Retrieving a workstation's "Node Name"

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(imported topic written by nathanaelk91)

I have been tasked to retrieve the node name (in regards to networking) for our computer inventory. Is there any relevance that can be written that would return this information?

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(imported comment written by BenKus)

Can you help us understand what “node name” means? Is it like DNS name?

Ben

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(imported comment written by nathanaelk91)

“This may be the same as the “Primary Assigned Name”. Where a device has multiple NICs, IP addresses, LPARs, etc., there may be multiple names for each LPAR or IP address.”

Does this ring any bells?

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(imported comment written by nathanaelk91)

“Primary Assigned Name” would be the computer name.

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(imported comment written by BenKus)

BigFix has a default property of “DNS Name” which is retrieved by asking the OS about what it thinks its name is… you can see if this matches what you are looking for.

Ben

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(imported comment written by nathanaelk91)

The “DNS Name” doesn’t return exactly what I’m looking for I don’t think. Most of the information I am requesting pertains to virtual servers or workstations. Here’s a list of all the information I’m looking for:

-Number of Nodes / LPARs

How many logical partitions is this server or mainframe divided into (e.g., using VMWare)

-Node Name

This may be the same as the “Computer Name”. Where a device has multiple NICs, IP addresses, LPARs, etc., there may be multiple names

-Node Type

What type of Node or LPAR is this (for example, LPAR, VMWare partition, etc.)?

And I’m also looking for a way to see what Disk Technology a workstation or server is using (RAID 0, 1, etc).

Hopefully this helps. I apologize if this is somewhat vague. This is what was described to me.