In my organization (10,000+ desktops, 11,000+ laptops), I was able to come up with a scheme that seems to work well (at least for us, YMMV). Each user has a 6 character alphanumeric NT logon ID. We use W1XXXX01XXXX01 for group or shared machines, filling in the first set of X's with location code, and the second set with usage code; for example, if we have 2 group machines in our New York office, they would be W1NYSC01GRPC01 and W1NYSC01GRPC02. All of our user assigned machines use W2XXXXXX01 for naming, where the X's are replaced with their NT logon ID. Since we rebuild machines whenever someone leaves or is reassigned, etc., it isn't a problem; for example, if my logon ID is ZZZZZ1, then my workstation and laptop would be named W2ZZZZZ101 and W2ZZZZZ102. Servers are named by their country, their region, their location, their OS (NT-WinNT4, 2K-Win2K, UX-Unix, LX-Linux), and then a number; for example, two NT4 servers in New York would be named USNENYNT01 and USNENYNT02. We do, however, extend the name for our Exchange servers; for example, if I had 2 Exchange servers in NY, they'd be named USNENYNTEX01 and USNENYNTEX02. As always, YMMV, but we use this to great benefit in our organization. We've also pretty much standardized on NT4 or 2K as a server platform (although that's slowly changing to Linux) and as a desktop platform, so this becomes even more important. We use Ghost and Ghostwalker to image NT4 machines and change the name (and SID), and we use Ghost, Sysprep, and a WinNT.SIF floppy disk to image 2000 machines and change the name (and SID). Good luck.
-----Original Message----- From: Osama S. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 1:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Workstation Naming Standards hi, we will be deploying Win2K from scratch on the user's machines (around 700) replacing NT 4. SO I was reviewing our machine naming convention. Our Offices are located in two cities, one single domain. So far we would use something like "CityName-Department-User Real Name" (where city name and department are abbrevations) to name workstations. Usually the NT Names are the users Company ID, which is unique. I was wondering how you guys/girls are naming your workstations and users. regards Uso Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/ Want to unsub? Do that here: http://www.w2knews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=unsub Need a good FAQ? Try this one first: http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/
