Commit Failure with Error: Invalid wmi account name. Need to be domain\username

• Commit fails from Panorama to Managed Firewalls
• Error seen on Panorama:

Error: Need to config WMI account and password for querying Microsoft directory servers Commit failed

• Error message seen on the managed firewalls

On the firewall Error: Invalid wmi account name. Need to be domain\username Commit failed

 

• Panorama with Managed Firewalls
• Supported PAN-OS.
• User ID Authentication using WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation)

1. Create a dummy "wmi " username and password using GUI: Device > User identification >User Mapping :(setting) >WMI authentication : Username : domain\username Password
2. Commit the changes.