MDT will assign the variables based on MAC address - very similar to directly creating the variables on the objects in ConfigMgr. You simply add the MAC to the MDT DB and define the variables to set. Depending on what variables you are setting, you may need to extend the MDT DB, but that's trivial and commonly done. Then, MDT will set the values at run-time during the TS using a simply query of DB based upon the system's MAC address.
You'll never have to rely on collection updates for this. This is explicitly what MDT was designed to do (among other things). You can also get dynamic with it instead of "statically" assigning things and set variables based on other things besides the MAC address like the name of the machine (substrings of the machine name also), the location of the machine, and the model of the machine. J From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Spinelli, Robert J Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 1:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [mssms] RE: Add machines to collections - OSD Slow - CAS Jason, I think we have 2 options: 1) Import the machine using OSD (no MDT) and assign our computer variables, but we need to wait for the CAS collections to update which could be 5-10 mins. 2) Use unknown computers and there would be no wait for collections to update, but then we can't be as granular with our computer variables and would need to prompt the user. How would MDT give me the ability to use computer variable AND not have to wait for the collection to update on the CAS. Thank you. Robert Spinelli | CTS | GTI | 575 Washington Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ, 07310, United States| T: +1.201.595.6820 | C: +1.917.538.6192 | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jason Sandys Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 2:06 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] RE: Add machines to collections - OSD Slow - CAS If you know the MAC address, which you clearly do because you're importing them, then you can easily do that using the MDT database. J From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Spinelli, Robert J Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 12:51 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] RE: Add machines to collections - OSD Slow - CAS We're creating the computer object and assign lots of different variables to it for the task sequence, so the user is never prompted for anything. You wouldn't be able to get the same functionality if you used unknown computers is my assumption. No way to assign all the different variables per computer as unknown is really only "one computer" if that makes sense. Thank you. Robert Spinelli | CTS | GTI | 575 Washington Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ, 07310, United States| T: +1.201.595.6820 | C: +1.917.538.6192 | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marcum, John Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 12:15 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: [mssms] RE: Add machines to collections - OSD Slow - CAS use unknown computers. ________________________________ John Marcum Sr. Desktop Architect Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Spinelli, Robert J Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 8:55 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] Add machines to collections - OSD Slow - CAS I know this has been discussed before, but can't seem to fine the thread. If you want to create a computer object for OSD on your CAS it takes a few minutes before it actually shows up in the collection. I understand it's because the evaluation actually occurs on the primary and then comes back up to the CAS. What have others down to speed this up? We're developing a front end so techs can build machines, but we don't want to have something that says "Please wait 5 minutes, etc .. etc". We have over 200k clients, so we need a CAS (this is before someone asks why we are using a CAS). Thank you. Robert Spinelli | CTS | GTI | 575 Washington Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ, 07310, United States| T: +1.201.595.6820 | C: +1.917.538.6192 | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> This communication is for informational purposes only. It is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument or as an official confirmation of any transaction. 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