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Malnizzle
Asked: 2010-03-11 13:30:57 +0800 CST

Active Directory Script: DSMOVE failed

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DSQUERY user -inactive 4 | DSMOVE -newparent <distinguished name of target OU>

Running this script and getting "dsmove failed (user) is an unknown parameter".

If I run the dsquery w/o the dsmove, it cleanly pulls a list for me. If I run with just one account, it works as well.

Thoughts?

windows scripting active-directory

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  1. Best Answer

    Got this working, here's what I did:

    batch file that reads the below with a correlating windows sch task that runs the bat. Works like a champ.

    Remember in 2008 to check the "run with highest privileges" and to change the run to "run whether user is logged on or not".

    for /f "Tokens=*" %%s in ('dsquery computer -inactive 5 -limit 0') do ( 
DSMOVE %%s -newparent "OU=Computers,OU=Quarantine,OU=MyOu,DC=MyDomain,DC=local" 
)
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