KB-40656: Unable to run “RemoveAllOrphans.ps1” powershell script when ZPA is enabled

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KB-40656: Unable to run “RemoveAllOrphans.ps1” powershell script when ZPA is enabled

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10 September,20 at 07:38 PM

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Problem: To remove orphan objects run the following PowerShell script“.\RemoveAllOrphans.ps1”, but the following error is encountered “Cannot remove users from zone because auto provisioning is enabled” if ZPA is currently running.

Cause: To run script “.\RemoveAllOrphans.ps1” with ZPA enabled / running you have to include “-OverrideZPA” otherwise it will throw the error “Cannot remove users from zone because auto provisioning is enabled”

Workaround: Run script specifying “-OverrideZPA” to get around error, but this doesn't seem to work "Ex. PS C:\Program Files\Centrify\PowerShell\Centrify.DirectControl.PowerShell\Samples>.\RemoveAllOrphans.ps1 -OverrideZPA"

Solution: Add to the “end” of the following lines below “-OverrideZPA” in the RemoveAllOrphans.ps1 script and save changes. (See screenshot example below)

# Delete all the orphan use profile in computer zone

Get-CdmUserProfile -Computer $managedComputer | Where-Object {$_.IsOrphan} | remove-CdmUserProfile -OverrideZPA

# Delete all the orphan group profile in computer zone

Get-CdmGroupProfile -Computer $managedComputer | Where-Object {$_.IsOrphan} | remove-CdmGroupProfile -OverrideZPA

# Delete all the orphan use profile in zone

Get-CdmUserProfile -Zone $zone | Where-Object {$_.IsOrphan} | remove-CdmUserProfile -OverrideZPA

# Delete all the orphan group profile in zone

Get-CdmGroupProfile -Zone $zone | Where-Object {$_.IsOrphan} | remove-CdmGroupProfile -OverrideZPA

Run script with parameter "-OverrideZPA" (See example below)

PS C:\Program Files\Centrify\PowerShell\Centrify.DirectControl.PowerShell\Samples>.\RemoveAllOrphans.ps1 -OverrideZPA