OK, my bad. I had a freaking typo in the OU name! It’s working now. Thanks for helping me narrow it down, Paul!
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Winstanley Sent: Tuesday, October 7, 2014 4:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [mssms] PowerShell experts - help, please Mike, Error - The operation could not be performed because the object's parent is either uninstantiated or deleted Cause - The deleted object's parent, usually an Organizational Unit, has been deleted and must be restored first. Really? Do the OU's exist? Type in: [adsi]::Exists("LDAP://ou=Disabled PC & User,dc=csuchico,dc=edu") [adsi]::Exists("LDAP://ou=Computers-GPO,dc=csuchico,dc=edu") Do you get a return of True for both? On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:09 AM, Murray, Mike <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: PS C:\Users\mmurray> $ADComputer = Get-ADComputer S39638 -Properties Description PS C:\Users\mmurray> write-host $ADComputer CN=S39638,OU=Computers-GPO,DC=csuchico,DC=edu PS C:\Users\mmurray> Move-ADObject $ADComputer -targetpath "ou=Disabled PC & User,dc=csuchico,dc=edu" Move-ADObject : The operation could not be performed because the object's parent is either uninstantiated or deleted At line:1 char:1 + Move-ADObject $ADComputer -targetpath "ou=Disabled PC & User,dc=csuchico,dc=edu" + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (CN=S39638,OU=Co...csuchico,DC=edu:ADComputer) [Move-ADObject], ADException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ActiveDirectoryServer:8329,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.MoveADObject From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Paul Winstanley Sent: Tuesday, October 7, 2014 4:05 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [mssms] PowerShell experts - help, please Mike how about running the move command now after those Move-ADObject $ADcomputer -targetpath "ou=Disabled PC & User,dc=csuchico,dc=edu" Does that succeed? On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 12:02 AM, Murray, Mike <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Looks fine when I run that manually. PS C:\Users\mmurray> $ADComputer = Get-ADComputer S52477 -Properties Description PS C:\Users\mmurray> write-host $ADComputer CN=S52477,OU=ITSS,OU=Departments,DC=csuchico,DC=edu PS C:\Users\mmurray> From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Paul Winstanley Sent: Tuesday, October 7, 2014 4:00 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [mssms] PowerShell experts - help, please Mike, Code seems ok. If you run this manually on one object what do you get? So type in $ADComputer = Get-ADComputer <enter a hostname> -Properties Description Then do a write-host $ADComputer and check you have the correct CN for your object. Then run: Move-ADObject $ADcomputer -targetpath "ou=Disabled PC & User,dc=csuchico,dc=edu" On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 11:25 PM, Murray, Mike <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: When I run the script. Here’s the entire script (modified from this post<http://powershell.com/cs/forums/t/16435.aspx>): $Today = Get-Date $Desc = "ITSS - Delete on: " + $Today.AddDays(90) $Computers = Get-Content c:\Scripts\computers.txt ForEach ($Computer in $Computers) { $ADComputer = $null $ADComputer = Get-ADComputer $Computer -Properties Description If ($ADComputer) { Add-Content c:\Scripts\computers.log -Value "$Today - Found $Computer, disabled and moved to Disabled - PC & User OU" Set-ADComputer $ADComputer -Description $Desc -Enabled $false Move-ADObject $ADcomputer -targetpath "ou=Disabled PC & User,dc=csuchico,dc=edu" } Else { Add-Content c:\Scripts\computers.log -Value "$Today - $Computer not in Active Directory" } } From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Paul Winstanley Sent: Tuesday, October 7, 2014 3:19 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [mssms] PowerShell experts - help, please When do you get this error Mike? On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 11:17 PM, Murray, Mike <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Error: Move-ADObject : The operation could not be performed because the object's parent is either uninstantiated or deleted From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of David O'Brien Sent: Tuesday, October 7, 2014 2:47 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [mssms] PowerShell experts - help, please Does Move-ADObject $Computer -targetpath “ou=Disabled PC `& User,dc=csuchico,dc=edu” Work? Haven’t tested it though. Cheers David From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Murray, Mike Sent: Wednesday, 8 October 2014 8:34 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] PowerShell experts - help, please I just about finished a script that disables and moves computers in AD based on a text file input. However, whoever named our Disabled OU did me no favors. It’s called “Disabled PC & User”. If I use the PS command below, it errors with “The ampersand (&) character is not allowed. The & operator is reserved for future use…”. I’ve tried escaping the “&” with quotes, double quotes, etc., still no luck. Can someone help? Move-ADObject $Computer -targetpath “ou=Disabled PC & User,dc=csuchico,dc=edu” Best Regards, Mike Murray Desktop Management Coordinator - IT Support Services California State University, Chico 530.898.4357<tel:530.898.4357> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
