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  • 1.  Configuration task returns warning

    Posted May 16, 2007 03:42 PM
    I'm trying to run a configuration task to add my client machines to Active Directory.  My domain is in the supported domains list.  The service account has full control of the necessary containers in Active Directory.  When I run my task I recieve the following warning:
     
    Details for:  Configuration
    Failed to join the domain AD:  The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted.
     
    If I attempt to add the machine to the domain using the service account username and password manually I am successful (so it's not the permissions on the service account).
     
    What am I missing?  What could be causing this.  When I get this error and go to the computer the computer name is changed as expected but AD appears in the workgroup field.  In the configuration template AD is in the domain. 
     
    Please help :womansad:


  • 2.  RE: Configuration task returns warning

    Posted May 17, 2007 07:00 AM
    Hi,
     
    FIrst thing to check when you get this warning is the netsetup.log in the \windows\debug directory. That contains a log of activities when joining the machine to domain.
     
    One common reason for this issue is DNS setup. Could you run netdiag from Windows support tools and see if it comes up with any errors?
     
    The process used by Console to add machines to AD is different to what we use manually. When console add machines to Domains, it does not send the credentials of the Console account to client. Those credentials are only used to create the account in the domain.
     
    Krish