Creating a copy of an existing instance with the command-line utility

Use the command-line utility, idsideploy , to create a copy of an instance.

Before you begin

To create a copy of an existing instance, you must meet the following requirements:

Start the ibmslapd process and administration server of the source instance in normal mode. See Starting or stopping a directory server and an administration server with command-line utilities.
Ensure that the source directory server is accessible from the computer on which you want to create the instance copy.

Log in as root user on AIX® or Linux™, and as an administrator member on Windows™.
Change the current working directory to the sbin subdirectory in the IBM® Security Verify Directory installation location.
To create an instance copy without the data from an existing directory server instance, run the following command:
```
idsideploy -sU ldap://host:port -sD src_adminDN -sw src_adminPWD
-e encryptionseed -I instance_name -a instPWD -D adminDN
-w adminPWD -l inst_location 
```
For more information about the idsideploy command, see Command Reference.