Renaming

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   We purchased 50 licenses to test your product for a large migration project. I have a question before we can commit to your tool:
Can Profwiz rename and join a computer in one pass or does it need to do a reboot? In our environment, the computer account in the domain needs to created before it will be allowed to join. We would like to create the account with the new name rather than the old name (bad discovery data). Unfortunately we don't have the seat time for another reboot. Currently we are migrating and joining then rebooting and renaming. We would like to rename and join then reboot and migrate. This will be scripted only, no GUI's.

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dgmein Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Location: Czech Republic Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote dgmein Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Renaming Posted: 01 Nov 2007 at 2:35pm
	We purchased 50 licenses to test your product for a large migration project. I have a question before we can commit to your tool: Can Profwiz rename and join a computer in one pass or does it need to do a reboot? In our environment, the computer account in the domain needs to created before it will be allowed to join. We would like to create the account with the new name rather than the old name (bad discovery data). Unfortunately we don't have the seat time for another reboot. Currently we are migrating and joining then rebooting and renaming. We would like to rename and join then reboot and migrate. This will be scripted only, no GUI's. Thanks

Support Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1858	Post Options Post Reply Quote Support Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Nov 2007 at 2:44pm
	Hi, Profwiz can certainly rename a machine and join the machine to the domain in one step. You need to use the /RENAME parameter on the command line If you are using the Deployment Kit to generate your script, you specify this information at Step 4. Edited by Support - 01 Nov 2007 at 2:45pm

dgmein Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Location: Czech Republic Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote dgmein Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Nov 2007 at 3:25pm
	OK, that's great, you saved me some testing time. Next question - the PC's will go into different containers based on the country and I want only one version of this program we're building. The way I understand it, if I always have to specify the full ADsPath after the rename switch then it's not going to work for us, is that correct? Thanks again

dgmein Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Location: Czech Republic Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote dgmein Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Nov 2007 at 3:47pm
	A little clarification: Do I need the full ADsPath in the rename switch if I'm not moving the computer account? If I don't then I think you're going sell some licenses... Thanks

Support Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1858	Post Options Post Reply Quote Support Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Nov 2007 at 3:56pm
	You don't need to use the /RENAME switch if you are not moving or renaming the computer account. It isn't difficult to modify the script to use a different ADsPath in different locations - so if you needed to do this we could certainly help. Edited by Support - 01 Nov 2007 at 3:57pm

dgmein Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Location: Czech Republic Status: Offline Points: 4	Post Options Post Reply Quote dgmein Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Nov 2007 at 4:10pm
	We are renaming, but we are not moving the computer account. Here are the steps: 1. Pre-create the computer account in the new domain using a standard naming convention 2. Tech logs into the PC and runs the automated Profwiz program we developed. 3. Profwiz renames the computer to the new standard naming convention. 4. Profwiz joins the computer to the new domain. 5. Profwiz migrates the existing user account. 6. Reboot. I want to do this without specifying the ADsPath to the computer account in the new domain. We want 1 version of the CD to be passed to 60 countries (they have 2 computer OU's each) and we can't have 120 versions of the program. All the info is hard coded into an executable. Can we do it?

Support Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1858	Post Options Post Reply Quote Support Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Nov 2007 at 5:23pm
	Everything is possible! You will need to pass the AdsPath(s) to be passed via the /RENAME parameter. However, these will be known in advance so there is no reason why you can't create a single deployment CD. It would be very useful to know a bit more about how your new domain is configured. For example, do you have a single domain with different country OUs, or do you have country subdomains? If you email support@forensit.com we will be very happy to help.