Querying Macintosh Clients in Systems Management Server

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In order to query all client computers without computer names in Systems Management Server:

1. From the Systems Management Server Administrator Utility File menu, choose Query.
2. Select the <Ad Hoc Query> option from the Query field, then choose OK.
3. Select Add OR.
4. Select the SMSLocation attribute from the Identification group.
5. Change the Operator to "is".
6. Enter the following information in the Value field for a Systems Management Server domain in which you want to query:

   <Sitecode>|<Domain>|

7. Choose OK.
8. Repeat steps 3 to 7 for each Systems Management Server domain to be queried.
9. Choose OK.

The query method above displays all Macintosh clients within the specified Systems Management Server domains that have blank name attributes. In Systems Management Server, the inventory agents for all clients (except Macintosh clients) require that all clients have an entry for their name attributes.

The SMSLocation is defined as a concatenation of the client's site code, domain, and name delimited by the pipe (|) symbol. Therefore, only Macintosh clients will be returned using the above query.