https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/system-discovery-overwrites-system-type/m-p/3907780#M24299 In the Edit System Properties page of the device you are editing, check the box labeled: Prevent the Discovery, Identification and Data Collection processes from changing these system properties. Tue, 05 Dec 2006 11:05:54 GMT dunnie morgan 2006-12-05T11:05:54Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/system-discovery-overwrites-system-type/m-p/3907779#M24298 Hi<BR /><BR />We have an isue where teh system auto discovery overwrites all our desktops etc with an unmanaged ssytem every day. If we do a Identify Systems all systems are populated OK but next time the discovery runs it wipes the data off and changes it to unmanaged. Any ideas what is happening or how we stop it?<BR /><BR />Many thanks in advance. Tue, 05 Dec 2006 05:29:33 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/system-discovery-overwrites-system-type/m-p/3907779#M24298 Michael Tidmarsh 2006-12-05T05:29:33Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/system-discovery-overwrites-system-type/m-p/3907780#M24299 In the Edit System Properties page of the device you are editing, check the box labeled: Prevent the Discovery, Identification and Data Collection processes from changing these system properties. Tue, 05 Dec 2006 11:05:54 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/system-discovery-overwrites-system-type/m-p/3907780#M24299 dunnie morgan 2006-12-05T11:05:54Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/system-discovery-overwrites-system-type/m-p/3907781#M24300 Many thanks will try it out, bit of a rigmarole if you have lots of devices, luckily we only have about 40 PC's Tue, 05 Dec 2006 11:37:24 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/system-discovery-overwrites-system-type/m-p/3907781#M24300 Michael Tidmarsh 2006-12-05T11:37:24Z