Active Directory Cookbook

11.2. Listing the Sites

Problem

You want to obtain the list of sites.

Solution

Using a graphical user interface

1. Open the Active Directory Sites and Services snap-in.

2. Click on the Sites container.

3. The list of sites will be displayed in the right pane.

4. Double-click on a site to view its properties.

Using a command-line interface

Run the following command to list the sites:

> dsquery site

Run the following command to view the properties for a particular site:

> dsget site "<SiteName>"

Using VBScript

' This code lists all of the site objects.

set objRootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE")
set objSitesCont = GetObject("LDAP://cn=sites," & _
                             objRootDSE.Get("configurationNamingContext") )
objSitesCont.Filter = Array("site")
for each objSite in objSitesCont
   Wscript.Echo "  " & objSite.Get("cn")
next

Discussion

Site objects are stored in the Sites container (e.g., cn=sites,cn=configuration,dc=rallencorp,dc=com) in the Configuration Naming Context (CNC). For more information on creating sites, see Recipe 11.1.