Use the Host Name Specified by the Agent

Enable this group policy to display the real host name of audited computers in the Audited Systems node in Audit Manager instead of the host name resolved by the collector through DNS.

This configuration parameter is useful in configurations where the DNS servers used by the collectors cannot reliably resolve host names from IP addresses. The most common scenarios that might require you to use this configuration parameter are when the agents are in a virtual environment using network address translation (NAT) or in a perimeter network outside of a firewall.

If this group policy is enabled, the host name for the agent is determined by the agent. If this group policy is not enabled, the collector determines the agent’s host name based on its IP address. If this group policy is not configured, this setting will be disabled by default.

This group policy modifies the agent.send.hostname setting in the auditing configuration file.

To use this group policy:

1. Double click the policy in the right pane of the Group Policy Management Editor.
2. Click the Edit policy setting link above the policy’s Description.
3. Select Enabled.
4. Click OK.