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Posted to user@vcl.apache.org by Kelly Robinson <is...@langate.gsu.edu> on 2010/10/14 13:57:56 UTC
Change NetBios Name for vms
At what point in the provisioning of the vm does the netbios name get changed for each vm? I've noticed that the our vms are retaining the netbios name of the base image. I see in the code that there is a script called set_computer_name.vbs that works if you have wsname.exe in place (which we do), but the computer is supposed to get a random name even if this the wsname.exe utility is not available. What could be the possible issue?
Kelly
Kelly P. Robinson
Georgia State University / IS&T
Software Systems Engineer, Lead
Platforms and Storage Engineering
krobinson12@gsu.edu / 404-413-4757
Re: Change NetBios Name for vms
Posted by Andy Kurth <an...@ncsu.edu>.
I don't think it will necessarily cause performance problems. The duplicate
computer names will prevent netbios name resolution from working which may not
even be used/required in most images. The duplicate names do cause errors
appear in the event log and possibly on the console because of netbios. The
errors can be suppressed by disabling netbios. More info is available here:
http://www.petri.co.il/disable_netbios_in_w2k_xp_2003.htm
There is actually code in VCL to disable netbios but it isn't being called at
the current time. I'm thinking when the feature is added to separate the
Sysprep and computer renaming settings that netbios should be automatically
disabled if the computer name isn't changed.
-Andy
Kelly Robinson wrote:
> Andy,
>
> Will the computer name not changing cause performance problems? I've noticed that a message stating "Duplicate Name exists on the network" shows on the vm when you view it through ESXi, which leads me to wonder if this is an issue.
>
> Kelly
>
>>>> Andy Kurth <an...@ncsu.edu> 10/19/10 4:25 PM >>>
> Currently, the computer name is only changed if Sysprep is enabled. I would
> like to add the ability to control whether or not the name gets changes
> independent from Sysprep and created an issue a few weeks ago:
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-392
>
> -Andy
>
> Kelly Robinson wrote:
>> At what point in the provisioning of the vm does the netbios name get changed for each vm? I've noticed that the our vms are retaining the netbios name of the base image. I see in the code that there is a script called set_computer_name.vbs that works if you have wsname.exe in place (which we do), but the computer is supposed to get a random name even if this the wsname.exe utility is not available. What could be the possible issue?
>>
>> Kelly
>>
>>
>> Kelly P. Robinson
>> Georgia State University / IS&T
>> Software Systems Engineer, Lead
>> Platforms and Storage Engineering
>> krobinson12@gsu.edu / 404-413-4757
>>
>>
>>
>
>
Re: Change NetBios Name for vms
Posted by Kelly Robinson <is...@langate.gsu.edu>.
Andy,
Will the computer name not changing cause performance problems? I've noticed that a message stating "Duplicate Name exists on the network" shows on the vm when you view it through ESXi, which leads me to wonder if this is an issue.
Kelly
>>> Andy Kurth <an...@ncsu.edu> 10/19/10 4:25 PM >>>
Currently, the computer name is only changed if Sysprep is enabled. I would
like to add the ability to control whether or not the name gets changes
independent from Sysprep and created an issue a few weeks ago:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-392
-Andy
Kelly Robinson wrote:
> At what point in the provisioning of the vm does the netbios name get changed for each vm? I've noticed that the our vms are retaining the netbios name of the base image. I see in the code that there is a script called set_computer_name.vbs that works if you have wsname.exe in place (which we do), but the computer is supposed to get a random name even if this the wsname.exe utility is not available. What could be the possible issue?
>
> Kelly
>
>
> Kelly P. Robinson
> Georgia State University / IS&T
> Software Systems Engineer, Lead
> Platforms and Storage Engineering
> krobinson12@gsu.edu / 404-413-4757
>
>
>
Re: Change NetBios Name for vms
Posted by Andy Kurth <an...@ncsu.edu>.
Currently, the computer name is only changed if Sysprep is enabled. I would
like to add the ability to control whether or not the name gets changes
independent from Sysprep and created an issue a few weeks ago:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-392
-Andy
Kelly Robinson wrote:
> At what point in the provisioning of the vm does the netbios name get changed for each vm? I've noticed that the our vms are retaining the netbios name of the base image. I see in the code that there is a script called set_computer_name.vbs that works if you have wsname.exe in place (which we do), but the computer is supposed to get a random name even if this the wsname.exe utility is not available. What could be the possible issue?
>
> Kelly
>
>
> Kelly P. Robinson
> Georgia State University / IS&T
> Software Systems Engineer, Lead
> Platforms and Storage Engineering
> krobinson12@gsu.edu / 404-413-4757
>
>
>