Ditto. Disable after 90 days of inactivity, move to separate OU, delete from there after another 30 days.
Regards, Don Guyer Directory and Messaging Services Catholic Health East, ITSS -----Original Message----- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 2:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Do any of you auto-cleanup AD? Yes, I let it do the cleanup...about twice a year. But I don't delete the computer objects I disable them. Then move them to their own OU and wait for the phone to ring. -----Original Message----- From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 2:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Do any of you auto-cleanup AD? Oh wait, that's the tool I meant to say.. -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 11:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Do any of you auto-cleanup AD? On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 11:24, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > ADFIND.EXE is a neat little tool, I’m wondering if any of you use it > to auto-delete systems that haven’t checked in with AD in nnn days? I > run reports and do AD cleanup from it but I wondered if anyone here > let the tool do clean up as well. > > > > In our case we have remote users that don’t connect via VPN very > often so we can’t quite blindly nuke, but maybe one of you has a > workaround for that… > > David Lum > Systems Engineer // NWEATM > Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 Scott is correct, joe's oldcmp is probably better for this However, your best approach with adfind/admod is to segregate your computers by OU, then run your queries via OU. Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any attachments is the property of Catholic Health East and is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). It may contain information that is privileged and confidential. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message, and reply to the sender regarding the error in a separate email. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
