When specify the nodes with same ip as: /vsmserver/HA/nodes=192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1 the following is shown in log file: 2014-10-16 08:53:37 ERROR vsmserver.HA: 0 matches when comparing hostnames from /vsmserver/HA/nodes with result of gethostname() - should be exactly one match 2014-10-16 08:53:37 ERROR vsmserver.HA: Can't determine address of other node safely. 2014-10-16 08:53:37 ERROR vsmserver.HA: STARTING WITH HA DISABLED!