diff --git a/commands/cmd_create_archive.go b/commands/cmd_create_archive.go
index 2164911..6a08f29 100644
--- a/commands/cmd_create_archive.go
+++ b/commands/cmd_create_archive.go
@@ -88,12 +88,12 @@ func (c *CmdCreateArchive) setLocalFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 		"The name of archive to be created.",
 	)
 	cmd.Flags().IntVar(
-		&c.createArchiveOptions.NumOfArchives,
+		&c.createArchiveOptions.NumRestorePoint,
 		"num-restore-points",
 		vclusterops.CreateArchiveDefaultNumRestore,
 		"Maximum number of restore points that archive can contain."+
 			"If you provide 0, the number of restore points will be unlimited. "+
-			"By default, the value is 0.",
+			"By default, the value is 0. Negative number is disallowed.",
 	)
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(
 		&c.createArchiveOptions.Sandbox,
@@ -122,8 +122,6 @@ func (c *CmdCreateArchive) Parse(inputArgv []string, logger vlog.Printer) error
 }
 
 // all validations of the arguments should go in here
-//
-//nolint:dupl
 func (c *CmdCreateArchive) validateParse(logger vlog.Printer) error {
 	logger.Info("Called validateParse()")
 
@@ -132,6 +130,11 @@ func (c *CmdCreateArchive) validateParse(logger vlog.Printer) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	err = c.setConfigParam(&c.createArchiveOptions.DatabaseOptions)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	if !c.usePassword() {
 		err = c.getCertFilesFromCertPaths(&c.createArchiveOptions.DatabaseOptions)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -139,11 +142,6 @@ func (c *CmdCreateArchive) validateParse(logger vlog.Printer) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	err = c.setConfigParam(&c.createArchiveOptions.DatabaseOptions)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	err = c.setDBPassword(&c.createArchiveOptions.DatabaseOptions)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/commands/cmd_save_restore_point.go b/commands/cmd_save_restore_point.go
index 6dc3f62..c3c6fc7 100644
--- a/commands/cmd_save_restore_point.go
+++ b/commands/cmd_save_restore_point.go
@@ -107,8 +107,6 @@ func (c *CmdSaveRestorePoint) Parse(inputArgv []string, logger vlog.Printer) err
 }
 
 // all validations of the arguments should go in here
-//
-//nolint:dupl
 func (c *CmdSaveRestorePoint) validateParse(logger vlog.Printer) error {
 	logger.Info("Called validateParse()")
 
diff --git a/vclusterops/create_archive.go b/vclusterops/create_archive.go
index 037328b..cb2a640 100644
--- a/vclusterops/create_archive.go
+++ b/vclusterops/create_archive.go
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ type VCreateArchiveOptions struct {
 	// Required arguments
 	ArchiveName string
 	// Optional arguments
-	NumOfArchives int
-	Sandbox       string
+	NumRestorePoint int
+	Sandbox         string
 }
 
 func VCreateArchiveFactory() VCreateArchiveOptions {
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func (options *VCreateArchiveOptions) validateRequiredOptions(logger vlog.Printe
 }
 
 func (options *VCreateArchiveOptions) validateExtraOptions() error {
-	if options.NumOfArchives < 0 {
+	if options.NumRestorePoint < 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("number of restore points must greater than 0")
 	}
 	if options.Sandbox != "" {
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ func (vcc *VClusterCommands) produceCreateArchiveInstructions(options *VCreateAr
 	bootstrapHost := []string{getInitiator(hosts)}
 
 	httpsCreateArchiveOp, err := makeHTTPSCreateArchiveOp(bootstrapHost, options.usePassword,
-		options.UserName, options.Password, options.ArchiveName, options.NumOfArchives)
+		options.UserName, options.Password, options.ArchiveName, options.NumRestorePoint)
 	if err != nil {
 		return instructions, err
 	}