Failed to create the Active Directory machine account during CIFS setup
Applies to
Ontap 9
CIFS
Issue
CIFS setup fails trying to create the machine account during CIFS setup:
::> vserver cifs create -vserver cifs_svm -cifs-server CIFSSRV -domain domain.com -ou "OU=XXXXXX,OU=XXXXXXX,OU=XXXXXX,OU=XXXXXX,OU=XXXXXXX,DC=XXXXXXX,DC=XXXXXX" Error: Machine account creation procedure failed: [ 22] No servers availble for MS_LDAP_AD, vserver: 1, domain: DOMAIN.COM **[ 22] FAILURE: Uncaptured failure while creating server account Failed to create the Active Directory machine account "XXXXXXXX". Reason: SecD Error: no server available