approve-AutoAddDevices Command In Windows Server 2008
In this article I am going to explain about approve-AutoAddDevices Command in Windows Server 2008 operating system and also explain it's related syntax.
Introduction
In this we approves computers that are pending administrative approval and when the Auto-Add policy is enabled, administrative approval is required before unknown computers can install an image.
Syntax
WDSUTIL [Options] /Approve-AutoAddDevices [/Server:<Server name>] /RequestId:{<Request ID>| ALL} [/MachineName:<Device name>] [/OU:<DN of OU>]
[/User:<Domain\User | User@Domain>] [/JoinRights:{JoinOnly | Full}] [/JoinDomain:{Yes | No}] [/ReferralServer:<Server name>] [/BootProgram:<Relative path>] [/WdsClientUnattend:<Relative path>] [/BootImagePath:<Relative path>] |
| Parameter |
Description |
| [/Server:<Server name>] |
In this we specifies the name of the server. This can be either the NetBIOS name or the fully qualified domain name. |
| /RequestId:{Request ID | ALL} |
In this we specifies the request ID assigned to the pending computer. |
| [/MachineName:<Device name>] |
In this we specifies the name of the computer to be added. |
| [/OU:<DN of OU>] |
In this we specifies the distinguished name of the organizational unit where the computer account object should be created. |
| [/User:<Domain\User | User@Domain>] |
here we sets permissions on the computer account object to assign the specified user the necessary rights. |
| [/JoinRights:{JoinOnly | Full}] |
here we specifies the type of rights to be assigned to the specified user. |
| [/JoinDomain:{Yes | No}] |
It specifies whether or not the computer should be joined to the domain as this computer account during operating system installation. The default value is Yes. |
| [/ReferralServer:<Server name>] |
In this we specifies the name of the server to be contacted to download the network boot program and boot image by using Trivial File Transfer Protocol |
| [/BootProgram:<Relative path>] |
It specifies the relative path from the RemoteInstall folder to the network boot program that this computer should receive. |
| [/WdsClientUnattend:<Relative path>] |
It specifies the relative path from the RemoteInstall folder to the unattend file that automates the Windows Deployment Services client. |
| [/BootImagePath:<Relative path>] |
It specifies the relative path from the RemoteInstall folder to the boot image that this computer should receive. |
Example
| WDSUTIL /Approve-AutoAddDevices /RequestId:12 |
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