Approves pending Auto-Add devices on the Windows Deployment Services server.
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>]
Parameters
Parameter | Description |
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[/Server:<Server name>] |
Specifies the name of the server. This can be either the NetBIOS name or the fully qualified domain name (FQDN). If a server name is not specified, the local server will be used. |
/RequestId:{Request ID | ALL} |
Specifies the request ID assigned to the pending device. Specify ALL to approve all pending devices. |
[/MachineName:<Device name>] |
Specifies the name of the device to be added. You cannot use this option when approving all devices. |
[/OU:<DN of OU>] |
Specifies the distinguished name of the organizational unit (OU) where the computer account object should be created. For example: OU=MyOU,CN=Test,DC=Domain,DC=com. The default location is the container of the default computer. |
[/User:<Domain\User | User@Domain>] |
Sets permissions on the computer account object to assign the specified user the necessary rights. |
[/JoinRights:{JoinOnly | Full}] |
Specifies the type of rights to be assigned to the specified user.
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[/JoinDomain:{Yes | No}] |
Specifies whether or not the device should be joined to the domain as this computer account during operating system installation. The default value is Yes. |
[/ReferralServer:<Server name>] |
Specifies the name of the server to be contacted to download the network boot program and boot image by using Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP). |
[/BootProgram:<Relative path>] |
Specifies the relative path from the RemoteInstall folder to the network boot program that this device should receive. For example: boot\x86\pxeboot.com. |
[/WdsClientUnattend:<Relative path>] |
Specifies the relative path from the RemoteInstall folder to the unattend file that automates the Windows Deployment Services client. |
[/BootImagePath:<Relative path>] |
Specifies the relative path from the RemoteInstall folder to the boot image that this device should receive. |
Examples
To approve the device with a RequestId of 12, type:
WDSUTIL /Approve-AutoAddDevices /RequestId:12
To approve the device with a RequestID of 20 and deploy the image with the specified settings, type:
WDSUTIL /Approve-AutoAddDevices /RequestId:20 /MachineName:Computer1 /OU:"OU=Test,CN=Company,DC=Domain,DC=Com" /User:Domain\User1 /JoinRights:Full /ReferralServer:MyWDSServer /BootProgram:boot\x86\pxeboot.n12 /WdsClientUnattend:WDSClientUnattend\Unattend.xml /BootImagePath:boot\x86\images\boot.wim
To approve all Auto-Add devices, type:
WDSUTIL /Verbose /Approve-AutoAddDevices /RequestId:ALL