Failed to join the AD domain due to an error Entry for host-address:IP_address not found in any of the available sources In order to create an Active Directory machine account for the CIFS server, you...Failed to join the AD domain due to an error Entry for host-address:IP_address not found in any of the available sources In order to create an Active Directory machine account for the CIFS server, you privileges to add computers to the "CN=Computers" container within the [47] Entry for host-address: IP_address not found in the host-address:IP_address not found in any of the Error: command failed: Failed to create the Active Directory machine account
In situations were the domain admin does not have access in AD to be able to create the machine account, at all or in a specifc OU, but does have the access to make modifications to existing account, ...In situations were the domain admin does not have access in AD to be able to create the machine account, at all or in a specifc OU, but does have the access to make modifications to existing account, a CIFS create would fail using thier creditials. In situation like this the cifs server machine account can be created in Active Directory prior to the vserver cifs create or vserver active-directory create command being run.
Applies to ONTAP 9 Issue When trying to create/setup CIFS server, you get get errors: Server is unwilling to perform LDAP Error: The server does not handle directory requests
Applies to ONTAP 9 VMware VCenter CIFS Issue When VCenter attempts to perform a backup to ONTAP via CIFS, the following error is encountered: [BackupManager::CreateTargetBackupDir:BackupManager.py:111...Applies to ONTAP 9 VMware VCenter CIFS Issue When VCenter attempts to perform a backup to ONTAP via CIFS, the following error is encountered: [BackupManager::CreateTargetBackupDir:BackupManager.py:111] ERROR: Failed to create backup directory Plugin error occurred. ErrCode: 5, Args: () A packet trace of this failure does now show the client attempting to create the indicated directory The backup job is successful when run using NFS or when run against a Windows server via SMB