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CIFS creation from ONTAP System Manager failed with "Failed to create the Active Directory machine account. Reason: An account by this name already exists."

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • ONTAP System Manager

Issue

CIFS creation from ONTAP System Manager fails:

"Failed to create the Active Directory machine account. Reason: An account by this name already exists."

"An Active Directory account for this Vserver already exists. Having both a CIFS server and an Active Directory account for the same Vserver is no supported. Use the "vserver active-directory delete" command to delete the existing Acitve Directory account and try the command again."

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