---
title: "Set-VBRvCDCDPPolicy"
description: "This cmdlet modifies a Cloud Director CDP policy. To modify settings, specify new values for the necessary parameters. The cmdlet will overwrite the previous parameter values with new values. The parameters that you omit will remain unchanged."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/set-vbrvcdcdppolicy.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > VMware Cloud Director > CDP for VMware Cloud Director > Cloud Director CDP Policy > Set-VBRvCDCDPPolicy"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# Set-VBRvCDCDPPolicy

## Short Description
Modifies a Cloud Director CDP policy.

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

## Syntax
```
Set-VBRvCDCDPPolicy -Policy <VBRvCDCDPPolicy> [-Name <String>] [-Description <String>]
 [-SourceObject <IVcdItem[]>] [-ExcludedObject <IVcdItem[]>] [-EnableNetworkMapping]
 [-SourceNetwork <VBRvCDOrgVdcNetworkInfo[]>] [-TargetNetwork <VBRvCDOrgVdcNetworkInfo[]>]
 [-EnableInitialSeeding] [-RepositorySeed <CBackupRepository>] [-EnableReplicaMapping]
 [-OriginalVApp <CVcdVappItem[]>] [-ReplicaVApp <CVcdVappItem[]>] [-SourceProxy <VBRCDPProxy[]>]
 [-TargetProxy <VBRCDPProxy[]>] [-Suffix <String>] [-EnableApplicationProcessing]
 [-GuestProcessingOptions <VBRReplicaApplicationProcessingOptions>] [-CompressionLevel <VBRCompressionLevel>]
 [-NotificationOptions <VBRNotificationOptions>] [-RetentionOptions <VBRCDPPolicyRetentionOptions>] [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet modifies a Cloud Director CDP policy.

::: note

To modify settings, specify new values for the necessary parameters. The cmdlet will overwrite the previous parameter values with new values. The parameters that you omit will remain unchanged.

:::

## 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 for 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>
        </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 CDP policy. The cmdlet will replace the CDP policy description with this description.</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">EnableApplicationProcessing</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Enables guest processing settings for the CDP policy.</p><p>Use the <code>GuestProcessingOptions</code> parameter to specify the guest processing settings.</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">EnableInitialSeeding</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Enables replica seeding.</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">EnableNetworkMapping</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Enables network mapping.</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">EnableReplicaMapping</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Enables the replica mapping functionality.</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">ExcludedObject</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an array of VM containers that you want to exclude from the CDP policy. You can exclude the following types of Cloud Director source objects:</p><ul><li>Organization</li><li>Organization VDC</li><li>vApp</li></ul><p>Accepts the <code>IVcdItem</code>[] object. To get this object, run the <a href="find-vbrvcloudentity.md"><code>Find-VBRvCloudEntity</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>IVcdItem[]</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 guest processing options.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBRReplicaApplicationProcessingOptions</code> object. To create this object, run the <a href="new-vbrreplicaapplicationprocessingoptions.md"><code>New-VBRReplicaApplicationProcessingOptions</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBRReplicaApplicationProcessingOptions</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 CDP policy. The cmdlet will replace the CDP policy name with this name.</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">NotificationOptions</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies notification options of the 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">OriginalVApp</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>For the replica mapping functionality.</p><p>Specifies an array of productions vApp for which you plan to use replica mapping.</p><p>The CDP policy will map these vApps to the vApps in the disaster recovery site.</p><p>Use the <code>ReplicaVApp</code> parameter to specify the vApps in the disaster recovery site.</p><p>Accepts the <code>CVcdVappItem</code>[] object. To get this object, run the <a href="find-vbrvcloudentity.md"><code>Find-VBRvCloudEntity</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>CVcdVappItem[]</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 the Cloud Director CDP policy that you want to modify.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBRvCDCDPPolicy</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>VBRvCDCDPPolicy</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 (ByValue)</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">ReplicaVApp</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>For the replica mapping functionality.</p><p>Specifies an array of vApps in the disaster recovery site. The cmdlet will map the production vApps to these vApps and will use these vApps as replicas.</p><p>Use the <code>OriginalVApp</code> parameter to specify the vApps in the production site.</p><p>Accepts the <code>CVcdVappItem</code>[] object. To get this object, run the <a href="find-vbrvcloudentity.md"><code>Find-VBRvCloudEntity</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>CVcdVappItem[]</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 the replica seeding functionality.</p><p>Specifies the backup repository that keeps the full backups of vApps that you want to replicate.</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.</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">SourceNetwork</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>For the network mapping functionality.</p><p>Specifies an array of the production networks to which the vApps are connected.</p><p><strong>Note</strong>: The number of the source and the target networks must be the same.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBRvCDOrgVdcNetworkInfo</code>[] object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrvcdorgvdcnetworkinfo.md"><code>Get-VBRVCDOrgVdcNetworkInfo</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBRvCDOrgVdcNetworkInfo[]</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 an array of the vApps that you want to protect.</p><p>Accepts the <code>IVcdItem</code>[] object. To get this object, run the <a href="find-vbrvcloudentity.md"><code>Find-VBRvCloudEntity</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>IVcdItem[]</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">SourceProxy</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an array of the CDP proxy in the production site that you want to assign to the CDP policy.</p><p>Default: Automatic selection.</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 vApps replicated with CDP policies.</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">TargetNetwork</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>For the network mapping functionality.</p><p>Specifies an array of the networks in the Disaster Recovery site. The replicated vApps will be connected to these networks.</p><p><strong>Note</strong>: The number of the source and the target networks must be the same.</p><p>Accepts the <code>VBRvCDOrgVdcNetworkInfo</code>[] object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrvcdorgvdcnetworkinfo.md"><code>Get-VBRVCDOrgVdcNetworkInfo</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBRvCDOrgVdcNetworkInfo[]</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 an array of the target CDP proxies that you want to assign to the CDP policy.</p><p>Default: Automatic selection.</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 `VBRvCDCDPPolicy` object that defines settings of the CDP policy.

## Examples

::: example
### Creating Cloud Director CDP Policy

This example shows how to modify the compression level for the replicated data. The cmdlet will set the compression level to dedupe-friendly compression level.

```
$policy = Get-VBRCDPPolicy 
Set-VBRvCDCDPPolicy -Policy $policy -CompressionLevel DedupeFriendly
```

Perform the following steps:

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

:::

## Related Commands

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