SMS: NetWare Clients Do Not Show NetBIOS Machine Name

WORKAROUND

• Have the clients log on to Microsoft Windows NT, or LAN Manager Domain controller by using a NetBIOS-compatible transport such as TCP/IP or NetBEUI.
• For Microsoft Windows 3.1, Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Microsoft Windows 95, or Microsoft Windows 98 clients, use the /M switch for Invdos.exe to specify the client's machine identifier (machine name). If the fix that this article describes is not applied, the user must manually enter the machine name at the time that Invdos.exe is run (during logon) to use the /M switch. The fix that this article describes updates the /M switch functionality to optionally allow a user to specify a machine identifier on the command line for Invdos.exe. To specify a machine name on the command line, append the machine name that you want to use to the /M switch when you call Invdos.exe. This allows you to use an environment variable that contains a machine-specific identifier to override the default SMS identifier convention (MAC address).
  
  NOTE: When you use this method to override the default naming convention, make sure that each computer receives a unique identifier to prevent duplication in the SMS database.
  
  The following command line is the correct usage:

  INVDOS /Mmachine_name

  NOTE: Do not include a space between the /M switch and the machine name that you want to use.
  
  The following code is sample usage in SMSLS script that identifies the client with the value in the environment variable "MACHINENAME" on that client:

  setls%SMS_OS% -m:E -i -p:%SMS_BIN%\INVDOS.EXE -pa:/m%MACHINENAME% -pa:/l:%%SMS_UNC%%\ -pa:/i -pa:%SMS_VERBOSE%
  						

  NOTE: The use of the /pa: switch is required for the Setls.exe command line to indicate to Setls that the data that follows is an argument for Invdos.exe, and not for Setls itself. For additional information about the Setls.exe or Invdos.exe command-line options, see chapter 2 of the SMS Resource Guide.