How do i set a computers name to be the same as the last 4 letters in the disk drives serialnumber? The solution needs to be automatic with MDT. So either a rule in customsettings.ini or a powershell command would worke best.

Nowtside 1 Reputation point
2021-09-10T11:24:15.667+00:00

My previous solution to this was to use the rule "OSDComputerName=-%SerialNumber%". However this rule changes the name based on the serialnumber on the motherboard while i need it to be changed based on the serialnumber on the hard drive.

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  1. AllenLiu-MSFT 40,551 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2021-09-13T06:20:07.07+00:00

    Hi, @Nowtside
    Thank you for posting in Microsoft Q&A forum.

    The pre-defined variables %SerialNumber% in MDT is bios serial number, not hard drive serial number.
    We may try to customize a script to rename the computer name like below picture, we can use "wmic diskdrive get serialnumber" to get the hard drive serial number, and use substring to get the last 4 letters.
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    For more details, please refer to the last picture in below link:
    https://c-nergy.be/blog/?p=3933

    And how to use the script in task sequence, please to below link and search the paragraph "Configure a task sequence to run PowerShell Script":
    https://c-nergy.be/blog/?p=3964
    (Please note: Information posted in the given link is hosted by a third party. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy and effectiveness of information.)

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  2. Limitless Technology 39,376 Reputation points
    2021-09-13T09:27:28.743+00:00

    Hi ,

    Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community.

    I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve this issue. You can the below powershell commands for renaming the computer as per your requirement.

    $serial = Get-PhysicalDisk | Select-Object SerialNumber
    $newname = $Serial.Substring(3,5)
    Rename-Computer -NewName $newname -Force -Restart

    Note: I took number from 3 to 5 in my example. In case if you have 15 or more than numbers, you can run , you can modify the commands as per your requirement. In below example i have 15 and took numbers from 11 to 15.

    $newname = $Serial.Substring(11,15)

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