David,
        Before adding the device, do 2 lookups for it in the database by
both it's name AND it's address.  If either one of those exist, the
object will fail to add with the 'already exists' message.

                Good luck,
                Bill 

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From: owner-nv-l AT lists.us.ibm DOT com [mailto:owner-nv-l AT lists.us.ibm DOT 
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On Behalf Of Liu, David
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 7:25 AM
To: nv-l AT lists.us.ibm DOT com
Subject: [nv-l] Adding new device

Dear list,

Have searched the archive but not found the solution, need your help. 

When I add new device into Netview, always get the error message 

"ERROR: Could not add node 'hostname' to topology: Object marked new
already exists"

I tried several times with the method I use before (which worked for
most of these kinds of problem), create a smartset with only this device
in it and delete it. The device is then neither locate from the GUI nor
from the command: "ovobjprint | grep hostname". After that re-discover
it through putting it in the netmon.seed. Nothing happened for the whole
weekend. Using loadhosts command then get the above error. After the
loadhosts command, issue "ovobjprint | grep hostname" and get the
following:

        10              Selection Name                  "hostname"
                11              IP Hostname
"hostname"

Only this, no Ip address etc. cannot locate through GUI.

Can you give any hint?

NV7.1.4, FP03, SUN Unix.

Regards,
David