Pc's not in AD Domain not being discovered

[moetech]

Hi,
I am new to SMS. I am just starting to get it setup. I have several remote offices with computers that are on different subnets that are not members of my AD. They connect to the main office via T1. I can't get SMS to discover them. Only the computers that are AD members are showing up.

How can I get SMS to manage these computers? I have defined the subnet boundries in the site settings.

 

[ncotton]

Moe, are these remote computers on a different domain? In the same forrest?

Have you defined roaming boundaries?

Hope this Helps.

Neil J Cotton
njc Information Systems
Systems Consultant

 

[mib147]

You might have to use Network Discovery. Do these machines belong to any domain? If so, you can use a logon script or computer startup script.

 

[ncotton]

You should have configured, at least :

Site > Properties > Site Boundaries / Roaming Boundaries

Site > Site Settings > Discovery Methods > Network Discovery / Heartbeat Discovery / Active Directory Systems Discovery

Site > Site Settings > Client Agents > Hardware Inventory.

Hope this Helps.

Neil J Cotton
njc Information Systems
Systems Consultant

 

[moetech]

The computers do not belong to any domain. If I manually install the client then they do show up, but I can't push any software to them.