Converting uppercase to lowercase hostnames

This can be done with a single SQL statement on the appropriate column(s).

The statement would be:

UPDATE columnName SET columnName = LOWER(columnName)

I would suggest using

SELECT columnName, LOWER(columnName) AS LowerCaseName

before launching the UPDATE so you can visually confirm that you're getting what you want.

You can also do it with PowerShell and the Orion SDK if you need more granularity or aren't comfortable working direct with SQL and the database table(s).

Also, something to be aware of. The mixed case scenario is typically an artifact of either the actual device name configured on the device and/or configuration of the device name in the reverse DNS lookup tables. Verifying that naming conventions on devices and DNS all use lower case is important also, if that's the preferred presentation.

Lawrence,

Many thanks for your advice on how to get this corrected.  By the way, do the SQL commands you provided need to be run only against the Nodes table?  Or do these need to be run against other tables as well.  I thought I'd ask before taking the plunge.    Again, many thanks!!!

That I don't know off the top of my head, but I did notice that my dbo.Nodes table has more than one column with a name value in it, so at a minimum you may have multiple columns in dbo.Nodes that require remediation. I see CAPTION, DNS, and SYSNAME. Depends on how radical you want to get.

By all rights, name attributes should not be stored in any other tables (the data would be redundant, and name is not a key field).

Another way to consider this, if the issue is merely presentation, the display name uses the CAPTION column as its source. (This is what allows you to edit the display name without changing the stored canonical name.) As a demonstration, go to an Edit Node screen. The textbox for the name that is editable is the CAPTION column. Change that and save. Go back to the Node Details page and look in the Node Details resource. Note the individual values for "DNS", "System Name", and compare that to the (now changed) display name at the top of the page.

I'd suggest starting by only changing the CAPTION column, and see if that resolves the grumbling.

I had issues with the UPDATE statement.  The correct use is

UPDATE [dbo].[Nodes]

SET columnName = UPPER(columnName)

Thanks again for the answer.