Creation of online backup image fails

When the idsideploy tool is used to create a copy of a directory server instance (along with database), the tool backs up the source database and restores it on the target server. During this process, all the internal database settings are also copied on to the target server as it is. The error messages that might get displayed are:

GLPDBB051E Failed to create path '/export/home/mybkup/back/INACTIVE_LOGS' 
for logging inactive log files.
GLPDBB010E Failed to back up directory server instance 'inst2'.

One of the reasons for this error is that the target database uses the same settings as the source database. You must set the archive path for the target server instance before you do the online backup operation for the target server instance. Otherwise, the online backup might fail. To know more about the idsdbback and idsideploy commands, see IBM® Security Verify Directory Command Reference.