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RobBuxton
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View Composer and relative AD Settings

Hi All,

When setting up a non-persistent pool I wanted to get the desktops created in a particular part of our AD.

Rather than the default / example of CN=Computers I entered OU=OurCo,OU=Computers,OU=XPDesktops which corresponds to our AD layout.

Trouble is this didn't seem to work. It failed during the provisioning of the desktops. The error indicated a problem with the relative path.

Can you put a path like that shown above down the AD or is VMView limited to just being able to add the VM's at the first level down?

A comma is the usual separator, but I've not found any examples in the VMView docs of using a longer relative path.

TIA, Rob.

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Hi Rob,

you can use the releative path just using e.g. ou=desktops or the full path, but try it vice versa to the AD OU tree.Start with the top level dom and go doen to the ou.

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Christoph

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Hi Rob,

you can use the releative path just using e.g. ou=desktops or the full path, but try it vice versa to the AD OU tree.Start with the top level dom and go doen to the ou.

Thanks,

Christoph

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RobBuxton
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Christoph,

Thanks that was the answer. I reversed the order and that's now created them in the AD where I wanted.

Thanks for the help.

Rob.

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bennun
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Hi,

I'm having the same problem. Can you describe the exact OU description that worked for you? - Thanks!

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RobBuxton
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If in the AD you'd created a new OU call "ourco" and then an OU under that called "ourdesktops" then the entry in the AD settings for creating the pool is:

OU=ourdesktops,OU=ourco

So you work from the most expanded item upwards. You don't need the CN=dom,CN=myco for the full AD spec. It seems to work out the remainder based on the FQDN.

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bennun
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That worked beautifully! Thank you very much.

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plizken
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Hi

If i want my computers to be a member of a certain group, how does that command line look like?

Plizken

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mittim12
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To get more visibility with your question you may want to start a new post. Are you wanting to make your desktops a member of a particular security group or to drop them in to a specific OU?






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plizken
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i want my vms to join a security group

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