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I have added a 2008R2 server as an ADC to a domain (S4 4.5.3);  and the instructions say to verify the DNS records...  what DNS records does one expect to find?  I think I know but looking in DNS it does not appear the server created any DNS records relating to being a DC. No GUID CNAME in _msdcs.micore.us, no SRV records in Default-First- Site-Name._tcp,... I have not yet rebooted the server

...es). NOTE: I'm testing the join with VirtualBox VMs so it's easy for me to get back to the same initial conditions. NOTE: I'd like to use Samba 4.7 instead of 4.6 because of this warning in Samba wiki https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Joining_a_Samba_DC_to_an_Existing_Active_Directory#Verifying_the_DNS_Entries : "If you join a Samba DC that runs Samba 4.7 and later, samba-tool created all required DNS entries automatically. To manually create the records on an earlier version, see Verifying and Creating a DC DNS Record." Here you are both logs: 4.7.4 (fail) and 4.6.7 (success). Hope someo...

...es). NOTE: I'm testing the join with VirtualBox VMs so it's easy for me to get back to the same initial conditions. NOTE: I'd like to use Samba 4.7 instead of 4.6 because of this warning in Samba wiki https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Joining_a_Samba_DC_to_an_Existing_Active_Directory#Verifying_the_DNS_Entries : "If you join a Samba DC that runs Samba 4.7 and later, samba-tool created all required DNS entries automatically. To manually create the records on an earlier version, see Verifying and Creating a DC DNS Record." Here you are both logs: 4.7.4 (fail) and 4.6.7 (success). Hope someo...

Thanks for your help. > On the Windows DC can you check that the A record is actually created? Yes, it is, and it persists after join failure. Another sign of presence of SRVAD-NEW on the old DC is the new computer account, created in "Domain controllers" folder in "Active Directory Users and Computers" at the beginning of join procedure then automatically removed just

...ng the join with VirtualBox VMs so it's easy for me to > get back to the same initial conditions. > > NOTE: I'd like to use Samba 4.7 instead of 4.6 because of this warning > in Samba wiki > https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Joining_a_Samba_DC_to_an_Existing_Active_Directory#Verifying_the_DNS_Entries > : > "If you join a Samba DC that runs Samba 4.7 and later, samba-tool > created all required DNS entries automatically. > To manually create the records on an earlier version, see Verifying > and Creating a DC DNS Record." > > Here you are both logs: 4.7.4 (fai...