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Failed to create the Active Directory machine account during CIFS setup

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12/15/2024, 11:05:20 AM

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

 

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