_COMPLETED

]]>https://forum.netxms.org/post/16193https://forum.netxms.org/post/16193Mon, 23 Mar 2015 08:47:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to More information when object already exists on Sat, 21 Mar 2015 21:09:54 GMT]]>Thanks for the feedback. I appreciate the tip but my feature request still stands. I was not able to locate the duplicate object, and didn't get any hits on a simple ">x.x.x.*" search. I suspect a bug, as I am 99% sure that the ip is not in use in any of the current objects visible. It might have been used previously on some depricated host.

Next step is to search the database I guess.

]]>https://forum.netxms.org/post/16181https://forum.netxms.org/post/16181Sat, 21 Mar 2015 21:09:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to More information when object already exists on Sat, 21 Mar 2015 18:09:01 GMT]]>Try to find your object using IP filter in the filter of object tree:

Buy default search is done by node name. In this type of search can be used
'*' and '?' symbols for pattern search.

But there are few prefix that can be used for other search options:
 - '/' - will search in comments
 - '>' - will search by IP address

Example: ">10.5.0.12"

]]>https://forum.netxms.org/post/16178https://forum.netxms.org/post/16178Sat, 21 Mar 2015 18:09:01 GMT