ERROR whne using CMDLet Add-NcCifsServer to SVM in a particular OU

PADMANTECH — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:33:03 GMT

Hi All,

Wondering if anyone has been able to use the CMDLet Add-NcCifsServer to place a SVM in a particular Active Directory OU? I am getting the error when running the below:

$ADCred = Get-Credential -Message "Enter Active Directory account"

$SVM = "TestSVM"

Add-NcCifsServer -Name $SVM -Domain test.domain -OrganizationalUnit "OU=NetApp,OU=NonWindows,OU=Servers" -AdminCredential $ADCred -VserverContext $SVM

Error Message:

Add-NcCifsServer : Failed to create the Active Directory machine account "TestSVM". Reason: Cmd failed.

At line:1 char:1

+ Add-NcCifsServer -Name $SVM -Domain test.domain -OrganizationalUnit "OU=NetApp ...

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (192.168.x.x:NcController) [Add-NcCifsServer], EAPIERROR

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ApiException,DataONTAP.C.PowerShell.SDK.Cmdlets.Cifs.AddNcCifsServer

Any help most welcome.

Kind regards,

Jason

Re: ERROR whne using CMDLet Add-NcCifsServer to SVM in a particular OU

PADMANTECH — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 04:23:05 GMT

Hi All,

I Have found a work around for this and that is the create the Computer Account in AD first:

$ADCred = Get-Credential -Message "Enter Active Directory account to join SVM to AD"

New-ADComputer -Name $SVM -Description "NetApp SVM" -Path "OU=NetApp,OU=NonWindows,OU=Servers,DC=test,DC=domain" -Credential $ADCred

Add-NcCifsServer -Name $SVM -Domain test.domain -AdminCredential $ADCred -VserverContext $SVM -Force

Kind regards,

Jason

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