KBI 311461 Issue Addressed: Alias Of IP Device Is Wrongly Overwritten With IP Scanning In CMDB-X
Version
Argent Advanced Technology 3.1A-1601-T19 and earlier
Date
Monday, 3 October 2016
Summary
When saving IP scanning results in CMDB-X, if the IP address could not do reverse lookup by DNS server, an alias ‘Unknown’ is assigned
If it is the newly found IP device, after saving it, customer could manually update the alias with more meaningful name
However, if customer does IP scanning and saves result again, the previously entered alias will be overwritten as ‘Unknown’
The issue has been addressed in Argent AT 3.1A-1601-T20
Technical Background
It is caused by a coding error
Resolution
Upgrade to Argent Advanced Technology 3.1A-1601-T20 or later