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The order of creating a key to define a device as unique is below. When importing you MUST have one of the following (in order of preference): fqdn (which is the hostname and domain columns seperately - PHP will combine them), the IP Address or the Serial Number. If a computer is audited with an audit script, it will use a concatenation of the UUID and the hostname. If a computer is audited via Active Directory, it will use the FQDN in preference but if that is not available it will use the IP Address. Where possible, the first option will be chosen and where possible on subsequent audits, will be changed to the first option.

NOTE - We now have configuration options for some fields that we use. In the config section (menu -> Admin -> Configuration) you will see options for discovery_ip_match, discovery_name_match and discovery_mac_match. If ip is set to 'y', the system key will include it (where relevant). If discovery_name_match is set to 'y', the system key will include it where relevant. If discovery_mac_match is set to 'y', all mac addresses will be checked to determine a match.

NOTE #2 - This is changing for 1.12.8 and we will update this document when it happens.

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