Property reference

glide.discovery.hostname.wmi_trusted

The glide.discovery.hostname.wmi_trusted property determines whether the device name discovered via WMI is trusted. When enabled, it prioritizes the WMI-discovered name over the name obtained from a reverse DNS lookup, which can affect device identification accuracy.

Default
true
Type
boolean
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 the system to trust device names discovered through WMI, overriding reverse DNS names when set to true.
What area does it affect? Discovery and device identification
What does the default mean? The default value is "true", which means this behavior is enabled by default.
When should you review it? Review this property when configuring device discovery settings or troubleshooting device name discrepancies.

Out of the box property record

Raw metadata from the property record.

Property name glide.discovery.hostname.wmi_trusted
Sys ID 55d3c1bf0a0a0b3a00090167bb0a1e02
Type boolean
Application Global
Default value true
Description <b>WMI is trusted host name source:</b> If "yes", trust the device name discovered via WMI. If checked, any device name found via WMI will be used <i>instead of</i> the name found by a reverse DNS lookup.
Updated 2021-03-04 12:39:07

Sources

Official references and nearby text excerpts where this property appears.

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... do not use the DNS name as the host name. • Type: true | false • Default value: false (For new Discovery customers starting in Australia, default value is true.) glide.discovery.hostname.wmi_trusted WMI is trusted host name source: If set to true, trust the device name discovered via WMI. If checked, any device name found via WMI is used instead of the ...

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