windows fsx file share for multi-az is failing

Hi Rio,

I see that you are trying to deploy the FSx file share for Multi-AZ but it is failing with error message "File system creation failed. Amazon FSx is unable to create a file system within the specified Microsoft Active Directory."

There are a few potential causes for a file system creation failing, and troubleshooting steps depend on whether you are using an AWS Managed [1] or self-managed [2] Microsoft Active Directory.

Since you have successfully deployed a Single-AZ file share with the same parameters, you may want to look into configuring permissions specifically for Multi-AZ. There is an Amazon Web Services video tutorial [3] and associated Knowledge Center article [4] available on configuring permissions for creating a Multi-AZ Amazon FSx for Windows file server share with a self-managed Active Directory [3].

References:

[1] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/fsx/latest/WindowsGuide/unable-to-create-aws-mad.html

[2] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/fsx/latest/WindowsGuide/unable-to-create-fs-self-ad.html

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCcAMStPsvQ

[4] https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/fsx-multi-az-self-managed-ad/