Re: netbios name vs computer account name

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Jeremy,
I am sure there are hundreds of different ways to do this depending on
circumstances. A few thoughts:
- An inventory system should give you the serial number to match against
computer name. To save helpdesk time the inventory system should ideally be
linked to the helpdesk system.
- The Location tab for computer objects is actually quite useful. Although
it has to be updated manually, it only has to be done if the machine is
moved, and if you use roaming profiles the machine itself does not have to
move much in its life. It also enables printers to be found at the same
location as the PC.
- You may already need to give each PC an Asset number, so this may give you
a way to name it for ease of reference.
Anthony
http://www.airdesk.co.uk



"Jeremy Schubert" <jscc-nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thank you all. So much vocabulary/terminology (domain tab description
properties vs aduc description property fields, CN versus account
name...).

Ace and Anthony, you're both right.
Ace:If it's serial numbers or whatnot that you are worried about, in the
computer description, you can put that in there. This way you can run a
'net view', see all the computer names and their descriptions. The
problem I think is more with the usefulness of a serial number as an
identifier.
Anthony: It wouldn't really help you go and look for it! Anthony

Just trying to work on the best naming scheme. We always start with the
plant code, a three digit number, 047 in my case. But then our downtown
people, our help desk, and our school techs are always debating what is
best. I have a program now called wsname from
http://mystuff.clarke.co.nz/MyStuff/Default.asp Through a script (batch
or vbs) it lets me easily rename a computer. The program can determin the
chassis type and serial number and a few other things. It also modifies
the description field in the system control panel but not the description
field in ADUC. So I have to have another script for that.

Lab techs of course want the physical location to find the machine. The
help desk wants the serial number to enter a service call to IBM. With
the 15 character limit for netbios, entering all of that is tricky.
Especially if you want to make the number a bit easier to read for the
user by adding some hyphens.




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