modify the hostname

[Migration User]

I want to modify the hostname and make some different name, so is be done from Altiris Manager?

[Migration User]

Check link

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/computer-name-change

[Igor Perevozchikov]

You can try to use "Apply System Configuration" task from Deployment Solution.

AFAIR you need to have installed DS agent on required client computer, where you want to change a hostname

 

Or you can create a Client job, where you will include a "Run Script" task with VBScript type of task and put there query for hostname change

(For this task execution you don't need a DS agent or other solution plug-ins, just Symantec Management Agent is required to be installed)

sNewName = "put new name here" 

Set oShell = CreateObject ("WSCript.shell" ) 

sCCS = "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\" 
sTcpipParamsRegPath = sCCS & "Services\Tcpip\Parameters\" 
sCompNameRegPath = sCCS & "Control\ComputerName\" 

With oShell 
.RegDelete sTcpipParamsRegPath & "Hostname" 
.RegDelete sTcpipParamsRegPath & "NV Hostname" 

.RegWrite sCompNameRegPath & "ComputerName\ComputerName", sNewName 
.RegWrite sCompNameRegPath & "ActiveComputerName\ComputerName", sNewName 
.RegWrite sTcpipParamsRegPath & "Hostname", sNewName 
.RegWrite sTcpipParamsRegPath & "NV Hostname", sNewName 
End With ' oShell 

MsgBox "Computer name changed, please reboot your computer"

• Script is taken from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/54989/change-windows-hostname-from-command-line

And add there a second task for "Reboot Client PC" to apply these changes.

Thanks,

IP.

 

 

[Migration User]

@IP -- I want to change the client hostname and set it according to our policy. I will try your comment.