Property reference

glide.discovery.hostname.case

The glide.discovery.hostname.case property determines how host names are formatted during discovery. It affects the case sensitivity of host names, which is particularly important for NETBIOS and certain DNS systems.

Default
Lower case
Type
choice list
Application
Global

Key questions about this property

The answers below summarize the purpose, scope, default effect, and review scenarios for this property.

What does it do? This property allows selection between lower case, upper case, or no change for host names discovered, influencing how they are recorded in the system.
What area does it affect? Discovery configuration
What does the default mean? The default value is "Lower case", which is the baseline setting used unless it is changed.
When should you review it? Review this property when configuring discovery settings or troubleshooting host name issues.

Out of the box property record

Raw metadata from the property record.

Property name glide.discovery.hostname.case
Sys ID 45d5824c0a0a0b3a005491b499a62ebe
Type choice list
Application Global
Default value Lower case
Description <b>Host name case:</b> If "Lower case" is selected, always translate the host name into lower case; if "Upper case" is selected, always translate the host name to upper case; if "No change" is selected, leave the host name intact. This primarily affects host names discovered with NETBIOS, though some non-standard DNS systems may also return some or all of the name in upper case.
Updated 2011-11-01 12:39:30

Sources

Official references and nearby text excerpts where this property appears.

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... source being trusted. Note that this may result in hand-entered values being overwritten. This property is only applicable for Probe-based Discovery. • Type: true | false • Default value: true glide.discovery.hostname.case Host name case. If Lower case is selected, always translate the host name into lower case. If Upper case is selected, always translate the host name to upper case. If ...
Documentation excerpt View supporting context
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... When name and domain are processed, if there is no FQDN, a value is generated if possible. A resulting name value is also modified using the following discovery flags: 1. glide.discovery.hostname.case – default: No change. Can be set to ‘Lower case’, ‘Upper case’, ‘No change’ 2. glide.discovery.hostname.include_domain – default: false. If ‘true’ the domain is added to the final name value ...

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