Unable to rename CIFS server to a specific name
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Issue
Unable to rename CIFS server to a specific name
cluster1::*> vserver cifs server modify -vserver svm2 -cifs-server CIFS3 -domain DEMO.NETAPP.COM -ou CN=Computers -default-site "" -status-admin up
Error message returned in CLI:
Error: Machine account creation procedure failed
[ 336] Loaded the preliminary configuration.
[ 340] Successfully connected to ip 192.168.0.253, port 88 using
TCP
[ 733] Successfully connected to ip 192.168.0.253, port 389
using TCP
**[ 745] FAILURE: Could not modify account
** 'cn=CIFS3,CN=Computers,dc=DEMO,dc=NETAPP,dc=COM': Server
** is unwilling to perform
[ 752] Renamed existing account
'cn=CIFS3,CN=Computers,dc=DEMO,dc=NETAPP,dc=COM' to
'cn=CIFS2,CN=Computers,DC=demo,DC=netapp,DC=com'
Error: command failed: Failed to create the Active Directory machine account "CIFS3". Reason: LDAP Error: The server does not handle directory requests.