Even though I start the Naming Service manually I get the following error trying to use the lsns utility:

  Unexpected system exception
 10129-- No permission for attempted op.
 - The server '[no value available]'
 can only be launched persistently.
 [Completion status : COMPLETED_NO]

Also, If I do a psit I get:

  [22840: New Connection sparky,IT_daemon,*,jrneira,pid=10196,optimised) ]
 There are no active servers at node sparky.

However, the Operating System ps utility shows that the server is indeed running.

Analysis

A system configured with HP Service Guard has a set of fixed IP addresses corresponding to every physical network card installed on each machine included into the package, and also, a floating or virtual IP address which is the address all machines are able to listen on.
If you have an Orbix daemon configured to listen on the floating IP address you will need your Naming Server to be aware of this. In this particular case, the Naming Server is registering the wrong IP address (most likely, the physical IP address of the machine where it is being executed) into its own IOR, hence, having the Orbix daemon not been able to see the Naming Service as an active server.
To check if the Naming Service is exporting the right IP address into its own IOR just type:

  ns –I NS.IOR &
 iordump NS.IOR

To change the value of the IP address exported by the Naming Service into its own IOR add the following variable into the orbixnames3.cfg file:

  IT_LOCAL_HOSTNAME=”aa.bb.cc.dd”

Where ”aa.bb.cc.dd” is the floating or virtual IP address.