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