Change the OU of a workstation

[BoogY]

Hello there everyone.

I'm making a program to be able to administrate workstations in an AD.

Can someone tel me how can you change the OU of a machine ????

Thanks a lot

[99ojo]

Hello there everyone.

I'm making a program to be able to administrate workstations in an AD.

Can someone tel me how can you change the OU of a machine ????

Thanks a lot

Hi,

dsmove <computername> -newparent ou=newou,ou=somewhere,dc=mydomain,dc=domain,dc=local

Keep in mind: If you have spaces in ou's you have to use:

dsmove <computername> -newparent "ou=newou,ou=some where,dc=mydomain,dc=domain,dc=local"

;-))

Stefan

[BoogY]

Thanks a lot mate

[BoogY]

$move = RunWait(@ComSpec & " /c dsmove.exe computername -newparent " ""& $selectedOU & """-u "& $adUsername &" -p "& $adPassword &"")

it's giving me this error message =

dsmove failed:Value for `Target object for this command' has incorrect format.

Am I writing it wrong in the command ???

the format of $selectedOU is

ou=sales,dc=microsoft,dc=com

Edited September 22, 2009 by BoogY

[99ojo]

$move = RunWait(@ComSpec & " /c dsmove.exe T013702 -newparent " ""& $selectedOU & """-u "& $adUsername &" -p "& $adPassword &"")

it's giving me this error message =

dsmove failed:Value for `Target object for this command' has incorrect format.

Am I writing it wrong in the command ???

the format of $selectedOU is

ou=sales,dc=microsoft,dc=com

Hi,

there is

1) One blank to much in qoutation marks after -newparent

2) A missing blank before -u

Try:

$run = @ComSpec & " /c dsmove.exe T013702 -newparent """ & $selectedOU & """ -u "& $adUsername &" -p "& $adPassword &""

;MsgBox (0,"",$run)

$move = RunWait($run)

;-))

Stefan

[jvanegmond]

Having this on the end &"" is useless.

[BoogY]

his still not changing the OU ....

$move is giving this message = -2147024809

Edited September 22, 2009 by BoogY

[99ojo]

his still not changing the OU ....

Hi,

1) You may refresh the view of AD User Computer MMC of the OU you want to move computer

2) You may have several DC, so the change isn't replicated over all DC's

If 1 + 2 aren't a solution:

3) Just run dsmove on command line with your parameters and look whats happen

4) You don't get any error message?

;-))

Stefan

[BoogY]

I'm geting this message = -2147024809

I dit refresh the AD but nothing changes. the full new OU is :

OU=CRENOL_-_CUGY,OU=DOGE,OU=DJF,OU=Computers,OU=ACV,DC=adacv,DC=ad,DC=dv,DC=ch

[jvanegmond]

Did you try doing "Just run dsmove on command line with your parameters and look whats happen"?

Also, running @ComSpec & " \c notepad.exe" is the same thing as running "notepad.exe"

Edited September 22, 2009 by Manadar

[BoogY]

OK it works now..

i dis like :

EX:

$run = @ComSpec & " /c dsmove.exe CN="& $TFS &","& $computersOU &" -newparent """ & $selectedOU & """ -u "& $adUsername &" -p "& $adPassword

And it works ... thanks a lot for your help