[#ZBX-20990] Host import failed: group already exists

[ZBX-20990] Host import failed: group already exists Created: 2022 May 04 Updated: 2022 Sep 08
Status:	Confirmed
Project:	ZABBIX BUGS AND ISSUES
Component/s:	Frontend (F)
Affects Version/s:	6.0.4
Fix Version/s:	None

Type:

Incident report

Priority:

Major

Reporter:

Brian van Baekel

Assignee:

Zabbix Development Team

Resolution:

Unresolved

Votes:

Labels:

Groups, import/export, template, yaml

Remaining Estimate:

Not Specified

Time Spent:

Not Specified

Original Estimate:

Not Specified

Attachments:

Screenshot 2022-05-04 at 11.03.09.png

zbx_export_hosts.yaml

Issue Links:

Causes
causes	~~ZBXNEXT-7951~~	Configuration import improvements	Closed
Duplicate
is duplicated by	~~ZBX-19376~~	Can't import file from 5.0 if host gr...	Closed
Sub-task
part of	~~ZBX-19470~~	A template with a changed graph canno...	Closed

Description

Steps to reproduce:

Create new host group with name 'test'
Import attached (host) yaml file

Result:

Expected:
import succesful

Now, throw away the test hostgroup, and import the host again. It works.
Throw away the host, and import it again, it still works.
Guessing we have a UUID mismatch causing this...

Comments

Comment by dimir [ 2022 May 04 ]

Related issue: ~~ZBX-19470~~

Comment by Edgar Akhmetshin [ 2022 May 04 ]

Hello Brian,

Thank you for reporting the issue. Confirmed.

Regards,
Edgar

Comment by dimir [ 2022 Sep 08 ]

Please find the requirements spec for this task in ~~ZBXNEXT-7951~~.

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[ZBX-20990] Host import failed: group already exists Created: 2022 May 04 Updated: 2022 Sep 08