Windows operating systems

Query Adobjects

Use the query adobjects command to display information about the deleted objects that are located on the local Active Directory domain.

On Windows Server operating system clients, Active Directory object information can also be displayed from full system-state backups on the server.

Supported Clients

This command is valid for Windows Server OS clients only.

Syntax

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>>-Query ADOBJects--+-------------------+--+---------+---------><
                    '- --sourcepathspec-'  '-options-'   

Parameters

sourcepathspec
Specifies the Active Directory object or container to query. You can specify an asterisk (*) as a wildcard character. You can specify either the full distinguished name of an object or a container, or just the name attribute (cn or ou), where the wildcard might be used. You can also specify object GUID enclosed in braces ({}). The following special characters require an escape character, the backslash, (\), if any of them are contained in the name:
  • \
  • #
  • +
  • =
  • <
  • >

For example, "cn=test#" is entered as "cn=test\#".

Tivoli® Storage Manager cannot display any object names that contain an asterisk (*) as part of the name.

Table 1. Query Adobjects command: Related options
Option Where to use
adlocation Command line only.
dateformat Client options file (dsm.opt) or command line.
detail Command line only.
pitdate (option is ignored when adlocation is not specified) Command line only.
pittime (option is ignored when adlocation is not specified) Command line only.
scrolllines Client options file (dsm.opt) or command line.
scrollprompt Client options file (dsm.opt) or command line.
timeformat Client options file (dsm.opt) or command line.

Examples

Task
Query all local deleted objects.

Command: query adobjects

Task
Query all local deleted objects for a user with the name starting with Fred.

Command: query adobjects "cn=Fred*" -detail

Task
Query all objects that are located in the Users container of the bryan.test.example.com domain from the server (Windows Server 2008 only).

Command: query adobjects "cn=Users,DC=bryan,DC=test,DC=ibm,DC=com" -adloc=server

Task
Query all local deleted objects for organizational unit testou.

Command: query adobjects "ou=testou"

Task
Query the local deleted object with a GUID of E079130D-3451-4C69-8349-31747E26C75B.

Command: query adobjects {E079130D-3451-4C69-8349-31747E26C75B}