Import Users with CSVDE

Discussion in 'Active Directory Exams' started by jvanassen, Feb 8, 2013.

  1. jvanassen

    jvanassen Kilobyte Poster

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    Hi Guys,

    I am following the Microsft Self Paced training guide for the 70-640 and as per usual im noticing little errors here and there, however if anything its probably helping me as then i have to try and solve it or workout what the correct command is.

    However i have come across one which i am really stuck on and have seen a few people around forums that are stumped on this same example. Ive spent quite a bit of time racking my brains and trying to figure it out but ive finally gave up but i dont want to skip it.

    Im up to Chapter 3 and on exercise 3 theres the task of creating a file and then importing it into AD with the CSVDE command. However i keep getting an error and cant workout what it is ive mispelt or perhaps theres a space somewhere which shouldnt be there.

    my example:

    DN,objectClass,sn,givenName,sAMAccountName,userPrincipalName

    "CN=David Jones,OU=Users,DC=vanassen,DC=local",users,Jones,David,davidj,[email protected]


    This is in a txt file. Then i open a command prompt and try to import it using the following command:

    csvde -i -f users.txt -k

    the error i see in the log file is:

    Connecting to "(null)"
    Logging in as current user using SSPI
    Importing directory from file "users.txt"
    Loading entries
    2: CN=David Jones,OU=Users,DC=vanassen,DC=local
    Attribute 0) objectClass: users
    Attribute 1) sn: Jones
    Attribute 2) givenName: David
    Attribute 3) sAMAccountName: davidj
    Attribute 4) userPrincipalName: [email protected]

    Add error on line 2: No Such Attribute
    The server side error is "The parameter is incorrect."
    0 entries modified successfully.
    An error has occurred in the program



    Any ideas? What the hell am i missing out lol
     
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  2. mojorisin

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    csvde -i -f users.txt -k

    users.txt needs to be users.csv as far as I have read before

    csvde can only import csv files

    also see this How to use Csvde to import contacts and user objects into Active Directory
     
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  3. jvanassen

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    Thanks for your input but i had tried changing the format of the file to a .CSV already but had no luck.
     
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  4. mojorisin

    mojorisin Kilobyte Poster

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    saw this

    Hi, i battled also with this one till I tried it this way.
    objectClass,sAMAccountName,DN,Member
    Group,Accounting,"cn=Accounting,OU=Groups,DC=contoso,DC=com","cn=Linda.Mitchell,OU=People,DC=contoso,DC=com;cn=Scott.Mitchell,OU=People,DC=contoso,DC=com"
    Then save it as an .csv file and it should work

    on this site CSVDE
     
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