Re-Imaged PC with same name shows Offline now
Hey everyone,
I've re-imaged a laptop and with MDT rules it's been given the name it previously had (we use the Service Tag in name). I did delete the laptop in AD before imaging. I've moved that PC into a new OU in AD and that change reflects in PDQ Inventory but the machine shows "Target is Offline". Is this because I didn't delete the computer in PDQ Inventory? When I try to do a WAKE on the laptop in question, it asks to manually enter the MAC. If I delete the entry in PDQ Inventory for the laptop, will PDQ Inventory automatically create a new entry for the machine and try to scan? I have AD-Sync configured but haven't had an issue like this before. I figured I'd ask before nuking it and possibly regretting it.
Thanks again for checking out my question,
Donnie
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You can delete it from Inventory. After you do, do a manual Sync of Active Directory to get it to come right back:
You're the bomb!
Thanks!
Stephen,
I Synced and the laptop populated again (Thanks for that). I was unable to scan the machine while on just ethernet and I noticed the IP listed in PDQ Inventory for the laptop was the last known was the wireless IP address. I have no issues scanning with a wireless connection to network but when I turn off wireless, the machine shows offline. Can't seem to scan it when on ethernet. Am I looking at a bigger issue than just PDQ Inventory scanning/connecting to the machine?
Sounds like something related to DNS to me. Remember, even when it's not DNS, it is always DNS :)
Isn't it always? Thanks again! Everything's cleared up.