sccm name0 is different of distinguished name 0

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sccm name0 is different of distinguished name 0

Sergi Díaz Ruiz 240

Hi all!!

Looking BBDD of SCCM I saw one device with different name0 and distinguished name0.

Can someone tell me how is this possible?

How SCCM get the distinguished Name? How relate it with GUID ?

TIA!!

Zafer KAYA 90 Reputation points MVP

2025-01-09T14:05:46.2366667+00:00
name0 is typically the computer's NetBIOS name or hostname that's reported by the SCCM client

distinguished_name0 is the computer's Distinguished Name (DN) from Active Directory

Having different values for these fields can happen in several scenarios:

The computer name was changed but AD hasn't been updated yet

The computer was renamed in AD but the SCCM client hasn't reported the new name

The computer object was moved to a different OU in AD, changing its Distinguished Name

There might be replication delays between AD and SCCM

As for how SCCM gets the Distinguished Name:

It queries Active Directory using the computer's GUID

The GUID (Globally Unique Identifier) is a unique identifier that stays constant even if the computer name or DN changes

SCCM maintains this mapping in its database to track the device across name changes

To verify why this is happening in your case, you could:

Check the computer's current name in AD and SCCM

Look at the computer's AD object properties

Check when the SCCM client last reported in

Verify AD replication is working properly

name0 is typically the computer's NetBIOS name or hostname that's reported by the SCCM client

distinguished_name0 is the computer's Distinguished Name (DN) from Active Directory

Having different values for these fields can happen in several scenarios:

The computer name was changed but AD hasn't been updated yet

The computer was renamed in AD but the SCCM client hasn't reported the new name

The computer object was moved to a different OU in AD, changing its Distinguished Name

There might be replication delays between AD and SCCM

As for how SCCM gets the Distinguished Name:

- It queries Active Directory using the computer's GUID - The GUID (Globally Unique Identifier) is a unique identifier that stays constant even if the computer name or DN changes - SCCM maintains this mapping in its database to track the device across name changes

To verify why this is happening in your case, you could:

Check the computer's current name in AD and SCCM

Look at the computer's AD object properties

Check when the SCCM client last reported in

Verify AD replication is working properly
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Sergi Díaz Ruiz 240 Reputation points

2025-01-09T14:38:35.6366667+00:00

First of all, really thanks for the explanation and quickly response.

In another hand.. How can across the GUIDs? Can I check the GUID of this device in AD?

How?

CN it's correct in AD... I don't know how to check ...
Then maybe the device have same hardware but they change name?

Thanks again!
Sergi Díaz Ruiz 240 Reputation points

2025-01-17T10:36:43.03+00:00

Good morning,

I check it and the objectGUID it's not correct.

Device A is getting the objectGUID of Device B...

But I don't know why...
Sergi Díaz Ruiz 240 Reputation points

2025-01-17T10:50:26.02+00:00

Good morning,

I check it and the objectGUID it's not correct.

Device A is getting the objectGUID of Device B...

But I don't know why...

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Sergi Díaz Ruiz 240 Reputation points

2025-01-09T14:38:35.6366667+00:00

First of all, really thanks for the explanation and quickly response.

In another hand.. How can across the GUIDs? Can I check the GUID of this device in AD?

How?

CN it's correct in AD... I don't know how to check ...
Then maybe the device have same hardware but they change name?

Thanks again!
Sergi Díaz Ruiz 240 Reputation points

2025-01-17T10:36:43.03+00:00

Good morning,

I check it and the objectGUID it's not correct.

Device A is getting the objectGUID of Device B...

But I don't know why...
Sergi Díaz Ruiz 240 Reputation points

2025-01-17T10:50:26.02+00:00

Good morning,

I check it and the objectGUID it's not correct.

Device A is getting the objectGUID of Device B...

But I don't know why...

Answer 1

Simon Ren-MSFT 40,341 Microsoft External Staff

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

==>In another hand.. How can across the GUIDs? Can I check the GUID of this device in AD?

We can check the GUID of the device in AD like below:

Open ADSI -> Connect to Default naming context -> CN=Computers -> Select the device and click Properties -> Check the objectGUID. As shown below in my lab:

GUID

Hope it helps.

Best regards,

Simon

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Simon Ren-MSFT 40,341 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2025-01-17T06:25:37.88+00:00

Hi,

Hope everything goes well. May we know the current status of the question? If there is any other assistance we can provide, please feel free to let us know, we will do our best to help you.

Best regards,

Simon
Sergi Díaz Ruiz 240 Reputation points

2025-01-17T10:13:45.78+00:00

Good morning,

Really thanks. I check it right now and update the state of the question.
Simon Ren-MSFT 40,341 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2025-01-20T07:27:02.3166667+00:00

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

If only one or a few devices have this problem, I would suggest that you delete this machine in AD and SCCM, and then re-join the devices to your domain and SCCM.

Best regards,

Simon

Answer 2

Sergi Díaz Ruiz 240

Ok! I found the issue. We have same SMSGUID in c:\windows\smscfg.ini

net stop CcmExec

Reg Delete HKLM\software\Microsoft\Systemcertificates\SMS\Certificates /f

DEL c:\Windows\SMSCFG.ini

Delete records in SCCM console

Net start ccmexec

Do the same on both servers.

Thanks to my French colleague for advice me.

Regards,

Simon Ren-MSFT 40,341 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2025-01-21T14:06:52.7033333+00:00

Hi,

Thank you very much for your feedback and sharing. We're glad that the question is solved now. It may help others who have similar issue. If you have any questions in future, we warmly welcome you to post in Microsoft Q&A forum again.

Have a nice day!

Best Regards,

Simon

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