---
title: "Add-VBRUniversalCDPPolicy"
description: "Creates a universal CDP policy. Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License This cmdlet creates a universal CDP policy. The cmdlet creates a CDP policy in the disabled state unless you enable a policy schedule."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/add-vbruniversalcdppolicy.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Continuous Data Protection (CDP) > Universal CDP Policy > Add-VBRUniversalCDPPolicy"
dateModified: "2026-08-20"
---

# Add-VBRUniversalCDPPolicy

## Short Description
Creates a universal CDP policy.

**Product Edition**: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

## Syntax
```
Add-VBRUniversalCDPPolicy -SourceObject <VBRUniversalCDPSource[]> [-ExcludedObject <VBRUniversalCDPSource[]>]
 -Destination <IUniversalCdpDestination> [-Name <String>] [-Description <String>]
 [-NetworkMapping <VBRUniversalCDPNetworkMappingRule[]>] [-SourceProxy <VBRCDPProxy[]>]
 [-TargetProxy <VBRCDPProxy[]>] [-Suffix <String>] [-CompressionLevel <VBRCompressionLevel>]
 [-NotificationOptions <VBRNotificationOptions>] [-RetentionOptions <VBRCDPPolicyRetentionOptions>]
 [-RepositorySeed <CBackupRepository>] [-OriginalMachine <VBRDiscoveredComputer[]>]
 [-ReplicaMachine <VBRNamedObject[]>] [-GuestProcessingOptions <VBRApplicationProcessingOptions[]>]
 [-ReIpRule <IViReIpRule[]>] [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet creates a universal CDP policy.

::: note

The cmdlet creates a CDP policy in the disabled state unless you enable a policy schedule. Run the [`Enable-VBRCDPPolicy`](enable-vbrcdppolicy.md) cmdlet to enable the policy.

:::

## Parameters

<table style="width:100%;" class="Blue_Table">
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Parameter</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Description</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Type</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Required</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Position</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Accept Pipeline Input</p>
        </th>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">CompressionLevel</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the compression level of the replicated data:</p><ul><li><code>None</code>: use this option if you do not want to enable data compression.</li><li><code>Dedupe-friendly</code>: use this option to set a dedupe-friendly compression level.</li><li><code>Optimal</code>: use this option to set an optimal compression level.</li><li><code>High</code>: use this option to set a high compression level.</li><li><code>Extreme</code>: use this option to set an extreme compression level.</li></ul><p>Default: <code>Optimal</code>.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBRCompressionLevel</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Description</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a description for the universal CDP policy.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>String</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Destination</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the settings of the target location where the workloads will be replicated.</p><p>Accepts the <code>IUniversalCdpDestination</code> object. To create this object, run the <a href="new-vbruniversalcdpvidestination.md"><code>New-VBRUniversalCDPViDestination</code></a> or <a href="new-vbruniversalcdpclouddestination.md"><code>New-VBRUniversalCDPCloudDestination</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>IUniversalCdpDestination</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">ExcludedObject</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the array of workloads that you want to exclude from the universal CDP policy processing.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBRUniversalCDPSource[]</code> object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrdiscoveredcomputer.md"><code>Get-VBRDiscoveredComputer</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBRUniversalCDPSource[]</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">GuestProcessingOptions</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the array of guest processing settings for the universal CDP policy.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBRApplicationProcessingOptions[]</code> object. To create this object, run the <a href="new-vbrapplicationprocessingoptions.md"><code>New-VBRApplicationProcessingOptions</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBRApplicationProcessingOptions[]</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Name</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a name for the universal CDP policy.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>String</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">NetworkMapping</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the array of network mapping settings.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBRUniversalCDPNetworkMappingRule[]</code> object. To get this object, run the <a href="new-vbruniversalcdpnetworkmappingrule.md"><code>New-VBRUniversalCDPNetworkMappingRule</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBRUniversalCDPNetworkMappingRule[]</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">NotificationOptions</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies notification settings of the universal CDP policy.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBRNotificationOptions</code> object. To create this object, run the <a href="new-vbrnotificationoptions.md"><code>New-VBRNotificationOptions</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vbrnotificationoptions.md"><code>VBRNotificationOptions</code></a></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">OriginalMachine</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>For replica mapping.</p><p>Specifies an array of production workloads that you want to replicate using replica mapping.</p><p>The universal CDP policy will map these workloads to the workloads in the disaster recovery site.</p><p>Use the <code>ReplicaMachine</code> parameter to specify the replicated workloads on the disaster recovery site.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBRDiscoveredComputer[]</code> object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrdiscoveredcomputer.md"><code>Get-VBRDiscoveredComputer</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vbrdiscoveredcomputer.md"><code>VBRDiscoveredComputer[]</code></a></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">ReIpRule</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the array of re-IP rules. Use re-IP rules when the workloads must be replicated to a network with a different IP addressing scheme.</p><p>Accepts the <code>IViReIpRule[]</code> object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrvireplicareiprule.md"><code>Get-VBRViReplicaReIpRule</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>IViReIpRule[]</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">ReplicaMachine</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>For replica mapping.</p><p>Specifies an array of workloads on the disaster recovery site.</p><p>The cmdlet will map the production workloads to these workloads.</p><p>Use the <code>OriginalMachine</code> parameter to specify the production workloads.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBRNamedObject[]</code> object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrvivm.md"><code>Get-VBRViVM</code></a> , <a href="get-vbrvicloudvm.md"><code>Get-VBRViCloudVM</code></a> or <a href="get-vbrvcdcloudvm.md"><code>Get-VBRvCDCloudVM</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBRNamedObject[]</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">RepositorySeed</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>For replica seeding. Specifies the backup repository that keeps a full backup of workloads that you want to replicate.</p><p><strong>Note</strong>: Backups for seeding must be created by Veeam Agent for Linux or Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows.</p><p>Accepts the <code>CBackupRepository</code> object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrbackuprepository.md"><code>Get-VBRBackupRepository</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>CBackupRepository</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">RetentionOptions</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies retention settings of the universal CDP policy.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBRCDPPolicyRetentionOptions</code> object. To create this object, run the <a href="new-vbrcdppolicyretentionoptions.md"><code>New-VBRCDPPolicyRetentionOptions</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBRCDPPolicyRetentionOptions</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">SourceObject</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the workloads or protection groups that you want to protect with universal CDP.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBRUniversalCDPSource[]</code> object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrdiscoveredcomputer.md"><code>Get-VBRDiscoveredComputer</code></a> or <a href="get-vbrprotectiongroup.md"><code>Get-VBRProtectionGroup</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBRUniversalCDPSource[]</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">SourceProxy</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the array of the source CDP proxies that you want to use.</p><p>Default: <code>Automatic selection</code>.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBRCDPProxy[]</code> object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrcdpproxy.md"><code>Get-VBRCDPProxy</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBRCDPProxy[]</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Suffix</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the suffix that the cmdlet will add to the name of replicas.</p><p>Default: "<code>_replica</code>".</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>String</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">TargetProxy</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the array of the target CDP proxies that you want to use.</p><p>Default: <code>Automatic selection</code>.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBRCDPProxy[]</code> object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrcdpproxy.md"><code>Get-VBRCDPProxy</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBRCDPProxy[]</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>

`<CommonParameters>`

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see [ Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_commonparameters?view=powershell-7).

## Output Object
The cmdlet returns the `VBRUniversalCDPPolicy` object that defines settings of the universal CDP policy.

## Examples

::: example
### Example 1. Creating Universal CDP Policy

This example shows how to create the `Universal CDP` policy that will replicate the `CDP Protection Group` to the cluster.

```
$cluster = Find-VBRViEntity -Name "CDP cluster"
$server = Get-VBRServer -Name "prgtwesx01-virt.tech.local"
$pool = Find-VBRViEntity -Server $server -ResourcePools -Name Rep-Org-Ti*
$destination = New-VBRUniversalCDPViDestination -TargetCluster $cluster -ResourcePool $pool
$group = Get-VBRProtectionGroup -Name "Protection Group CDP"
$policy = Add-VBRUniversalCDPPolicy -SourceObject $group -Destination $destination -Name "Universal CDP Policy PS" -Description "Universal CDP for protection group"
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Find-VBRViEntity`](find-vbrvientity.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$cluster` variable.
2. Run the [`Get-VBRServer`](get-vbrserver.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$server` variable.
3. Run the [`Find-VBRViEntity`](find-vbrvientity.md) cmdlet. Set the `$server` variable as the `Server` parameter value. Specify the `ResourcePools` and `Name` parameter values. Save the result to the `$pool` variable.
4. Run the [`New-VBRUniversalCDPViDestination`](new-vbruniversalcdpvidestination.md) cmdlet. Set the `$cluster` variable as the `TargetCluster` parameter value. Set the `$pool` variable as the `ResourcePool` parameter value. Save the result to the `$destination` variable.
5. Run the [`Get-VBRProtectionGroup`](get-vbrprotectiongroup.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$group` variable.
6. Run the `Add-VBRUniversalCDPPolicy` cmdlet. Specify the following settings:

   - Set the `$group` variable as the `SourceObject` parameter value.
   - Set the `$destination` variable as the `Destination` parameter value.
   - Specify the `Name` parameter value.
   - Specify the `Description` parameter value.
   - Save the result to the `$policy` variable.

:::

::: example
### Example 2. Creating Universal CDP Policy with Guest Processing

This example shows how to create a universal CDP policy with application-aware processing enabled for Windows workloads.

```
$cluster = Find-VBRViEntity -Name "CDP cluster"
$server = Get-VBRServer -Name "prgtwesx01-virt.tech.local"
$pool = Find-VBRViEntity -Server $server -ResourcePools -Name Rep-Org-Ti*
$destination = New-VBRUniversalCDPViDestination -TargetCluster $cluster -ResourcePool $pool
$group = Get-VBRProtectionGroup -Name "Protection Group CDP"
$guestprocessing = New-VBRApplicationProcessingOptions -BackupObject $group -OSPlatform Windows -Enable -GeneralTransactionLogAction ProcessLogsWithJob
Add-VBRUniversalCDPPolicy -SourceObject $group -Destination $destination -Name "Universal CDP Policy PS" -Description "Universal CDP for protection group" -GuestProcessingOptions $guestprocessing
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Find-VBRViEntity`](find-vbrvientity.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$cluster` variable.
2. Run the [`Get-VBRServer`](get-vbrserver.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$server` variable.
3. Run the [`Find-VBRViEntity`](find-vbrvientity.md) cmdlet. Set the `$server` variable as the `Server` parameter value. Specify the `ResourcePools` and `Name` parameter values. Save the result to the `$pool` variable.
4. Run the [`New-VBRUniversalCDPViDestination`](new-vbruniversalcdpvidestination.md) cmdlet. Set the `$cluster` variable as the `TargetCluster` parameter value. Set the `$pool` variable as the `ResourcePool` parameter value. Save the result to the `$destination` variable.
5. Run the [`Get-VBRProtectionGroup`](get-vbrprotectiongroup.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$group` variable.
6. Run the [`New-VBRApplicationProcessingOptions`](new-vbrapplicationprocessingoptions.md) cmdlet. Specify the following settings:

   - Set the `$group` variable as the `BackupObject` parameter value.
   - Set the `Windows` value as the `OSPlatform` parameter value.
   - Provide the `Enable` parameter.
   - Set the `ProcessLogsWithJob` value as the `GeneralTransactionLogAction` parameter value.
   - Save the result to the `$guestprocessing` variable.

7. Run the `Add-VBRUniversalCDPPolicy` cmdlet. Specify the following settings:

   - Set the `$group` variable as the `SourceObject` parameter value.
   - Set the `$destination` variable as the `Destination` parameter value.
   - Specify the `Name` parameter value.
   - Specify the `Description` parameter value.
   - Set the `$guestprocessing` variable as the `GuestProcessingOptions` parameter value.

:::

## Related Commands

- [`Find-VBRViEntity`](find-vbrvientity.md)
- [`Get-VBRBackupRepository`](get-vbrbackuprepository.md)
- [`Get-VBRCDPProxy`](get-vbrcdpproxy.md)
- [`Get-VBRDiscoveredComputer`](get-vbrdiscoveredcomputer.md)
- [`Get-VBRProtectionGroup`](get-vbrprotectiongroup.md)
- [`Get-VBRServer`](get-vbrserver.md)
- [`Get-VBRViReplicaReIpRule`](get-vbrvireplicareiprule.md)
- [`Get-VBRViVM`](get-vbrvivm.md)
- [`New-VBRApplicationProcessingOptions`](new-vbrapplicationprocessingoptions.md)
- [`New-VBRCDPPolicyRetentionOptions`](new-vbrcdppolicyretentionoptions.md)
- [`New-VBRNotificationOptions`](new-vbrnotificationoptions.md)
- [`New-VBRUniversalCDPNetworkMappingRule`](new-vbruniversalcdpnetworkmappingrule.md)
- [`New-VBRUniversalCDPViDestination`](new-vbruniversalcdpvidestination.md)