Cloning policy using templates and override cloned policy

A method for creating a newly configured profile policy, comprising:

• receiving a profile policy creation request including identification information corresponding to a template profile policy, override information corresponding to the template profile policy and override information corresponding to an existing policy referenced by the template profile policy, wherein the existing policy has a plurality of policy entry values specified therein;
• creating a referenced policy override configuration corresponding to said referenced policy override information;
• retrieving the template profile policy;
• creating a configuration corresponding to the template profile policy;
• retrieving said existing referenced policy;
• creating a configuration corresponding to said existing referenced policy;
• merging the referenced policy override configuration with said existing referenced policy configuration to create an altered referenced policy configuration that reflects said referenced policy override information;
• creating a new referenced policy in accordance with the altered referenced policy configuration;
• assigning the new referenced policy to said profile policy configuration
• altering said template profile policy configuration to reflect said template profile policy override information for creating an altered template profile policy configuration;
• and
• creating the new profile policy in accordance with the altered template profile policy configuration, wherein creating the new profile policy includes altering at least one of said policy entry values in accordance with said override information.

An apparatus configured for creating a newly configured policy, comprising:

• processor-executable instructions for receiving a policy creation request including identification information corresponding to a template policy, override information corresponding to said the template policy and override information corresponding to a policy referenced by the template policy, wherein said referenced policy is an existing policy having a plurality of policy entry values specified therein:
• processor-executable instructions for facilitating cloning of a new referenced policy in accordance with said override information corresponding to said reference policy;
• processor-executable instructions for assigning the new referenced policy to a configuration of the template policy;
• and
• processor-executable instructions for facilitating cloning of a new policy in accordance with said override information corresponding to the template policy, said template policy configuration and said assigned new referenced policy, wherein facilitating said cloning of the new policy includes altering at least one of said policy entry values in accordance with said override information, wherein each of said processor-executable instructions for receiving, for facilitating cloning of a new referenced policy, for assigning and for facilitating cloning of a new policy are tangibly embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium.