Recipe 8.4 Moving a Computer
8.4.1 Problem
You want to move a computer object to a different container or OU.
8.4.2 Solution
8.4.2.1 Using a graphical user interface
Open the Active Directory Users and Computers
snap-in. If you need to change domains, right click on Active Directory Users
and Computers in the left pane, select Connect to Domain, enter the
domain name, and click OK. In the left pane, right-click on the domain and select Find. Beside Find, select Computers. Type the name of the computer and click Find Now. In the Search Results, right-click on the computer and select Move. Browse to the new parent container or OU and click on it. Click OK.
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With the Windows Server 2003 version of Active Directory Users and
Computers you can also use the new drag and drop functionality to
move computers and other objects.
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8.4.2.2 Using a command-line interface
> dsmove "<ComputerDN>" -newparent "<NewParentDN>"
8.4.2.3 Using VBScript
' This code moves a computer to the specified container/OU.
' ------ SCRIPT CONFIGURATION ------
strCompDN = "<ComputerDN>" ' e.g. cn=joe-xp,cn=Users,dc=rallencorp,dc=com
strOUDN = "<NewParentDN>" ' e.g. ou=workstations,dc=rallencorp,dc=com
' ------ END CONFIGURATION ---------
set objComp = GetObject("LDAP://" & strCompDN)
set objOU = GetObject("LDAP://" & strOUDN)
objOU.MoveHere objComp.ADsPath, objComp.Name
8.4.3 Discussion
You can move computer objects around a domain
without much impact on the computer itself. You just need to be
cautious of the security settings on the new parent OU, which may
impact a user's ability to manage the
computer object in Active Directory. Also, if GPOs
are used differently on the new parent, it could impact booting and
logon times.
8.4.4 See Also
Recipe 4.17 for moving an object to
a
different OU, and Recipe 4.18 for moving an
object to a different domain
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