I am planning that exact scenario this week - using MAC address as part of the ComputerName. I found something somewhere yesterday indicating I needed to use a UserExit, but haven't had an opportunity to delve further; I would be happy to get any experienced advice and examples/samples on the subject.
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Humphrey <humphreyhobbes@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 10, 5:52 pm, Per Bly <Per B...@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
> > Try changing Customsettings.ini to
> >
> > Computername=%SERIALNUMBER%
> > OSDNEWMACHINENAME=%Computername%
> >
> > /PER
> >
> >
> >
> > "Daveg" wrote:
> > > One way to do it is leverage a database within BDD using SQL Express
> > > or SQL 2005. You can create a record via the workbench for this
> > > computer and assign it a name. BDD will query the DB during
> > > deployment and assign it the appropriate name based on your record.
> >
> > > daveg- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
> Hi All,
> I have recently finished doing a deployment and our client wanted MAC
> Address as machine name which is a lot easier since you don't need a
> database.
> It will be the same as listed above except you will use a Userexit.vbs
> file to query the machine.
> Let me know if you are interested.
> Cheers,
> Humphrey
> p.s. The only thing with not using a database is the data restore in a
> replace computer scenario since there is no way to map the old
> computer and new computer names but we got around this by just
> manually renaming the usmt data folder when needed.