I’d be interested in the
customizations you’re unable to make using RIS. From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan DeStefano I would prefer not to use RIS as there are
a lot of customizations that I make to the OS, many of which cannot be done
with unattended installation via RIS (or, at least I do not know or any way). Dan From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Michael Wassell Is it safe to assume that
RIS is not an option? From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Desmond Dan- You can certainly script this with netdom. If you want to use
sysprep, you could set the compnay name to be that dny01pd, and then sysprep
will populate the rest with random crap. --Brian
Desmond From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Dan DeStefano I have not been able to find a way
to sufficiently solve the following problem: automatically changing computer
names after imaging. I would like to reassign computer names based on a company
naming convention plus variable. So a computer name would be something like
“dny01pd***”, with the asterisks representing an automatically
assigned number. As far as I know, Sysprep does not allow this; it will only
allow you to assign a random name, which is not acceptable. I am not using unattended
installations so I cannot use .udb files to assign computer names. I have been
using GhostWalker to rename and join the PCs to a domain after imaging, but it
just randomly-assigns numbers for the variables. This is a little better, but
GhostWalker doesn’t increment the numbers, nor does it check the network
for duplicate names (or so I’m told by Symantec support). Ideally, what I would like is some
program or script or whatever, that can be run after imaging that will assign
computer names consecutively or will consult a file for a list of names; then
go and check on the network for a duplicate name preferably by fqdn – and
ideally, be able to join the PC to a domain and assign it to a specific OU as
icing on the cake. Does anyone know of a tool that will do this? (Are you
working on something like this, Joe?) I am also curious about how others
currently handle imaging and automatic computer naming. Dan DeStefano |
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