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:api: slm-get-snapshot-lifecycle-policy
:request: GetSnapshotLifecyclePolicyRequest
:response: GetSnapshotLifecyclePolicyResponse
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=== Get Snapshot Lifecycle Policy API


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==== Request

The Get Snapshot Lifecycle Policy API allows you to retrieve the definition of a Snapshot Lifecycle
Management Policy from the cluster.

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<1> Gets all policies.
<2> Gets `policy_id`

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==== Response

The returned +{response}+ contains a map of `SnapshotLifecyclePolicyMetadata`, accessible by the id
of the policy, which contains data about each policy, as well as the policy definition.

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<1> The retrieved policies are retrieved by id.
<2> The policy definition itself.

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