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Computername from trimmed %Serial:8%
if i set OSDComputerName=PSD-%SERIAL:8% running on ESX-VM where Serial is 54 characters long that will result in Computername = PSD-Vmware-1
it maybe result from PSDWizzardNew.psm1 function Set-PSDWizardStringLength Line 4366 -> [string]$Str.Substring($length + 1)
maybe this would fix ? [string]$Str.Substring($Str.Length - $length )
but how can i change and test that ?
It is the PSDWizardNew.psm1 doing this. For VM's I recommend not trying to use the serial but random. Use OSDComputerName=PSD-%RANDOM:8%. You could try OSDComputerName=PSD-%8:SERIAL% which reversed it and looks for the last eight
I did some Testing on a Lenovo E15 with serial 12345678 OSDComputerName=TST-%SERIAL:4% -> TST-1234 OSDComputerName=TST-%4:SERIAL% -> TST-678
OSDComputerName=TST-%6:SERIAL% -> TST-8 OSDComputerName=TST-%2:SERIAL% -> TST-45678
seems that
%SERIAL:4% cuts of 4 charaters on the right
%4:SERIAL% cuts of 5 charaters on the left
%6:SERIAL% cuts of 7 charaters on the left
would´n it be great if it does "leave #Num of char" instead of "cut #num of char". We are running different Computer Vendors and for Naming Conventions it would be very useful to just have the last 8 Digits of Serial. This would result in complete Service Tag on Dell Systems, and on VMware in a "better serial" because the 50 Character long "VM-Ware 00 11 22 33 ..." will be truncated to the right most Part.
Still have the Idea of using the MAC as Computername in my head. When i use Properties=MacAddress001 OSDComputerName=PSD-%MacAddress001%" in customsettings.ini, i receive the MAC as AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF. Computername will result in PSD-AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF witch is to long to use.
Maybe i can adjust the Function Get-PSDWizardComputerName to that if %Macaddress% or %macaddress001% is passed in, the function removes the ":" from the MAC String, and cuts of Chars from the left or right, to get more Space for the Prefix.
But have to find a Solution for trimming/cutting because :11 will be heavy to find in aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff:11 or 11:aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff when aa can be anything from 00 to ff.
Maybe i can use Keyword Like :vendor and :unique to return only the left/right Part of MAC.
Do you think i´m on the right track with the keyword idea, and modifying the Get-PSDWizardComputerName function ? Or will some other Function overwrite the Computername ?
by the way, VMware and Hyper-v VM's both have the same issue with the very very long Serial Number.
I think this is a bug you found; it should only grab the last 8 or first 8, not remove the 8. I will work to fix this. I will also look into adding other supported variables like you mentioned.
I've only tested with Hyper-V VM's, but I also wrote a script that modifies the VM's serial number and assettag to reflect "model" like serials.