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Updated on 2022-02-21 GMT+08:00

Yikes! Insufficient partition balance when creating topic : projectman_project_enterprise_project Try again.

Symptom:

The topic cannot be created in Kafka Manager, and the error message "Yikes! Insufficient partition balance when creating topic : projectman_project_enterprise_project Try again." is displayed.

Cause: The number of partitions exceeds the upper limit and no more topics can be created.

Solution: Increase the instance specifications, which will automatically increase the allowed number of partitions.