It looks like I might be the only one having this problem.
I've recently installed the vMA appliance and used this PDF as an installation guide:
https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-55/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vma_55_guide.pdf
The Domain controller is a Windows 2008 R2.
The vMA server is vSphere 5.5.0.3 Build 2301366
(vMA was updated to this version immediately after the install via the web interface)
Following the instruction to join the local domain that vcenter is on I ran this command:
sudo domainjoin-cli --loglevel verbose --log . join <my_domain> Administrator
(I added the loglevel and log argument after experiencing the problem in order to provide better error details below)
This is the relevant error that it produces:
20150505005817:INFO:Checking status of daemon [/etc/init.d/lsassd]
20150505005817:INFO:Daemon [/etc/init.d/lsassd]: status [3]
20150505005817:INFO:Getting DC
20150505005817:ERROR:Lsass Error [CENTERROR_DOMAINJOIN_UNRESOLVED_DOMAIN_NAME]
0x9CAC - Failed to lookup the domain controller for given domain. Check that the domain name is correctly entered. Check that your DNS server is reachable, and that your system is configured to use DNS in nsswitch. Check that port 389 UDP is not blocked by your firewall.
I can ping my PDC and the PDC can ping the vMA server.
No firewall was installed or any other software for that matter and I am able to add other servers to the domain with no problem.
What should I be looking for here?
Thanks for any info.