Hi, Thanks for the reply.
Well I did something very non-unix professional stuff
.. I deleted the cluster...
Verified the /etc/hosts again.. started all over again. and lo it works! Hope not to do such stuff again
NOTE: This machine has not gone into production the reason i deleted the cluster.
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h@foorsa.biz Thanks for the trouble shooting guide. A wonderfull resource for HACMP Troubleshooting
Regards,