Computer hostnames with $ at the end of the name

[Jeff Stanton]

Hello all

I don't think this is an issue, but wanted to see if anyone knows what may be happening.  I've been seeing hostnames with a '$' at the end of the name.  For instance, instead of the expected hostname of "mycomputer", I am seeing "mycomputer$" within the console in areas such as the filters and resource manager.

More than anything, I'm curious what this means.  I've only recently seen this pop up.  

• Why is this happening?
• What causes this for certain clients?

Thanks in advance for your input!

[deemacgee]

Are these the sAMAccountName values for AD domain-joined computers?

If you're synchronising data from the Active Directory, have you recently changed the import parameters?

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[Jeff Stanton]

Are these the sAMAccountName values for AD domain-joined computers?

Yes, I looked this up and it appears to be using the sAMAccountName.  Thoughts on why this may be happening?

If you're synchronising data from the Active Directory, have you recently changed the import parameters?

No, the import parameters have not changed.

[Igor Perevozchikov]

Hi Jeff Stanton!

Since 8.7 release, we show AD imported resources name in console using their 'displayName' property (like it is in AD), only if  'displayName' property has any value in AD for this resource.

If computer doesn't have "DisplayName" value in AD, then AD imported computers names are shown without $ in Console.

If there is a value in 'displayName' property for computer in AD, then after AD import, such computer name will be shown as displayName like it is in Active Directory

If Customer don't like to see display name with $ in name for AD imported computers, then need to change 'displayName' for affected computers in Active Directory

After this, execute AD Computers import rule

Now this computer name will be shown without $ in Console UI

Best regards,
IP.

[Shawn Mayhew]

@Igor Perevozchikov

I don't recall seeing this in the release notes for 8.7 would have been very helpful to know this. I am not sure your explanation is correct when I look at the AD import rules and the tables.  

I have 2750 of my computers display this in Endpoint Workspace - NOT the console.  Since I have all user locked out of the Console, I didn't notice this. 

the console looks to pull from 

Its not that way in Vcomputer either 

it does show as $ in ad display name 

However, all of my import rules reference NAME 

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[Igor Perevozchikov]

@ Shawn Mayhew
Yes, this AD imported computers name with $ appears not in all places, but at least in Org groups or computer select dialog

Or check this query to see what computers are in with $ in own name
SELECT * FROM ItemString where ItemName like '%$' AND CultureId = 0

Thanks,
IP.

[Igor Perevozchikov]

There is a point fix available for:

POST 8.7 release:
https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/261271/cumulative-post-itms-87-ga-point-fixes.html
Download file: "SMA_SMP_8_7_POST_RTM_v11_27Oct2023.zip"

POST 8.7.1 release:
https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/273903/cumulative-post-itms-871-point-fixes.html
Download file: "SMA_SMP_8_7_1_PF_v3_27Oct2023.zip"

Note:
After point fix installation, you can remove $ in name of affected AD Imported computers using sql query below:

update d set d.[ItemName] = SUBSTRING(d.[ItemName], 1, LEN(d.[ItemName]) - 1)
from Inv_Global_Active_Directory_Details dd
join ItemResourceType irt on irt.Guid = dd._ResourceGuid
join ItemString d on d.ItemGuid = irt.Guid and d.CultureId = 0
where d.[ItemName] like '%$' 

Or perform a full AD Computers import rule.

Best regards,
IP.

[Jeff Stanton]

Thanks for the information Igor!