Automating the naming of computers during an OS Deployment task reduces the work load of the IT department, saving time and money. OSD has the ability to work with sysprep to name computers based off Device Name in the database. It uses the Mac Address of a computer to match a device to the computer name associated with that Mac Address in the Database.
Newly purchased computers do not exist in the LANDesk database as these computers have never been scanned. Such computers can be manually added to the database before deploying the image allowing the computers to be automatically named as part of an OS Deployment task.
To be able to add computers to the database before they are imaged, and possibly before the new computers are even unboxed, LANDesk provides a utility called csvImport.exe to manually add devices to the database. This utility is located in the C:\Program Files\LANDesk\ManagementSuite directory.