Hi all,

I have set up a basic WDS lite touch deployment system using a deployment DB.

Based on the location, the client OU is specified.

Location BNE - ou=Brisbane,ou=systems

 This means that we need to determine location AND machine type to specify the OU.

We would prefer to keep all of the configuration within the DB, but can edit cs.ini if needed.

Any thoughts on how best to get this working?

My first thought would be to use the Cs.ini and a userexit script to set the OU.  I think something like this would work

[code]

customsettings.ini

priority = OUalias,...

[OUalias]
oualias = #setOUalias#
userexit = userexit.vbs

[mmsettings]
...
MachineObjectOU=oualias

userexit.vbs

Function UserExit(sType, sWhen, sDetail, bSkip)
 oLogging.CreateEntry "entered UserExit ", LogTypeInfo
 UserExit = Success
End Function

Function setoualias ()
 oLogging.CreateEntry "Entered UserExit Function setoualias" , LogTypeInfo
 On Error Resume Next
 
 select case location
  case "SYD"
   setoualias = "ou=Sydney"
  case "BNE"
   setoualias = "ou=Bisbane"
 end select
 if islaptop then setoualias = setoualias & ",ou=laptop"
 if isdesktop then setoualias = setoualias & ",ou=deskop"
 if isserver then setoualias = setoualias & ",ou=server"
end function

[/code]

Not sure if that would work but that is where I think I would start.  You might even be able to use the function name in the database as a variable, but I'm not sure.

Good luck

I have nearly got this working... but I am having an issue with the location variable/property.

I have setup a UserExit in cs.ini like this...

 .From memory...at home...

 [Settings]

 [OULookup]

MachineObjectOU=OULookup(%LOCATION%,%IsLaptop%,%IsDesktop%,%IsServer%)

UserExit=UserExit.VBS

 In UserExit.vbs the function is

 Function OULookup(sLoc,bLaptop,bDesktop,bServer)

'Read variables and do stuff

End Function

 All of the IsMachine True/False variables pass through to the function, but not the location data. I have also tried to reference a vbs global variable 'location' in the script - no success.

The Location data is set by the higher priority section in cs.ini when it queries the DB with its subnet. BDD.log shows this section gets a property:value called Location001:SYD and this is copied to the Location property.

OULookup function happens immediatley after the first Location DB lookup, before all the roles, settings, etc are queried.

 I am a bit stumpted!

Any suggestions?

Nick