dsQuery | dsGet - Results

[Roger H. Veteran]

Having issues getting the info i want from a query.

 

Basically i want to get all the computers that below to an OU - "SUP Evaluation Wrkst" ---

 

I was giving this code:

for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dsquery ou -name "SUP Evaluation Wrkst" -limit 1000') do (dsquery computer %%a >>1.txt)

but doesnt seem to be working for me.  Can someone fix it?

 

Either that or i was trying to use:

dsquery OU -name "SUP Evaluation Wrkst" -limit 1000 | DSget computer > C:\CompsInEVALOU.txt

But that fails as the target is not the same as it says (OU vs Computer)

[Daedroth]

I'm not sure about the command line, but it can be done via Powershell.

Get-ADComputer -SearchBase 'OU=EVALOU,DC=Test,DC=Domain' -Filter {Name -Like "*"} | Select -Expand Name | Out-File C:\CompsInEVALOU.txt

If that doesn't work, you may need to use this command first to import the Active Directory module:

Import-Module ActiveDirectory

 

If you cannot import that module, you may need to install RSAT (Remote Server Administration Tools).

[Roger H. Veteran]

Guess i should also mention, there are serveral "SUP Evaluation Wrkst" OUs for each site (think globally). So one in China under a AP/CHN/SHNH tree and some other AP/JP/TKYO containing different PCs for Tokyo.

 

So the searchbase is whats tripping me up because thats specific to a certain OU when i want it to search the Entire Domain for the OU then find the Computers within that OU.

[Aergan]

You'll want a function to search through AD globally to find all OU's that match your criteria on a loop then another function for each match to list machines for those OU's found and put them into a CSV/Text file/Array.

 

You can do that with Powershell just as a two part process. DS tools will likely not help unless you want to create some evil looking scripts around it.

[+BudMan MVC]

does your command

 

dsquery ou -name "SUP Evaluation Wrkst" -limit 1000

 

return anything?

[Roger H. Veteran]

You'll want a function to search through AD globally to find all OU's that match your criteria on a loop then another function for each match to list machines for those OU's found and put them into a CSV/Text file/Array.

 

You can do that with Powershell just as a two part process. DS tools will likely not help unless you want to create some evil looking scripts around it.

 

Thanks, got any tips there?

 

does your command

 

dsquery ou -name "SUP Evaluation Wrkst" -limit 1000

 

return anything?

 

Yes Budman, this works just fine which is why i figured i could do a dsGET on that result.

 

Here is a snippet:

"OU=SUP Evaluation Wrkst,OU=MNC2,OU=GBR,OU=EU,OU=sites,DC=domain,DC=mycompany,DC=com"
"OU=SUP Evaluation Wrkst,OU=BNGL,OU=IND,OU=AP,OU=sites,DC=domain,DC=mycompany,DC=com"
"OU=SUP Evaluation Wrkst,OU=SHNH,OU=CHN,OU=AP,OU=sites,DC=domain,DC=mycompany,DC=com"
"OU=SUP Evaluation Wrkst,OU=AAAD,OU=MI,OU=USA,OU=NA,OU=sites,DC=domain,DC=mycompany,DC=com"
"OU=SUP Evaluation Wrkst,OU=AAMT,OU=MI,OU=USA,OU=NA,OU=sites,DC=domain,DC=mycompany,DC=com"
"OU=SUP Evaluation Wrkst,OU=AART,OU=MI,OU=USA,OU=NA,OU=sites,DC=domain,DC=mycompany,DC=com"
"OU=SUP Evaluation Wrkst,OU=ARAS,OU=BRA,OU=SA,OU=sites,DC=domain,DC=mycompany,DC=com"
"OU=SUP Evaluation Wrkst,OU=ARTR,OU=BEL,OU=EU,OU=sites,DC=domain,DC=mycompany,DC=com"

[sc302 Veteran]

Here is what I have for powershell

 

Get-ADObject -Filter { DN -like "*SUP Evaluation Wrkst*" } | Get-ADComputer -Filter 'ObjectClass -eq "Computer"' | Select -Expand Name | Out-File c:\blah\blah\file.txt

 

or

 

Get-ADObject -Filter { DN -like "*SUP Evaluation Wrkst*" } | Get-ADComputer -Filter 'ObjectClass -eq "Computer"' | Select -Expand Name | Out-GridView

 

or

 

Get-ADObject -Filter { DN -like "*SUP Evaluation Wrkst*" } | Get-ADComputer -Filter 'ObjectClass -eq "Computer"' | Select -Expand Name

 

having an issue with export-csv...

 

If you change DN to CN it bombs at about 350 results.

 

An alternative is to

 

Get-ADObject -Filter { DN -like "*SUP Evaluation Wrkst*" } | Get-ADComputer -Filter 'ObjectClass -eq "Computer"' | Select -Expand DistinguishedName | Out-File c:\blah\blah\file.txt

 

or

 

Get-ADObject -Filter { DN -like "*SUP Evaluation Wrkst*" } | Get-ADComputer -Filter 'ObjectClass -eq "Computer"' | Select -Expand DistinguishedName | Out-GridView

 

 

in stead of brackets

 

 

Get-ADObject -Filter 'DN -like "*SUP Evaluation Wrkst*"' | Get-ADComputer -Filter 'ObjectClass -eq "Computer"' | Select -Expand DistinguishedName | Out-GridView