Why is the device named 'orphan_nnn'?
A system described as an orphan system is a system for which HP Systems Insight Manager detects
that both the IP address and name have been re-allocated to another system. Occasionally, this
reallocation can happen through simultaneous DHCP address assignment changes and a system
re-name. However, the most common cause is from using drive imaging software, such as Altiris.
When imaging systems, a globally unique identifier is used by the Web Agents and HP Systems
Insight Manager for identification purposes. On Windows systems, this problem can be avoided
by deleting the registry key entry, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Compaq\CIMAgent\GUID
from the registry before creating the image. For systems that have already been imaged, stop the
foundation agents, remove the key, and restart the agents. A re-discovery will correct the problem.
You need to delete any old 'ORPHAN' systems from the HP Systems Insight Manager system list.
