An administrator creates a View Composer linked clone pool of Windows XP Desktops, and the operation fails to finish customizing the desktops. The error log below provides more detail.
2010-09-21 12:46:04,281 [836] INFO Guest – [Guest.cpp, 248] Attempting to join Test1 to the domain vmw-dc.local
f3 2010-09-21 12:46:04,562 [836] FATAL Guest – [Guest.cpp, 261] Domain join faileD. 1265
f3 2010-09-21 12:46:04,718 [836] FATAL CSvmGaService – [svmGaService.cpp, 116] Domain join failedError 1265 (0x4f1): The system detected a possible attempt to compromise security. Please ensure that you can contact the server that authenticated you.
What is the cause of the error?
A.
Active Directory encryption levels
B.
Active Directory group policy
C.
Active Directory permissions
D.
Active Directory root certificate
Correct
This issue is caused by the default behavior of a Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 domain controller. In the default domain group side, there are NETLOGON service settings and the default is to prohibit the use of older versions of encryption protocol to connect.
To resolve this issue, allow the use of older encryption protocols:
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1028164