[ZBX-10254] Import fails with message : Item "<Item_Key>" already exists on "<Template_Name>", inherited from another template. Created: 2016 Jan 12  Updated: 2017 May 30  Resolved: 2016 Jan 12

Status: Closed
Project: ZABBIX BUGS AND ISSUES
Component/s: Frontend (F), Templates (T)
Affects Version/s: 2.4.7
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Incident report Priority: Trivial
Reporter: Arnab Biswas Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Duplicate Votes: 0
Labels: None
Remaining Estimate: Not Specified
Time Spent: Not Specified
Original Estimate: Not Specified

Issue Links:
Duplicate
duplicates ZBX-10238 Impossible to update existing item us... Closed

 Description   

We apply zabbix template to the server using the "import" option available in UI. Say, template A is linked with another template B and the templates are applied to the zabbix server.

In the next version/release :
Template A is no longer associated with B
Template A is linked with a new template C
Items from B has been moved to C (C is a superset of B).

Now if I try to import the latest version of the template (A -> C) on top of older version (A -> B) from the "import" option in UI, I get the following error :

Item "<Item_Key>" already exists on "<Template_Name>", inherited from another template.

But, as you can understand, in the latest version of the template (A -> C), template B is no longer there and hence there is no question of conflict between items in B and C.

Details can be found here : https://www.zabbix.com/forum/showthread.php?p=176701#post176701



 Comments   
Comment by Aleksandrs Saveljevs [ 2016 Jan 12 ]

Actually, looks like a duplicate of the recent ZBX-10238. Let's fix it there.

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