Copy-SmPolicy

10/14/2025

Copies an existing policy.

Syntax

Copy-SmPolicy [-PolicyName]  <String>  [-NewPolicyName]  <String>

Detailed Description

Copies an existing policy, its attributes including retention and replication settings, and its scheduler information.

Parameters

Name	Description	Required?	Pipeline Input	Default Value
PolicyName	Specifies the policy you want to copy.	true	true (ByPropertyName)
NewPolicyName	Specifies the new policy name.	true	true (ByPropertyName)

Name

Description

Required?

Pipeline Input

Default Value

PolicyName

Specifies the policy you want to copy.

true

true (ByPropertyName)

NewPolicyName

Specifies the new policy name.

true

true (ByPropertyName)

Examples

Example 1: Creating a copy of a policy

 Copy-SmPolicy -PolicyName FinancePolicy -NewPolicyName NewFinancePolicy

This example syntax creates a copy of the specified policy.

ApplySnapvaultUpdate: False
ApplyRetention  : False
RetentionCount  : 0
RetentionDays   : 0
ApplySnapMirrorUpdate   : False
SnapVaultLabel  :
MirrorVaultUpdateRetryCount : 7
AppPolicies : {}
Description : FinancePolicy
PreScriptPath   :
PreScriptArguments  :
PostScriptPath  :
PostScriptArguments :
ScriptTimeOut   : 60000
DateModified: 8/4/2015 4:20:51 PM
DateCreated : 8/4/2015 4:20:51 PM
Schedule: SMCoreContracts.SmSchedule
PolicyType  : Backup
PluginPolicyType: SMSQL
Name: NewFinancePolicy
Type:
Id  : 2
Host:
UserName:
Passphrase  :
Deleted : False
Auth: SMCoreContracts.SmAuth
IsClone : False
CloneLevel  : 0

Example 2: Discovering SnapCenter for Windows plugin resources on a host

 Get-SmResources -HostName localhost -PluginCode scw -Verbose

This example syntax discovers the resources for the SnapCenter for Windows plug-in on the specified host.