Are you running netviewd in read-only mode? I just did it here
and it worked fine with no map up, but I do have a read-write
map in netviewd. If you type in "netview" from the command line,
do you get a read-write map? If so, they you have configured
netviewd to be in read-only mode.

Paul



On Tuesday 07 October 2003 12:22, Bursik, Scott {PBSG} wrote:
> Paul,
>
> With netviewd running and no UI I get the same error message. Only with a
> R/W map open can I use the utility. I assumed that netviewd would allow
> this to work as well but that doesn't appear to be the case. Am I missing
> something?
>
> Scott Bursik
> Enterprise Systems Management
> PepsiCo Business Solutions Group
> scott.bursik AT pbsg DOT com
> (972) 963-1400
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Stroud [mailto:pstroud AT bellsouth DOT net]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 11:02 AM
> To: nv-l AT lists.us.ibm DOT com; Bursik, Scott {PBSG}
> Subject: Re: [nv-l] nvmaputil.sh and unmanaging nodes
>
> No, but netviewd will work so that you don't have to have one up
> on the console.
>
> Paul
>
> On Tuesday 07 October 2003 11:52, Bursik, Scott {PBSG} wrote:
> > NetView 7.1.3 AIX 4.3.3
> >
> > Is there a way to manage unmanage nodes using nvmaputil when there is not
> > an R/W map open?
> >
> > [pbsxst00007][/usr/OV/bin]>nvmaputil.sh --unmanage-node
> > pbsxsn00001.fritolay.pvt
> > There is no read/write map opened whose map name is "default".
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Scott Bursik
> > PepsiCo Business Solutions Group