On 13 Mar 2003 at 6:11, pavan wrote: > Question is, do you folks see any issues in using service tags as the > machine names? One major advantage that we gain here is that the machine > name is unique at any given time. We can read this from the BIOS and > assign to the system (using a script).
Yes, I have that at several small clients and it is a PITA trying to remember which of several identical Dells is DG7W7B11. I wish I had named them for the desk of the common user. Downside to doing that is that when you move a machine to another person, which typically happens when a new machine is purchased for someone who needs more power. The oldest, slowest machine in the shop is not usually theirs, so their machine is passed to someone else and the name must be changed. A -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 / fax 1-208-248-3124 http://www.geoapps.com/ AIM: AngusWSF ICQ: 165646506 --------------------------------------------------------- -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 / fax 1-208-248-3124 http://www.geoapps.com/ AIM: AngusWSF ICQ: 165646506 --------------------------------------------------------- ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
