AveryFreeman's Accepted Solutions

OK, I figured out the problem I had accidentally set the datastore location as an NFS datastore.  Major oversight on my part. Anyway, I'm glad to know there isn't anything terribly wrong with my new host - just some serious user error.  Pretty tired from all the time I've put into this thing over the last few days and now making dumb mistakes!

I was having the GEN_FAILURE code 0x0000001f problem too, so I skeptically installed SMB1, and it worked! I'm a little perplexed, though.  Why does something as modern as ESXi require SMB1 to function properly in an AD environment? SMB1 has serious security issues - a vulnerability found in it was the exploitation responsible for the WannaCry virus that took down huge swaths of the UK health ministry, etc. so needless to say, I usually turn it off. edit:  I found a reddit thread with instructions on how to enable SMB2 in ESXi and VCSA: https://www.reddit.com/r/vmware/comments/6biy08/wannacry_smb1_and_vsphere_products/