RE: ADMT - WRN1:0198 The name 'hostname' could not be resolved

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Amanda, you are a diamond!!!
This has definately solved the problem I was having, thank you...
Is this documented anywhere? As it is not in the ADMT help files...

Thanks again...
Rory

"Amanda Wang [MSFT]" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Thanks for your post.
>
> I understand that you run the workstation migration via batch scripts, and
> it fails with the following error: WRN1:0198 The name 'hostname' could not
> be resolved. If I have misunderstood, please feel free to let me know.
>
> I suggest you check if the name has already exists. If so, the cause of the
> issue is that the command-line finding the computer in the target domain
> when it already existed at the time of migration.
>
> You can perform the following suggestion to resolve the issue:
>
> Appending a dollar sign ($) to the computer name allowed the name to be
> resolved and the process worked fine after that modification. Computer
> names in active directory are much like user names, except computer
> accounts have a dollar sign in their name (much like a hidden share). So
> when looking up the account "hostname", it was failing because there is no
> account which matches that name. There is, however, an account that is
> named hostname$.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Any update, let's get in touch!
>
> Thanks & Regards
>
> Amanda Wang[MSFT]
>
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