Add fields to 'General' tab
We have a mixed Novell E-Directory/Microsoft Active Directory environment. We have approx 3,500 computers receiving updates from 2 SEPM servers and 3 GUP's. Our Novell computers are in a single workgroup. The Microsoft computers are in a single domain. Our naming convention doesn't do a great job of differing AD computers from ED computers. If I click on a computer in SEPM I see the 'Domain or Workgroup' field under the 'General' tab. In the field I am seeing the 'Primary DNS Suffix of this Computer'. That can be found by right clicking on 'My Computer' and selecting 'Properties'. Then go to Computer Name->Change->More. This data is useless because it does not tell me if the computer is in my workgroup or domain. In the SEPM back end database there are fields for 'Workgroup' and 'Domain' and they have data in them. A Symantec engineer working on a case confirmed these fields to exist and have data in them. I am requesting both of these fields be added to the 'General' tab. Obviously one field will be blank and the other will have data in it. This will be a huge help to me and I am sure other companies with large mixed environments.
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I agree
I agree, spliting the Domain 0r Workgroup field into two so that available information can be displayed for both would only serve to increase the usefullness ot the SEPM. Especially when trying to manage mixed environments such as this.
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