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CIFS GPO update fails with error Failed to get Registry settings of GPO

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • CIFS/SMB
  • Group Policy Object (GPO)
  • Previously Migrated Domain Servers 
  • Windows Server Core Installation

Issue

  • Enabling GPO on a CIFS server fails with error Failed to get Registry settings of GPO

gpo.job.mainUpdateFailed: GPO Main Update job (e01bbac7-2e50-11ef-b6e7-d039ea5526a2) run failed for Vserver SVM, reason: Fetch failed: Failed to get Registry settings of GPO GPO_ID: Failed to get the registry file \\domain.****\sysvol\domain.****\Policies\{GPO_ID}\Machine\Registry.pol for Vserver SVM, Reason: Cmd failed.

  • EMS.log:

INFORMATIONAL mgmtgwd.jobmgr.jobcomplete.failure: Job "GPO Main Update" [id 2707] (CIFS Group Policy Complete Refresh for vserver) completed unsuccessfully: Fetch failed: Failed to get Registry settings of GPO e01bbac7-2e50-11ef-b6e7-d039ea5526a2: Failed to get the registry file \\*****\sysvol\*********\Policies\{e01bbac7-2e50-11ef-b6e7-d039ea5526a2}\Machine\Registry.pol for Vserver SVM, Reason: Cmd failed

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