Problems connecting so samba PDC

Hi,

I have two DSS devices running 3278 and they connected to a samba PDC just fine for the initial setup. The samba PDC is running on a VM that uses storage from DSS#1. When I moved DSS#1 I shutdown the ESX host and DSS#1, moved them and then started DSS#1 then the ESX host and the samba PDC VM. DSS#1 came up with an error message saying it could not connect to the PDC (correct because the PDC was not running yet), but when I tried to connect to the PDC I got the error:

"Data empty or connection error"

Eventually after hours of trying it finally reconnected. I had to upgrade the DSS#1 to 3518 to fix a bug, so I went through the shutdown process again, but this time it is not reconnecting after several hours of trying (it is now running 3518). DSS#2 that was not shutdown works fine and is connected (although I am afraid to reboot it).

I really need to get this working ASAP and appreciate any ideas. What do other people do for external directory services. Does it connect to MS ADS reliably?

Resolved. Confusion between samba, ldap, and unix passwords on the samba-ldap directory machine. Forcing a reset cleaned it all up.