Computer name != Client Name

Here is the issue:

Our naming scheme for our laptops are l-userslastname

L-DOEJ in ERA is: CLIENT: L-DOEJ COMPUTER: L-DOEJ

When John Doe leaves the company and the computer is renamed for the new hire name George Bush this is what happens in ERA:

L-BUSHG in ERA is: CLIENT: L-DOEJ COMPUTER: L-BUSHG


Is there a way to correct this issue?

 

Delete it from ERA and let it add itself the next time it connects? (only drawback to that is you'll lose history for L-DOEJ)

 

No, there isn't really a way to do it. I wish they would give us the option to link the hostname to the client name (unless there is a conflict, obviously. then the xxxx 00001 thing), since I operate an environment where everything has unique hostnames and every once in a while I have to do a manual look over to catch anything that was renamed. I've started taking to hiding the client name column entirely in favor of the hostname.

 

thanks

 

We name our workstations as just plain numbers, then put the users name in the 'Computer description' field.

What I'd like is the ability to see this column in the ERAC.

 

It's there, but by default it's either not enabled or on the far right, so whenever using an ERAC for the first time, or sometimes after an update, I have to drag all the columns back the way I like it.

Also noticed on version 4 clients, there's a "Custom info" that includes current/last logged on user, though this is at the end of a long string of computer info that should be broken up into seperate columns, current/last logged on user would be a very useful one.

 

Hmmmm... I don't see it anywhere, and I did check to see if it was there and just not enabled...

Is it named something other than 'Computer Description'?

What version of the RAS/RAC are you using? I'm still waiting for 4.x to stabilize, so am still on 3.1.15...

Weird - I had added the 'custom Info' column to see if the description was in there, but that column is totally blank for all of my clients.

 

AJ? Could you respond? Is the 'Computer Description' field something new to the 4.x version of the RAC? Or should I be able to find this in the 3.1.15 version?