Script to export computer accounts from an OU and all child OUs

Do you want it to pull email addresses also?

@mcrossland - I don''t need email addresses.  I just need the computer account names.

@LauraEHunterMVP - Thanks.  I'll check it out.  I forgot about joeware.  Do you happen to know if you can configure adfind to start at a specific OU and recurse through its child OU's?

By default any search will recurse down through its starting point.

The -default switch will start at the domain root of the currently-logged-on domain.  If you want to start searching at the "BLAH" OU, add the -rb switch for "Relative base."

adfind -default -rb ou=BLAH ... and the rest of the command is the same.

Here's a vbscript I had for doing that for users...I've attempted to modify it for computers...should report back from the top domain down through all OU levels...



'EnumOUs.vbs
Dim objFSO, strFileName, RptFile
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
strFileName="C:\Output.csv"
Set RptFile = objFSODim objFSO, strFileName, RptFile

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
strFileName="C:\Output.csv"
Set RptFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(strFileName)

Dim objRoot, objDomain
Set objRoot = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE")
Set objDomain = GetObject("LDAP://" & objRoot.Get("defaultNamingContext"))

EnumOUs(objDomain.ADsPath)
RptFile.Close
Set RptFile=Nothing
Set objUsers=Nothing
Set objOUs=Nothing
Set objDomain=Nothing
Set objRoot=Nothing
Set objFSO=Nothing
wscript.quit

Sub EnumOUs(adspath)
    Dim objOUs, OU
    Set objOUs = GetObject(adspath)
    objOUs.Filter = Array("OrganizationalUnit")
    Call EnumPCs(objOUs.ADsPath)
    For Each OU In objOUs
        RptFile.WriteLine Replace(Ucase(OU.Name), "OU=", "")
        Call EnumOUs(OU.ADsPath)
    Next
End Sub

Sub EnumPCs(adspath)
    Dim objPCs, PC
    Set objPCs= GetObject(adspath)
    objUsers.Filter = Array("Computer")
    RptFile.WriteLine
    For Each PC In objPCs
            RptFile.WriteLine PC.Name
    Next
    RptFile.WriteLine
End Sub

Thanks Laura.  It mostly works.  I'm getting ALL objects in the specified OU.  Groups, user accounts.
I'm sure there is a switch I'm not setting correctly.

AdFind.exe -default -rb ou=OU1 (objectcategory=computer) -dn

Sorry, I typoed. (Was entering the command off the top of my head without testing syntax, my bad.)

Add a "-f" in front of the (objectcategory=computer) bit.  "-f" is the switch to specify an LDAP filter of computer objects only, without it you'll get all objects returned as you're seeing.

Perfect!  That was it!  Thank you!!

SirBounty - if I wanted to use your script, how would I modify it to start at a specific OU and work its way down just that OU?

SirBounty - thanks!

I'm getting an error though:

Untitled1.vbs(49, 5) Microsoft VBScript runtime error: Object required: 'objComputers'

Line 49 = objComputers.Filter = Array("Computer")

Here is the script:

'EnumOUs.vbs
Dim objFSO, strFileName, RptFile
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
strFileName="C:\Output.csv"
Set RptFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(strFileName)

Dim objDomain
Set objDomain = GetObject("LDAP://OU=foo,DC=bar,DC=net") '<<<<Change this to the parent OU >>>>>>

EnumOUs(objDomain.ADsPath)
RptFile.Close
Set RptFile=Nothing
Set objUsers=Nothing
Set objOUs=Nothing
Set objDomain=Nothing
Set objRoot=Nothing
Set objFSO=Nothing
Set objComputers=Nothing

wscript.quit

Sub EnumOUs(adspath)
    Dim objOUs, OU
    Set objOUs = GetObject(adspath)
    objOUs.Filter = Array("OrganizationalUnit")
    Call EnumPCs(objOUs.ADsPath)
    For Each OU In objOUs
        RptFile.WriteLine Replace(Ucase(OU.Name), "OU=", "")
        Call EnumOUs(OU.ADsPath)
    Next
End Sub

Sub EnumPCs(adspath)
    Dim objPCs, PC
    Set objPCs= GetObject(adspath)
    objComputers.Filter = Array("Computer")
    RptFile.WriteLine
    For Each PC In objPCs
            RptFile.WriteLine PC.Name
    Next
    RptFile.WriteLine
End Sub

SirBounty - Nevermind, I found the issue.  objComputers was never declared.  I changed it to objPCs and it runs like a champ.  Thanks!

:^)  Glad to hear it.

Thanks to both LauraEHunterMVP and SirBounty for helping out.  Different options for essentially the same result.  I'm going to split the points since both offered a solution.  The VBscript gets more since that was what I'm looking for.  Thanks again folks!

For the others who may run across this thread looking to solve the same problem I had, here is a summary.

VBscript solution:

'EnumOUComputers.vbs

Dim objFSO, strFileName, RptFile
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
strFileName="C:\Output.csv"  '<<<<Change this to the output name and location of your choice >>>>>>
Set RptFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(strFileName)

Dim objDomain
Set objDomain = GetObject("LDAP://OU=foo,DC=bar,DC=com") '<<<<Change this to the parent OU >>>>>>

EnumOUs(objDomain.ADsPath)
RptFile.Close
Set RptFile=Nothing
Set objUsers=Nothing
Set objOUs=Nothing
Set objDomain=Nothing
Set objRoot=Nothing
Set objFSO=Nothing
Set objComputers=Nothing

wscript.quit

Sub EnumOUs(adspath)
    Dim objOUs, OU
    Set objOUs = GetObject(adspath)
    objOUs.Filter = Array("OrganizationalUnit")
    Call EnumPCs(objOUs.ADsPath)
    For Each OU In objOUs
        RptFile.WriteLine Replace(Ucase(OU.Name), "OU=", "")
        Call EnumOUs(OU.ADsPath)
    Next
End Sub

Sub EnumPCs(adspath)
    Dim objPCs, PC
    Set objPCs= GetObject(adspath)
    objPCs.Filter = Array("Computer")
    RptFile.WriteLine
    For Each PC In objPCs
            RptFile.WriteLine PC.Name
    Next
    RptFile.WriteLine
End Sub


adfind solution:

AdFind.exe -default -rb ou=FOO -f "objectcategory=computer" -dn

Replace FOO with the OU you wish to enumerate.

The AdFind .exe can be found at www.joeware.net