caffrey Posted June 11, 2019 Posted June 11, 2019 Building-Room-Number here Although I'm prestaging for Windows 10 rollout in summer and thinking of something new
FishCustard Posted June 11, 2019 Posted June 11, 2019 @BroganOs and any others interested in my "capturing serial numbers in AD", here's a proper(ish!) writeup on it. Writing computer and monitor serial numbers to Active Directory | Serenity for Sysadmins 2
BroganOs Posted June 11, 2019 Author Posted June 11, 2019 @BroganOs and any others interested in my "capturing serial numbers in AD", here's a proper(ish!) writeup on it. Writing computer and monitor serial numbers to Active Directory | Serenity for Sysadmins Thanks a million. [emoji1303] 1
k-strider Posted June 11, 2019 Posted June 11, 2019 @BroganOs and any others interested in my "capturing serial numbers in AD", here's a proper(ish!) writeup on it. Writing computer and monitor serial numbers to Active Directory | Serenity for Sysadmins that is quite interesting! 1
Fazza Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 Student Desktops: Room Number + Number i.e. B4-01 Staff Laptops: StaffLap-001
HTCPCP Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 In edu it was Classroom PC - Room name+S+00 - so room name being say A1 would be A1S01 Teachers machine - Room name+Teacher would be A1Teacher Laptop trolleys - Department+S+00 - ScienceS01 Non edu - building name-AssetTag-Device type e.g. hq-123456-PC or hq-123456-LT Servers named sensibly - If its a DC, it has DC in the name, Database likewise. All well with having documentation, but whoever takes it over after you is going to hate you for having to try and remember what each name you thought was funny for a server does. One of the schools I took over a few years ago had 3 servers - named after cities - and was very glad when I was able to ditch 2 of them to a sensible naming scheme 1
Primus Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 In edu it was Classroom PC - Room name+S+00 - so room name being say A1 would be A1S01 Teachers machine - Room name+Teacher would be A1Teacher Laptop trolleys - Department+S+00 - ScienceS01 Non edu - building name-AssetTag-Device type e.g. hq-123456-PC or hq-123456-LT Servers named sensibly - If its a DC, it has DC in the name, Database likewise. All well with having documentation, but whoever takes it over after you is going to hate you for having to try and remember what each name you thought was funny for a server does. One of the schools I took over a few years ago had 3 servers - named after cities - and was very glad when I was able to ditch 2 of them to a sensible naming scheme What you mean you don't name your servers after politicians from the party you personally favour?!
southhamster Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 What you mean you don't name your servers after politicians from the party you personally favour?!Stalin, Lenin, Trotsky and Marx it is then... I Did once use Babel, Eiffel and London because they were towers... In real life we use LTxx PCxx and similar so that they sort nicely in spiceworks
Primus Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 Stalin, Lenin, Trotsky and Marx it is then... I Did once use Babel, Eiffel and London because they were towers... In real life we use LTxx PCxx and similar so that they sort nicely in spiceworks Seems reasonable, over the holidays I'm going to rename every PC using character names from Game of Thrones - reckon I should have enough unique names!
6Foot2 Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 (edited) Seems reasonable, over the holidays I'm going to rename every PC using character names from Game of Thrones - reckon I should have enough unique names! After Trump's latest Twitter faux pas why not name them after cetaceans? Antarctic blue, pygmy blue, bowhead,... If anyone were to ask if this was intentional the reply could be "Yes, I did it on porpoise!" Edited June 13, 2019 by 6Foot2 2
Primus Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 After Trump's latest Twitter faux pas why not name them after cetaceans? Antarctic blue, pygmy blue, bowhead,... If anyone were to ask if this was intentional the reply could be "Yes, did it on porpoise!" Seems as reasonable as servers named after favoured politicians and desktops named after LoTR characters...
XiJ Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 At work hosts are named after Simpson characters. In schools they are a bit more mundane. DC01 etc.
theeggmaster Posted June 14, 2019 Posted June 14, 2019 PCs are named after the function of the room shortened to three characters, followed by the room number (if it's the only one, it gets a '01'), followed by the number of that PC in the room, clockwise from the door. Teacher PCs are always '1'. e.g. Maths 1 with only one PC in would be MAT101. ICT 2 with 31 PCs in would be ICT201 (teacher PC), then ICT202 (computer closest to the door), ICT203 (next computer clockwise) up to ICT231.
Passat1983ICTech Posted June 18, 2019 Posted June 18, 2019 room number asset number or number on pc and then T at the end to tell you its a teacher pc
Passat1983ICTech Posted June 18, 2019 Posted June 18, 2019 you can do that with the offices like name of person the number and do that
36Degrees Posted June 18, 2019 Posted June 18, 2019 PCs are named after the function of the room shortened to three characters, followed by the room number (if it's the only one, it gets a '01'), followed by the number of that PC in the room, clockwise from the door. Teacher PCs are always '1'. e.g. Maths 1 with only one PC in would be MAT101. ICT 2 with 31 PCs in would be ICT201 (teacher PC), then ICT202 (computer closest to the door), ICT203 (next computer clockwise) up to ICT231. I used to do the same as above but a combination of ABTutor and teachers labelling the computers in their IT suites made me amend it slightly. ICT201 would be the computer closest to the door for pupil use, the teacher's PC is just ICT2.
TheNerdyBirdUK Posted June 19, 2019 Posted June 19, 2019 At my old work place we used the following format: "Type of Machine" - "Building Letter" - "Room Acronymn" - "Computer number" e.g : WDT-D-APR-02 WDT: Windows DeskTop D : DeMontfort Building APR : Art Prep Room If it was a windows laptop then: WLT, Apple Laptop : ALT Apple IPad : AIP etc We always tried kept the Room acronymn to 3 letters. e.g D3 : D03 Principal's Office : POF or PRI Main Office : MOF
theeggmaster Posted June 19, 2019 Posted June 19, 2019 I used to do the same as above but a combination of ABTutor and teachers labelling the computers in their IT suites made me amend it slightly. ICT201 would be the computer closest to the door for pupil use, the teacher's PC is just ICT2. I can see why you would do that. I made all of the teachers machines end with '01' so that I could have a group in Impero that excluded ICT101 and included ICT1?? to get all the machines in ICT1 in the same place and it also means that the teacher isn't locking their own PC out when they do a screen blank to get student's attention.
TheNerdyBirdUK Posted June 19, 2019 Posted June 19, 2019 We got around this by creating one group which IT would access then created one without the teacher pc and set the teacher to only access that group. So "Computer room 1" will be accessible by us IT but teacher can only see "Computer Room 1 (Teacher)"
mavhc Posted June 19, 2019 Posted June 19, 2019 Laptops sequentially numbered, in groups, so all of one type are grouped together. Number matches asset tag. Desktops sequentially if other people move them around, or room number/name if not. Servers site01 site02, or if multi os SiteType01
ctstone Posted June 19, 2019 Posted June 19, 2019 We've done various things across schools. Roomname-4Digit Asset Tag ( IT1-5964 ) / Laptops as StaffCode-Asset Tag ( CST-4875 ) I now work for a trust that does it Schoolname-Roomname-Number ( DUS-G104-01 ) / Laptops as (DUS-LAP-CST)
Areku Posted June 20, 2019 Posted June 20, 2019 I'm curious, How do your task sequences / MDT thingys identify which name to use? the main reason we use asset tags, as its easy to pull in a sccm task sequence. when imaging do you have to be at the unit and manually type the name in? do you ever get spelling typos?
clareq Posted June 20, 2019 Posted June 20, 2019 I use TSGui - it allows me to type in the name, though it does present me with the current name, if it's a rebuild. I also have a drop down list to select room, which becomes a variable within the TS. This allows me to add the machine to the correct OU and install room specific software within the TS. If there is a typo I just wait for the machine to finish building and rename it.
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