[Samba] Samba4 replication not working

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On 10/12/2016 1:57 PM, Ronny Forberger via samba wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I get the following error when I am trying to check the replication
> status of my samba4 dc:
>
> ERROR(<class 'samba.drs_utils.drsException'>): DRS connection to nidy.
> failed - drsException: DRS connection to nidy. failed: (-1073741772,
> 'The object name is not found.')
>    File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/samba/netcmd/drs.py", line
> 39, in drsuapi_connect
>      (ctx.drsuapi, ctx.drsuapi_handle, ctx.bind_supported_extensions) =
> drs_utils.drsuapi_connect(ctx.server, ctx.lp, ctx.creds)
>    File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/samba/drs_utils.py", line 54,
> in drsuapi_connect
>      raise drsException("DRS connection to %s failed: %s" % (server, e))
>
> What can be the cause?
>
> Best regards,
> Ronny Forberger
>

Is this a new DC?

I would quickly check if you have a A and CNAME record for the DC. 
Follow this link 
https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Verifying_and_Creating_a_DC_DNS_Record

-- 
-James