---
title: "Enable-VBRCDPPolicy"
description: "Enables CDP policies including Cloud Director CDP policies, CDP policies, cloud CDP policies and so on. Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License This cmdlet enables CDP policies that were disabled."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/enable-vbrcdppolicy.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Continuous Data Protection (CDP) > CDP Policy Management > Enable-VBRCDPPolicy"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# Enable-VBRCDPPolicy

## Short Description
Enables CDP policies including Cloud Director CDP policies, CDP policies, cloud CDP policies and so on.

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

## Syntax
```
Enable-VBRCDPPolicy -Policy <VBRCDPPolicyBase[]> [-Force] [-WhatIf]
 [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet enables CDP policies that were disabled.

Run the [`Disable-VBRCDPPolicy`](disable-vbrcdppolicy.md) cmdlet to disable policies.

## Parameters

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      <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">Force</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the cmdlet will enable policy without showing warnings in the PowerShell console.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</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">Policy</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an array of CDP policies.The cmdlet will enable these policies.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBRCDPPolicyBase[]</code> object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrcdppolicy.md"><code>Get-VBRCDPPolicy</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBRCDPPolicyBase[]</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">Confirm</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the cmdlet will display a prompt that asks if you want to continue running the command.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</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">WhatIf</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the cmdlet will write a message that describes the effects of running the cmdlet without actually performing any action.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</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).

## Examples

::: example
### Enabling CDP Policies

This example shows how to enable CDP policies including Cloud Director CDP policies, CDP policies, cloud CDP policies and so on.

```
$policy = Get-VBRCDPPolicy
Enable-VBRCDPPolicy -Policy $policy
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRCDPPolicy`](get-vbrcdppolicy.md) cmdlet. Save the result to the `$policy` variable.
2. Run the `Enable-VBRCDPPolicy` cmdlet. Set the `$policy` variable as the `Policy` parameter value.

:::

## Related Commands

[`Get-VBRCDPPolicy`](get-vbrcdppolicy.md)