HPUX :Business Copy :ERROR: A bad devicename or groupname exists in HORCM_DEV

 

Today while configuring the business copy set-up on one of serve, I encounter below issue.

 

 

Horcm startup is getting failed with below Error in Curlog :

 

[root@ serverA:/.root]#

#-> horcmshutdown.sh 0

inst 0:

HORCM Shutdown inst 0 !!!

[root@serverA:/.root]#

#-> horcmstart.sh 0

starting HORCM inst 0

HORCM inst 0 has failed to start.

 

00:17:03-0b755-10424- [horcmcfgetent] fseek(top) OK.

00:17:03-0eddc-10424- ERROR: A bad devicename or groupname exists in HORCM_DEV : VG_EJ1_02_024 : vg_test: line 224

00:17:03-0fe87-10424- vg_test      VG_EJ1_02_024   CL5-B4  100     0

00:17:03-10e4b-10424- ERROR: A bad devicename or groupname exists in HORCM_DEV : VG_EJ1_02_025 : vg_test: line 225

00:17:03-1285c-10424- vg_test      VG_EJ1_02_025   CL5-B4  100     1

00:17:03-13812-10424- ERROR: A bad devicename or groupname exists in HORCM_DEV : VG_EJ1_02_026 : vg_test: line 226

00:17:03-1479d-10424- vg_test      VG_EJ1_02_026   CL5-B4  100     2

00:17:03-1574e-10424- ERROR: A bad devicename or groupname exists in HORCM_DEV : VG_EJ1_02_027 : vg_test: line 227

00:17:03-166f7-10424- vg_test      VG_EJ1_02_027   CL5-B4  100     3

00:17:03-18815-10424- [horcmcfgetent] read(conf_file) OK.

00:17:03-19b60-10424- [horcmcfgrdf] close(conf_file) OK.

 

 

It was later found that VG_EJ1_02_024   is already been used in  the horcm0.conf file, on the system. Once a unique devicename given horcm started successfully.