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Shilpa1
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Article Id 246632
Description

This article provides the solution for the issue faced while creating a VIP Object entry.

It is possible to see an error message 'duplicate entry already exists', even if there are no other VIP objects created.

Scope

FortiGate.

Solution

When creating a VIP object one may encounter the below error:

Go to Policy & Objects -> Virtual IPs -> Create New -> Virtual IP, make the necessary entries, and select 'OK'.

 

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The same error on the CLI as well:

 

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Be advised, that in such scenarios, the IPs entered would be a gateway for one of the static routes that already exist.

 

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It is possible to bypass this error only by changing the gateway IP of the static route or by deleting that static route.