wsms

Is there a way during a deployment of Vista through BDD 2007 to isnert the
serial number of the PC into the computer name field automatically?

Daveg

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

Per Bly

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
>
>

Humphrey

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.

KFlaer

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.

the-allen-corp

I am interested in making the MAC part of the computer name. Please post info or send to me please.

Thanks in advance.