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Hello, first off thank you for this amazing free product.  Secondly, just curious if it is possible to customize the name of my devices in the "object" tree view on the left (see attached picture).  They keep reverting back to what I think is the snmp sys name or DNS name or something.  I'd like to hand type a new name for the device and have it stick but not have to modify the hostname property of my actual network switch.  Hope that makes sense, thanks!

Right click on object, select "Properties", and change "Object Name"

Quote from: Alex Kirhenshtein on November 24, 2014, 08:24:14 PM
Right click on object, select "Properties", and change "Object Name"

I tried but after a while it reverted back to the hostname....

Hi,

check server configuration variable SyncNodeNamesWithDNS - it must be set to 0 to avoid node names re-sync with DNS.

Best regards,
Victor

Quote from: Victor Kirhenshtein on November 25, 2014, 12:01:55 PM
Hi,

check server configuration variable SyncNodeNamesWithDNS - it must be set to 0 to avoid node names re-sync with DNS.

Best regards,
Victor

Thanks.  I just checked that setting and it was already set to 0 so for kicks I just changed it to 1.  We'll see if this makes any difference, thanks.

Quote from: WalkerTexasRanger on November 25, 2014, 04:19:46 PM

Quote from: Victor Kirhenshtein on November 25, 2014, 12:01:55 PM
Hi,

check server configuration variable SyncNodeNamesWithDNS - it must be set to 0 to avoid node names re-sync with DNS.

Best regards,
Victor

Thanks.  I just checked that setting and it was already set to 0 so for kicks I just changed it to 1.  We'll see if this makes any difference, thanks.

For future noobs such as myself this seems to have solved my problem and my hand-entered node names seem to be sticking now:
(in windows NetXMS Mgmt Console)
Configuration menu > Server Configuration > Set these 3 options:
SyncNodeNameWithDNS - 0
UseDNSNameForDiscoveredNodes - 0
UseFQDNForNodeNames - 0

Thanks everyone for your help.  I know DNS is usually a great way to go but I like hand typing even friendlier names like "Near the gymnasium" etc just so I can even more quickly identify a node's location in my head.