Summary: How to restore data into Tivoli Directory Server.
Date: Around 2010
Refactor: 29 April 2025: Checked links and formatting.

Below you'll find a script I've used to restore LDAP data which was backup with this script: Script: Bash: TDS LDAP Backup.

#!/bin/bash
#set -x
 
### Export HOME and APP Settings
export LDAP_INSTANCE=idsfop
export LDAP_HOME=/opt/IBM/ldap/V6.0
export LDAPSEARCH="${LDAP_HOME}/bin/ldapsearch"
export APPDIR=$LDAP_HOME
 
### Read LDAP Restore Instance Settings
LDAPUSER1="cn=Directory Manager"
LDAPBASE1="o=organization.nl"
 
echo
echo "Please provide Directory Admin DN [$LDAPUSER1]:"
read LDAPUSER
echo
echo "Directory Admin password:"
read LDAPPASS
echo
echo "Please provide application base DN [$LDAPBASE1]:"
read LDAPBASE
echo
echo "Please provide password of db2 user account (UNIX):"
read DB2PASS
 
### If LDAPUSER is empty then use default setting
if [ -z "$LDAPUSER" ]; then
   LDAPUSER="$LDAPUSER1"
   echo "LDAP user being used = $LDAPUSER1"
fi
 
### If LDAPBASE is empty then use default setting
if [ -z "$LDAPBASE" ]; then
   LDAPBASE="$LDAPBASE1"
   echo "LDAP base being used = $LDAPBASE1"
fi
 
### Get live DB2 Settings
getConfigValueFromLdap() {
   $LDAPSEARCH -D "$LDAPUSER" -w $LDAPPASS -h localhost -s base -b "cn=Directory,cn=RDBM Backends,cn=IBM Directory,cn=Schemas,cn=Configuration" '(objectclass=*)' $1 | grep $1 | awk -F= '{ print $2 }'
}
 
echo
DB2USER=`getConfigValueFromLdap ibm-slapdDbUserID`
echo "DB2 User being used = $DB2USER"
DB2INSTANCE=`getConfigValueFromLdap ibm-slapdDbInstance`
echo "DB2 Instance being used = $DB2INSTANCE"
LDAPDB=`getConfigValueFromLdap ibm-slapdDbName`
echo "LDAP DB being used = $LDAPDB"
DBLOCATION=`getConfigValueFromLdap ibm-slapdDbLocation`
echo "DB Location = $DBLOCATION"
 
### Check for empty variables
if [ -z "$DB2USER" -o -z "$DB2INSTANCE" -o -z "$LDAPDB" -o -z "$DBLOCATION" ]; then
   echo
   echo "`tput bold``tput smul`ERROR - Could not retreive configuration setting from LDAP, ABORTING!`tput sgr0`"
   echo
   echo "Possible causes: "
   echo " - incorrect credentials (Directory Admin)"
   echo " - incorrect application DN provided"
   echo " - Directory server not running or reachable"
   echo
   exit 1
fi
 
restoreLdap() {
   echo "INFO - Stopping LDAP"
   echo ${APPDIR}/sbin/idsslapd -I $LDAP_INSTANCE -k
 
   echo "INFO -Removing suffix $LDAPBASE"
   echo ${APPDIR}/sbin/idsucfgsuf -I $LDAP_INSTANCE -n -s $LDAPBASE
 
   echo "INFO - Dropping instance  $LDAP_INSTANCE"
   echo ${APPDIR}/sbin/idsucfgdb -I $LDAP_INSTANCE -n -r
 
   echo "INFO - Creating instance  $LDAP_INSTANCE"
   echo ${APPDIR}/sbin/idscfgdb -I $LDAP_INSTANCE -n -a $DB2USER -l $DBLOCATION -t $LDAPDB -w $DB2PASS
 
   echo "INFO -Adding suffix $LDAPBASE"
   echo ${APPDIR}/sbin/idscfgsuf -I $LDAP_INSTANCE -n -s $LDAPBASE
 
   echo "INFO - Importing LDAP data..."
   echo ${APPDIR}/sbin/bulkload -I $LDAP_INSTANCE -i $LDIFFILE -a parse_and_load
 
   echo "INFO - Starting LDAP"
   echo ${APPDIR}/sbin/idsslapd -I $LDAP_INSTANCE
}
 
usageCommand() {
   echo
   echo "Usage $0 COMMAND:"
   echo "--------------------------------------"
   echo "`tput bold``tput smul`$0 restore "restorefile"`tput sgr0`"
   echo "--------------------------------------"
   echo
}
 
case "$1" in
 
restore )
   if [ ! -z "$2" ]; then
      if [ -f "$2" ]; then
         LDIFFILE=$2
         echo "LDAP file being used = $LDIFFILE"
         restoreLdap
      else
         echo
         echo "The restorefile provided does not exist"
         echo "Please provide the full path to the restore file"
         echo
         usageCommand
         exit 1
      fi
   else
      echo
      echo "Please provide the full path to the restore file"
      echo
      usageCommand
      exit 1
   fi
;;
 
* )
   usageCommand
   exit 1
;;
 
esac
 
echo
echo "INFO - LDAP restore finished"
echo