The idsdbrestore utility displays error messages

The idsdbrestore utility displays error messages if the ldapdb.properties file is modified. You must replace the ldapdb.properties file to resolve this issue.

The idsdbrestore utility refers to the etc/ldapdb.properties file in the IBM® Security Verify Directory installation location and not the instance-specific ldapdb.properties file in the install-home/idsslapd-instance-name/etc directory during a restore operation.

If a user updated or modified the currentDB2InstallPath parameter in the ldapdb.properties file to a different DB2® installation path or to a different DB2 major version after the directory server instance creation, error messages are displayed when you run a restore operation.

To resolve this problem, user can temporarily copy the install-home/idsslapd-instance-name/etc/ldapdb.properties file to the etc subdirectory in the IBM Security Verify Directory installation location before you run a restore request with the idsdbrestore utility. After idsdbrestore completes the request, restore the original ldapdb.properties file.