CLI Cookbook: Creating a Policy
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This will outline how to create a policy in the CLI, please note that you can also do this in the GUI.

Procedure

  1. ssh into your Delphix Engine using admin credentials. 

    ssh admin@delphixengine
delphix > ls

  2. Go to policies and createAndApply (please note that you cannot just create a policy, you must createAndApply, in the GUI you have the option to just create) and set your policy parameter.

    delphix > policy
delphix policy > createAndApply
delphix policy createAndApply *> set policy.type=< choose from QuotaPolicy, RefreshPolicy, RetentionPolicy, SnapshotPolicy or SyncPolicy)
delphix policy createAndApply *> set policy.name=< name your policy>
delphix policy createAndApply *> set policy.customized=true
delphix policy createAndApply *> set policy.
delphix policy createAndApply *> set policy.provisionSource=(LATEST_SNAPSHOT or LATEST_TIME_FLOW_LOG)

    *if doing a RefreshPolicy, SyncPolicy or SnapshotPolicy you are also going to need to add the following:

    delphix policy createAndApply *> edit policy.scheduleList
delphix policy createAndApply policy.scheduleList * > add
delphix policy createAndApply policy.scheduleList * > set cronString=
delphix policy createAndApply policy.scheduleList * > set cutoffTime=
delphix policy createAndApply policy.scheduleList * > back

  3. Set your target parameters which are going to be a container, group etc. 

    delphix policy createAndApply *> set target=

  4. Verify and commit. 

    delphix policy createAndApply *> ls
delphix policy createAndApply *> commit