Windows Domain join issue
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@dbeato said in Windows Domain join issue:
@fuznutz04 said in Windows Domain join issue:
It's been forever since I have worked with Windows domains. But today, I have to join a Windows 10 PC to a domain. I keep getting the error:
"The specified network name is no longer available."Primary DNS is set to the DC IP on the PC .
Pinging domain name gets a reply from the DC IP as expected.I know this is something simple, but I am not finding it.
Any ideas?
What is the secondary DNS on the network card?
^^ This -- make sure that there isn't an external DNS as backup on the machine you're trying to add to the domain, even if the DC is the primary it'll bork on joining if there's anything external to the domain as secondary / tertiary etc
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@notverypunny said in Windows Domain join issue:
@dbeato said in Windows Domain join issue:
@fuznutz04 said in Windows Domain join issue:
It's been forever since I have worked with Windows domains. But today, I have to join a Windows 10 PC to a domain. I keep getting the error:
"The specified network name is no longer available."Primary DNS is set to the DC IP on the PC .
Pinging domain name gets a reply from the DC IP as expected.I know this is something simple, but I am not finding it.
Any ideas?
What is the secondary DNS on the network card?
^^ This -- make sure that there isn't an external DNS as backup on the machine you're trying to add to the domain, even if the DC is the primary it'll bork on joining if there's anything external to the domain as secondary / tertiary etc
OK, no longer getting the original error message. (I had an external dns set as a secondary on the PC I am trying to join). Now, I am gettiing "The target account name is incorrect"
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@fuznutz04 said in Windows Domain join issue:
he target account name is incorrect
Anything on the event logs?
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Nothing that stands out for this. I am getting replication errors that I need to solve. (having issues replicating to this DC to my COLO DC, but I wouldn't think that this would cause issues with me joining a PC to the domain at this location.)
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@fuznutz04 said in Windows Domain join issue:
Nothing that stands out for this. I am getting replication errors that I need to solve. (having issues replicating to this DC to my COLO DC, but I wouldn't think that this would cause issues with me joining a PC to the domain at this location.)
Yeah, your PC had flipped DNS to the external one - so no surprise on the replication errors.
Target account name is incorrect - huh..
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@Dashrender said in Windows Domain join issue:
@fuznutz04 said in Windows Domain join issue:
Nothing that stands out for this. I am getting replication errors that I need to solve. (having issues replicating to this DC to my COLO DC, but I wouldn't think that this would cause issues with me joining a PC to the domain at this location.)
Yeah, your PC had flipped DNS to the external one - so no surprise on the replication errors.
Target account name is incorrect - huh..
not sure what would be about...Hate to be the bearer of bad news but you might have to fix AD first...
EDIT: just came across this:
https://atherbeg.com/2017/01/04/error-while-joining-machine-to-domain-logon-failure-the-target-account-name-is-incorrect/ -
First try another PC or a VM to quickly be sure it's not just that device.
Then if same issue, start troubleshooting the DC.
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OK, we have success!
Steps to resolve:
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On the DC I was having issues with at the main site, I stopped the KDC Service (Kerberos Key Distribution Center Service)
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Then I ran this:
NETDOM RESETPWD /Server: <Domain Controller Name> /UserD:<Domain Admin Username> /PasswordD:<Domain Admin Password>- Rebooted the server.
After this, all of the strange event viewer errors in the DNS log, AD log, etc were gone. I can now successfully replicate across sites as well as join PCs to the domain. I'm not sure why this happened in the first place, but this fixed it.
Thanks for all the help!
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