---
title: "protectionpolicy list"
slug: "protectionpolicy-list"
tags: ["5.4"]
updated: 2026-10-28T01:53:11Z
published: 2026-10-28T01:53:11Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/protectionpolicy-list"
---

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# protectionpolicy list

This command lists protection policies and their details.

##### Usage

```plaintext
protectionpolicy list
```

##### Required Parameters

None

##### Example

In this example, there is one protection policy configured to create local snapshots with no remote replication. The snapshots are taken every 20 seconds and each snapshot expires after one minute.

```plaintext
vcli: admin> protectionpolicy list
+----+------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+------------+----------------+
| ID | Name             | Schedule                                                                  | Replication Peer   | Snapshot Prefix| Clone Type | Indestructible |
+----+------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+------------+----------------+
| 1  | AlwaysBackUpData | [{'every': '20s', 'start-at': '2021-02-08 09:25:24', 'keep-local': '1m'}] |                    | ABD            | LOCAL      |   False        |
+----+------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+------------+----------------+
```

In this example, there are three async replication policies. For one of them, local snapshots are kept for ten minutes. For the other two, they are discarded after replication:

```plaintext
vcli: admin> protectionpolicy list
+----+-------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+--------------------+-----------------+
| ID | Name        | Schedule                                                                                        | Replication Peer | Snapshot Prefix | Clone Type         | Indestructible  |
+----+-------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+--------------------+-----------------+
| 4  | Every10miN  | [{'every': '10m', 'start-at': '2021-06-03 11:30:00', 'keep-local': '10m', 'keep-remote': '1h'}] | 28-54-gogogogo   | PREF            | NATIVE_REPLICATION |   False         |
| 7  | Every15Sec  | [{'every': '15s', 'start-at': '2021-06-21 08:08:17', 'keep-local': '0d', 'keep-remote': '5m'}]  | 28-54-gogogogo   | Every15Sec      | NATIVE_REPLICATION |   False         |                 |
| 3  | hourly      | [{'every': '1h', 'start-at': '2021-06-03 09:34:28', 'keep-local': '0d', 'keep-remote': '6h'}]   | 28-54-gogogogo   | hourly          | NATIVE_REPLICATION |   False         |                 |
+----+-------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+-----------------+--------------------+-----------------+
```