Get-SmPolicy

10/14/2025

Retrieves details about one or more policy.

Syntax

Get-SmPolicy [-PolicyName]  <String>  [-DatasetName]  <String>

Detailed Description

Retrieves details about one or more policy. You can retrieve details about a specific policy or about all policies in a resource group.

Parameters

Name	Description	Required?	Pipeline Input	Default Value
PolicyName	Specifies the name of the policy for which you want details.	false	true (ByPropertyName)
DatasetName	Specifies a dataset. This parameter retrieves policy details for each policy in the dataset.	false	true (ByPropertyName)

Name

Description

Required?

Pipeline Input

Default Value

PolicyName

Specifies the name of the policy for which you want details.

false

true (ByPropertyName)

DatasetName

Specifies a dataset. This parameter retrieves policy details for each policy in the dataset.

false

true (ByPropertyName)

Examples

Example 1: Retrieving information about a policy

 Get-SmPolicy -PolicyName "Full Backup with Replication"

This example syntax gets information about the specified policy.

ApplySnapvaultUpdate: True
ApplyRetention  : True
RetentionCount  : 2
RetentionDays   : 0
ApplySnapMirrorUpdate   : True
SnapVaultLabel  : OneTime
MirrorVaultUpdateRetryCount : 7
AppPolicies : {}
Description :
PreScriptPath   :
PreScriptArguments  :
PostScriptPath  :
PostScriptArguments :
ScriptTimeOut   : 60000
DateModified: 6/10/2015 7:18:50 PM
DateCreated : 6/8/2015 11:03:07 PM
Schedule: SMCoreContracts.SmSchedule
PolicyType  : Backup
PluginPolicyType: SMSQL
Name: Full Backup with Replication
Type:
Id  : 1
Host:
UserName:
Passphrase  :
Deleted : False
Auth: SMCoreContracts.SmAuth
IsClone : False
CloneLevel  : 0
SmSqlBackupType: FullBackup
CopyOnlyBackup : False
CopyOnlyLogBackup  : False
UtmType: None
UtmCounts  : 7
UtmDays: 14
RunLiveDBCCBefore  : False
RunLiveDBCCAfter   : False
RetentionType  :
TruncateLog: True
VerificationAfterBackup: False
TransLogMark   :
TransLogDescription:
AGBackupType   : UsePreferredBackupReplica
AGReplicaType  : Primary
AGBackupPriorityMin: 1
AGBackupPriorityMax: 100
VerifyLogBackup: False
MaxDbConcurrentBackup  : 35
CreateLogFolderSnapshot: True
DeleteLogFolderSnapshot: False
LogFolderSnapshotRetentionType :
LogFolderSnapshotCounts: 0
LogFolderSnapshotDays  : 0
DeleteLogInShare   : False
LogInShareRetentionType:
LogInShareCounts   :
LogInShareDays :
CopyLogToShare : False
CopyLogToShareType :
VerifyPolicy   : SMCoreContracts.SmVerificationPolicy
Name   :
Type   :
Id :
Host   :
UserName   :
Passphrase :
Deleted: False
Auth   : SMCoreContracts.SmAuth
IsClone: False
CloneLevel : 0

Example 2: Retrieving information for policies in a dataset

 Get-SmPolicy -DatasetName DB_ON_I_S_DRIVE_ds

ApplySnapvaultUpdate: True
ApplyRetention  : True
RetentionCount  : 2
RetentionDays   : 0
ApplySnapMirrorUpdate   : True
SnapVaultLabel  : OneTime
MirrorVaultUpdateRetryCount : 7
AppPolicies : {}
Description :
PreScriptPath   :
PreScriptArguments  :
PostScriptPath  :
PostScriptArguments :
ScriptTimeOut   : 60000
DateModified: 6/10/2015 7:18:50 PM
DateCreated : 6/8/2015 11:03:07 PM
Schedule: SMCoreContracts.SmSchedule
PolicyType  : Backup
PluginPolicyType: SMSQL
Name: Full Backup with Replication
Type:
Id  : 1
Host:
UserName:
Passphrase  :
Deleted : False
Auth: SMCoreContracts.SmAuth
IsClone : False
CloneLevel  : 0
SmSqlBackupType: FullBackup
CopyOnlyBackup : False
CopyOnlyLogBackup  : False
UtmType: None
UtmCounts  : 7
UtmDays: 14
RunLiveDBCCBefore  : False
RunLiveDBCCAfter   : False
RetentionType  :
TruncateLog: True
VerificationAfterBackup: False
TransLogMark   :
TransLogDescription:
AGBackupType   : UsePreferredBackupReplica
AGReplicaType  : Primary
AGBackupPriorityMin: 1
AGBackupPriorityMax: 100
VerifyLogBackup: False
MaxDbConcurrentBackup  : 35
CreateLogFolderSnapshot: True
DeleteLogFolderSnapshot: False
LogFolderSnapshotRetentionType :
LogFolderSnapshotCounts: 0
LogFolderSnapshotDays  : 0
DeleteLogInShare   : False
LogInShareRetentionType:
LogInShareCounts   :
LogInShareDays :
CopyLogToShare : False
CopyLogToShareType :
VerifyPolicy   : SMCoreContracts.SmVerificationPolicy
Name   :
Type   :
Id :
Host   :
UserName   :
Passphrase :
Deleted: False
Auth   : SMCoreContracts.SmAuth
IsClone: False
CloneLevel : 0

GetSmPolicy for custom DB2 plugin

 Get-SmPolicy -PolicyName SECONDARY_SNAPMIRROR

Custom plug-in DB2 policy with SnapMirror update enabled

BackupType  : DATA
SchedulerType   : None
RetentionCount  : 24
RetentionDays   : 0
VerificationEnabled : False
ApplyRetention  : True
ApplySnapMirrorUpdate   : True
ApplySnapvaultUpdate: False
MirrorVaultUpdateRetryCount : 3
RetentionCount  : 24
RetentionDays   : 0
SnapVaultLabel  :
AppPolicies : {}
DateCreated : 8/21/2016 4:23:20 PM
DateModified: 8/21/2016 4:23:20 PM
Description : testPolicy
PluginPolicyType: DB2
PolicyType  : Backup
PostScriptArguments :
PostScriptPath  :
PreScriptArguments  :
PreScriptPath   :
Schedules   : {}
Schedule: SMCoreContracts.SmSchedule
ScriptTimeOut   : 60
Name: SECONDARY_SNAPMIRROR
Type:
Id  : 23
Host:
UserName:
Passphrase  :
Deleted : False
Auth: SMCoreContracts.SmAuth
IsClone : False
CloneLevel  : 0
Hosts   : {}
PolicyId : 23
PluginName   : DB2
PluginParams : SMCoreContracts.SmKeyValueCollection
Name :
Type :
Id   :
Host :
UserName :
Passphrase   :
Deleted  : False
Auth : SMCoreContracts.SmAuth
IsClone  : False
CloneLevel   : 0
Hosts: {}