September 2017

Create the boot script

Method 1: Auto-start all servers

vi /etc/rc.d/init.d/RunVMonBoot.sh

#!/bin/bash
xe vm-list power-state=halted | grep uuid | cut -c 24- | xargs -I {Var} xe vm-start uuid={Var}

Method 2: Auto-start selected servers

vi /etc/rc.d/init.d/RunVMonBoot.sh

#!/bin/bash
xe vm-start uuid=SERVERUUIDHERE

Note: Repeat “xe vm-start uuid=” line as many times as needed.

Press Escape followed by K to stop editing.

Press : followed by wq! to save changes and quit editing.

Run the following command to add execute privileges to the script.

chmod +x /etc/init.d/RunVMonBoot.sh

Run to add execute privileges to the startup script.

chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.local

Run the following to edit the startup script.

vi /etc/rc.d/rc.local

Append these lines to the script. (Press I to allow inserting.)

Sleep 180

/etc/rc.d/init.d/RunVMonBoot.sh

Press Escape followed by K to stop editing.

Press : followed by wq! to save changes and quit editing.

While this isn’t my cleanest work, it did the job fairly well.

Also, I assume you’ve already added the Active Directory module, I believe command below will add it.

import-module activedirectory

This script will go through an OU, searching it’s contained OU’s, find inactive users then disable and move them into their own ‘Disabled’ sub OU.

This comes in handy when you have a bunch of client sites that are organized and you want to maintain organization.

Foreach ($i in (Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Filter * -SearchBase "OU=MyOU,DC=mydomain,DC=local" -SearchScope OneLevel | foreach { $_.DistinguishedName })){
    Echo "-------------------------------------------"
    Echo $i
    Echo "-------------------------------------------"
    ForEach ($xx in (Get-ADUser -SearchBase $i -Filter {LastLogonTimeStamp -lt $time -and enabled -eq $true} -Properties LastLogonTimeStamp)){
        [DateTime]::FromFileTime($xx.lastLogonTimestamp)
        Echo "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
        Echo "Disabling User"
        Echo $xx.Name
        Disable-ADAccount -Identity $xx.ObjectGUID
        Echo "Moving User"
        Echo "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
        $DisabledPart1 = "OU=Disabled,"
        $DisabledOU = $DisabledPart1+$i
        Move-ADObject -Identity $xx.ObjectGUID -TargetPath $DisabledOU
    }
    Echo "-------------------------------------------"
}

Below is a script that creates the ‘Disabled’ OUs.

Foreach ($i in (Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Filter * -SearchBase "OU=MyOU,DC=mydomain,DC=local" -SearchScope OneLevel | foreach { $_.DistinguishedName })){
 echo $i
 New-ADOrganizationalUnit -Name Disabled -Path $i -Description "Disabled Accounts" -PassThru
}

Update

I combined everything into a PowerShell application as seen below and can be downloaded here.

Note: This application will only search through enabled accounts.

Month: September 2017

XenServer: Alternate Auto-Start VM Option

PowerShell: Disabling and Moving Inactive Users

Update