Enabling Dynamic Renaming Of Devices During Registration - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - DISCOVERY-DEPLOYMENT-RETIREMENT REFERENCE 10.3 30-03-2010 Deployment Manual

3 In the Device Naming Template panel, click
the list.
You can use any combination of one or more variables. For example:
${HostName}${GUID}
4 Click OK to save the changes.
9.4 Enabling Dynamic Renaming of Devices
During Registration
The Device Dynamic Rename setting lets you enable devices to be renamed, if necessary, whenever
they refresh their registration information. A device might need to be renamed for the following
reasons:
The naming template's settings have changed. For example, the name template is now using
both the Hostname and GUID variables rather than only the Hostname.
A different naming template is now being applied to the device. For example, a folder naming
template is now being applied rather than the Management Zone naming template.
The device variable being used for the name changed. For example, the device's hostname is
being used for the name, and the device's actual hostname changed.
Because a device's GUID and not its name is used to establish relationships with other ZENworks
objects (folders, groups, and so forth), renaming the device does not affect anything other than the
name that is displayed in ZENworks Control Center.
By default, the Device Dynamic Rename setting is disabled. You can enable the setting at the
Management Zone, in which case all devices inherit the setting, or you can enable it on a device
folder, in which case only the devices in the folder inherit the setting.
Section 9.4.1, "Enabling the Setting at the Management Zone," on page 71
Section 9.4.2, "Enabling the Setting for a Device Folder," on page 71
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, then select the desired machine variable from