Has anyone come across the issue when looking at status messages for OSD the client is sending the MININT-RANDOM name in the status message even after specifying the machine name in OSDCOMPUTERNAME variable

Yes. That's "by design" IMHO and could also be seen in CM12 RTM, SP1 and R2.

Thanks Torsten I was looking for co

Out of interest - how do you know what machine has failed say in a remote office during OSD as the status messages do not tell the machine name? Or do you