Can this info be stored in AD...?

[sandiyan]

All machines are part of a a domain(Win 2k/PDC/AD). Depending on
projects, we can have multiple environments(100s) each consisting of
various machines(servers and workstations)

I need to store various information in AD(LDAP), such that it can
fullfill two main purposes:

1. For OS patches/SQL server patches/security patches installs:
Each environment to have 2 sub-groups(Servers and Workstations) based
on the type of OS being run on machines - mainly W2K server(Servers)
and W2K Professional(Workstations)

2. For application installs:
Eah environment to have 4 subgroups depending on the type of
application being hosted on machines.

e.g.
For purpose 1:
Env1:
Servers - ServermachineA, ServermachineB
Workstation - WorkstationmachineA, WorkstationmachineC

Env2:
Servers - ServermachineC, ServermachineD, ServermachineE
Workstation - WorkstationmachineD, WorkstationmachineE

For purpose 2:
Env1:
App1 - ServermachineA
App2 - ServermachineB
App3 -
App4 - WorkstationmachineA, WorkstationmachineC

Env2:
App1 - ServermachineC
App2 - ServermachineD
App3 - ServermachineE
App4 - WorkstationmachineD, WorkstationmachineE

Can I use AD to store information such that I can query each
environment based on my purposes.
If yes, how can this be implemented...? OU/groups...
Thanks,
Sandiyan.

 

[Jamie Vachon [MVP]]

Yes, this information can be stored in the directory. You most likely
will want to create OUs for this purpose, as you can apply group
policy to them for pushing out service packs, updates, and software
(check out Software Update Service on search.microsoft.com).

In environment one, you would create OUs for the types of machines and
in environment two, you would create OUs for each type of application.

 

[sandiyan]

Thanks.
In my case, are we saying that we cannot setup OUs for the types of
machines and application for the same environment?
cheers,
Sandiyan