Cifs server Machine account deleted from AD
Applies to
- CIFS / SMB
- ONTAP 9
- Data ONTAP 8 operating in 7-Mode
Issue
CIFS sessions cannot be authenticated.
In the output of the command: cifs domain discovered-servers show
we see that the Domain Controllers are marked as Unreachable :
RJ::> cifs domain discovered-servers show
Node: cm2240-4n1-ams
Vserver: vs1
Domain Name Type Preference DC-Name DC-Address Status
--------------- -------- ---------- --------------- --------------- ---------
nas.local KERBEROS favored dc-2012-251 10.216.251 undetermined
nas.local KERBEROS favored dc-2012-252 10.216.29.99 undetermined
nas.local KERBEROS favored rodc-2012-252 10.216.252 undetermined
nas.local MS-LDAP favored dc-2012-251 10.216.251 undetermined
nas.local MS-LDAP favored dc-2012-252 10.216.29.99 undetermined
nas.local MS-LDAP favored rodc-2012-252 10.216.252 undetermined
nas.local MS-DC favored RODC-2012-252 10.216.252 Unreachable
nas.local MS-DC favored dc-2012-251 10.216.251 Unreachable
nas.local MS-DC favored dc-2012-252 10.216.29.99 Unreachable
In a trace taken between the storage controller and the DC's we see: STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE
being displayed: