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How to change a namespace and delete old namespace

Troubleshooting


Problem

Trying to delete old namespaces and add a new namespace with an existing name

Symptom

Cognos was not starting, these messages were seen in diaglog box

CM-SYS-5104 Content Manager detected the unconfigured
security namespace "NAME" (ID "NAME") in the content store database.
CM-CFG-5125 Content Manager cannot create a namespace with
the name "NAME1" and ID "NAME1_ID" because a
namespace with the same name but with a different ID "NAME1" already
exists in the Content Manager data store.
20:12:42, 'ContentManagerService', 'StartService', 'Failure'.

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Modified date:
13 January 2026

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