PowerShell HELP - Need to change just server name in home folder path

[MuttsNutts]

Hi I'm migrating both our staff and students to new file servers for there home drives, now I've done the data migration via robocopy and seen as all our students logon names match the home folder name I simply did the change on mass in AD by selecting all students - properties - profile - ticking home folder box - selecting the required drive letter and typed in \\newservername\student$\%username% bang job done works a treat.

 

Now the issue I have is our staff, as most of the usersnames did match home folder names at one point - but some get married and change names and then theres the old old staff that have been here donkeys years have completely different usernames to home folder name ratio - so I can't on mass change in AD as I would have a lot of staff not being able to connect or find their data.

 

so searching around I came across the very thing that will do the job for me via powershell:

 

Import-Module ActiveDirectory $oldServerName = "twenty"

$newServerName = "thirty"

 

[array]$AllUsers = Get-ADUser -Filter * -Properties HomeDirectory

foreach($user in $AllUsers){

if(($user.HomeDirectory.ToString()).contains($oldServerName)){

$homeDirectory = ($user.HomeDirectory.ToString()) -replace $oldServerName, $newServerName

Set-ADUser $user.DistinguishedName -HomeDirectory $homeDirectory

}

}

 

Taken from https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/289126-how-can-i-change-only-the-servername-in-the-home-folder-path-in-ad

 

now editing the server names and running this does in fact just change the server name but it rips through all users in the domain yes even students (ok yea I could run this and then once its done manually on mass change students again using the method at the top) but that's messy and not a way I'd like to do it.

 

what I'm asking is I'm looking to target OU's in AD mainly the Staff OU or even sub OU's (so departments ) so far I have got it to this to with some searching and help from another tech in my dept

 

Import-Module ActiveDirectory

 

 

$oldServerName = "-OLDSERVER"

$newServerName = "NEWSERVER"

 

 

 

[array]$AllUsers = Get-ADUser -LDAPFilter '(name=*)' -SearchBase "OU=StaffTest,DC=MYDOMAIN,DC=ac,DC=uk" -Properties HomeDirectory

 

 

foreach($user in $AllUsers){

 

 

if(($user.HomeDirectory.ToString()).contains($oldServerName)){

$homeDirectory = ($user.HomeDirectory.ToString()) -replace $oldServerName, $newServerName

Set-ADUser $user.DistinguishedName -HomeDirectory $homeDirectory

}

 

 

}

 

 

Obviously it doesn't work as is

Now if I manually run

Get-ADUser -LDAPFilter '(name=*)' -SearchBase "OU=StaffTest,DC=MYDOMAIN,DC=ac,DC=uk" -Properties HomeDirectory

it does give me the details for just the users in that OU StaffTest

 

I think the issue is with the Array?

 

so this: [array]$AllUsers =

and this: foreach($user in $AllUsers){

 

I'm not very good at powershell its a learning curve for me so anyone that can master this I'd really appreciate this or if not find me another method I can just change the server name on mass via OU selection as I have around 500 staff users to change this for.

 

Thanks

[Sephiroth]

I'm assuming that the space in "$oldS erverName" is not intentional? If you take that out it should run, I believe.

[MuttsNutts]

Oh well time is a great problem solver I've only gone and done it myself - can't believe I didn't spot it earlier.

Me using LDAPfilter (well actually suggested by my colleague) going to punch them now

 

Anyway this is the working one that does target OU's (Note it also does sub OU's so I can now just aim this at my OU called Staff and it will do all sub OU's under it)

 

!!!!!!! BIG NOTE HERE: It is however case sensitive on the server names so if you have some users with mixed upper and lower case letters set as the current server name it wont touch those so it's probably worth checking maybe an AD export to CSV just to check or make multiple scripts with all the varied cases LOL

 

Import-Module ActiveDirectory

 

 

$oldServerName = "OLDSERVER"

$newServerName = "NEWSERVER"

 

 

 

[array]$AllUsers = Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchBase "OU=Staff,DC=MYDOMAIN,DC=ac,DC=uk" -Properties HomeDirectory

 

 

foreach($user in $AllUsers){

 

 

if(($user.HomeDirectory.ToString()).contains($oldServerName)){

$homeDirectory = ($user.HomeDirectory.ToString()) -replace $oldServerName, $newServerName

Set-ADUser $user.DistinguishedName -HomeDirectory $homeDirectory

}

 

 

}

 

 

 

Thanks for looking

 

Sorry Sephiroth

I'm assuming that the space in "$oldS erverName" is not intentional? If you take that out it should run, I believe.

 

Yes the space is a mistake - no idea how I managed to get a space in there I only C & P

Edited August 18, 2016 by MuttsNutts

[MuttsNutts]

It did it again it put a space in ???? must be when I quote the script here it is in plain text

 

 

 

Import-Module ActiveDirectory

 

 

$oldServerName = "-OLDSERVER"

$newServerName = "NEWSERVER"

 

 

 

[array]$AllUsers = Get-ADUser -LDAPFilter '(name=*)' -SearchBase "OU=StaffTest,DC=MYDOMAIN,DC=ac,DC=uk" -Properties HomeDirectory

 

 

foreach($user in $AllUsers){

 

 

if(($user.HomeDirectory.ToString()).contains($oldServerName)){

$homeDirectory = ($user.HomeDirectory.ToString()) -replace $oldServerName, $newServerName

Set-ADUser $user.DistinguishedName -HomeDirectory $homeDirectory

}

 

 

}

 

EDIT:

 

it still did it in plain text HA HA can't edit an image can you lol

Edited August 18, 2016 by MuttsNutts

[Arthur]

It did it again it put a space in ???? must be when I quote the script here it is in plain text

 

Edited August 18, 2016 by Arthur
Smaller picture :)

[MuttsNutts]

 

Oh yea thanks, Doh me not used a forum for a while lol