SMS and DNS --> Problems

[GerhardR]

Hi!

We have different departments here and depending on the departments the system-names are different in the first two signs.
For example:
department 1 - system name: HS<USR>XPPC
department 2 - system name: WE<USR>XPPC

Each department uses the same software but with different versions. So our collections are based (or differ) on the first two signs of our system-names.

The Problem:
Sometimes the the IP-adress of a "HS"-Client refelcts in the reverse-lookup zone to a "WE"-Client. So SMS starts to uninstall the HS-Software and afterwards it installs the WE-Software which is wrong.
We have the lease-time at minumum - nevertheless the wrong allocation stays alive.

Can we somehow reach the goal, that SMS only cares about the system-name and not the IP-adress of the client?

I hope I made the problem somehow clear. Can anybody help me?

Best regards,
Gerhard

 

[globalstrata]

Do you share IP addresses within the departments? If so, check the DNS scavenging interval. If the Interval is greater than your DHCP lease renewal, then you would have this problem. In addition, do you have clients that have Windows NT/98 or lower? If so, you should check that the DHCP server is configure to update the DNS Server.

Hope this helps,


Gladys Rodriguez
GlobalStrata Solutions
Computer Repair, Website Design and Computer Consultant
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[GerhardR]

Hi!

Thank you - we will check!

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Gerhard