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Modifying domain to other domain fails with "An account by this name already exists in Active Directory"

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9 
  • CIFS
  • AD records are moved to a new Domain.

Issue

When the domain name is changed to a new one using CIFS modify, it fails with "An account by this name already exists in Active Directory" error.

 

 

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