OSD Computer Name issue

[ibrafe]

Hi

 

Am new to SCCM but am kinda liking it. This is what I have so far that is driving me crazy.

 

I have window 7 that I captured and imported it into SCCM. I can deploy the image fine but during the deployment the, the image retains the old PC name. Hence which ever OU I pick in TS the computer goes back to the origianl OU and non of my group membership is pulled down.

 

 

To clarify this, I have a PC running XP named PC1 sitting in the domain under OU=Accounting. Under my TS I choose the new OU for that PC to be ITS. I advertise my windows 7 TS. PC1 gets the advertisement, image the PC but the computer name stays the same. Also the OU doesn't get changed. Once the OSD is complete and I log in. Only the Domain Admin group is pulled down but not the other group memebership.

 

I know SCCM is supposed to auto generate a new name. Any help will be appriciated.

 

Thanks

[Eswar Koneti]

SCCM will generate new name when the computer is new(bare metal) or unknown.if you want to generate new computer name(prompt for computer name),you can add task action to with script prompt for computer name give here on windows-noob and eskonr.com as well.

[ibrafe]

Hi

 

Am new to SCCM but am kinda liking it. This is what I have so far that is driving me crazy.

 

I have window 7 that I captured and imported it into SCCM. I can deploy the image fine but during the deployment the, the image retains the old PC name. Hence which ever OU I pick in TS the computer goes back to the origianl OU and non of my group membership is pulled down.

 

 

To clarify this, I have a PC running XP named PC1 sitting in the domain under OU=Accounting. Under my TS I choose the new OU for that PC to be ITS. I advertise my windows 7 TS. PC1 gets the advertisement, image the PC but the computer name stays the same. Also the OU doesn't get changed. Once the OSD is complete and I log in. Only the Domain Admin group is pulled down but not the other group memebership.

 

I know SCCM is supposed to auto generate a new name. Any help will be appriciated.

 

Thanks

 

 

My SCCM is not generating the new names. Do you have to intergrate SCCM with MDT to generate the names?

[Eswar Koneti]

My SCCM is not generating the new names. Do you have to intergrate SCCM with MDT to generate the names?

 

 

Nope,you dont have to integrate to generate the name but always good to integrate MDT into SCCM as it will give you a lot extra tools to use during deployment.

[ibrafe]

Nope,you dont have to integrate to generate the name but always good to integrate MDT into SCCM as it will give you a lot extra tools to use during deployment.

 

Why then will my TS not do what it's supposed to do. Am I missing something somewhere. I really need this.

 

Thanks

[Lucid]

SCCM doesn't move existing Active Directory computer account objects. That path is for brand new ones. And you're picking up the same name probably because that machine's MAC address is already registered within the SCCM database with that particular name. If you deleted the resource object for that machine from SCCM it should pick up a new name. But most people either pre-populate the MAC address/computer name before they image a machine, or else use an HTA frontend to do it on-the-fly at the start of the imaging process...