[root@d96 ~]# kafka-topics --zookeeper d65:2181/kafka_hive --create --topic hive-test-table --partitions 5 --replication-factor 2
WARNING: Due to limitations in metric names, topics with a period ('.') or underscore ('_') could collide. To avoid issues it is best to use either, but not both.
Error while executing topic command : Topic "hive-test-table" already exists.
[2017-01-16 10:48:30,766] ERROR kafka.common.TopicExistsException: Topic "hive-test-table" already exists.
at kafka.admin.AdminUtils$.createOrUpdateTopicPartitionAssignmentPathInZK(AdminUtils.scala:261)
at kafka.admin.AdminUtils$.createTopic(AdminUtils.scala:245)
at kafka.admin.TopicCommand$.createTopic(TopicCommand.scala:107)
at kafka.admin.TopicCommand$.main(TopicCommand.scala:60)
at kafka.admin.TopicCommand.main(TopicCommand.scala)
(kafka.admin.TopicCommand$)