diff --git a/src/ServiceManagement/StorSimple/Commands.StorSimple/Cmdlets/Clone/StartAzureStorSimpleBackupCloneJob.cs b/src/ServiceManagement/StorSimple/Commands.StorSimple/Cmdlets/Clone/StartAzureStorSimpleBackupCloneJob.cs
index 4dcb4d100393..2a20f15d7722 100644
--- a/src/ServiceManagement/StorSimple/Commands.StorSimple/Cmdlets/Clone/StartAzureStorSimpleBackupCloneJob.cs
+++ b/src/ServiceManagement/StorSimple/Commands.StorSimple/Cmdlets/Clone/StartAzureStorSimpleBackupCloneJob.cs
@@ -16,25 +16,39 @@ namespace Microsoft.AzureStorSimpleDeviceCmdlets.Commands
     /// Given a backupId, snapshot and a targetDeviceName , this commandlet will 
     /// clone it on the given target device.
     /// </summary>
-    [Cmdlet(VerbsLifecycle.Start, "AzureStorSimpleBackupCloneJob")]
+    [Cmdlet(VerbsLifecycle.Start, "AzureStorSimpleBackupCloneJob", DefaultParameterSetName = StorSimpleCmdletParameterSet.Empty)]
     public class StartAzureStorSimpleBackupCloneJob : StorSimpleCmdletBase
     {
-        [Parameter(Mandatory = true, Position = 0, HelpMessage = StorSimpleCmdletHelpMessage.SourceDeviceName)]
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = true, Position = 0, ParameterSetName = StorSimpleCmdletParameterSet.IdentifyByName, HelpMessage = StorSimpleCmdletHelpMessage.SourceDeviceName)]
+        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty]
         public string SourceDeviceName { get; set; }
 
-        [Parameter(Mandatory = true, Position = 1, HelpMessage = StorSimpleCmdletHelpMessage.TargetDeviceName)]
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = true, Position = 0, ParameterSetName = StorSimpleCmdletParameterSet.IdentifyById, HelpMessage = StorSimpleCmdletHelpMessage.SourceDeviceId)]
+        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty]
+        public string SourceDeviceId { get; set; }
+
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = true, Position = 1, ParameterSetName = StorSimpleCmdletParameterSet.IdentifyByName, HelpMessage = StorSimpleCmdletHelpMessage.TargetDeviceName)]
+        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty]
         public string TargetDeviceName { get; set; }
 
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = true, Position = 1, ParameterSetName = StorSimpleCmdletParameterSet.IdentifyById, HelpMessage = StorSimpleCmdletHelpMessage.TargetDeviceId)]
+        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty]
+        public string TargetDeviceId { get; set; }
+
         [Parameter(Mandatory = true, Position = 2, HelpMessage = StorSimpleCmdletHelpMessage.BackupIdToClone)]
+        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty]
         public string BackupId { get; set; }
 
         [Parameter(Mandatory = true, Position = 3, ValueFromPipeline = true, HelpMessage = StorSimpleCmdletHelpMessage.SnapshotToClone)]
+        [ValidateNotNull]
         public Snapshot Snapshot { get; set; }
 
         [Parameter(Mandatory = false, Position = 4, ValueFromPipeline = true, HelpMessage = StorSimpleCmdletHelpMessage.VolumeAcrList)]
+        [ValidateNotNull]
         public List<AccessControlRecord> TargetAccessControlRecords { get; set; }
             
         [Parameter(Mandatory = false, Position = 5, HelpMessage = StorSimpleCmdletHelpMessage.CloneVolumeName)]
+        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty]
         public string CloneVolumeName { get; set; }
 
         [Parameter(Mandatory = false, Position = 6, HelpMessage = StorSimpleCmdletHelpMessage.Force)]
@@ -83,22 +97,31 @@ public override void ExecuteCmdlet()
 
         private bool ProcessParameters()
         {
-            this.sourceDeviceId = StorSimpleClient.GetDeviceId(SourceDeviceName);
-
-            if (this.sourceDeviceId == null)
+            switch (ParameterSetName)
             {
-                WriteVerbose(Resources.NoDeviceFoundWithGivenNameInResourceMessage);
-                return false;
-            }
+                case StorSimpleCmdletParameterSet.IdentifyById:
+                    this.sourceDeviceId = SourceDeviceId;
+                    this.targetDeviceId = TargetDeviceId;
+                    break;
+                case StorSimpleCmdletParameterSet.IdentifyByName:
+                    this.sourceDeviceId = StorSimpleClient.GetDeviceId(SourceDeviceName);
+
+                    if (this.sourceDeviceId == null)
+                    {
+                        WriteVerbose(Resources.NoDeviceFoundWithGivenNameInResourceMessage);
+                        return false;
+                    }
 
-            this.targetDeviceId = StorSimpleClient.GetDeviceId(TargetDeviceName);
+                    this.targetDeviceId = StorSimpleClient.GetDeviceId(TargetDeviceName);
 
-            if (this.targetDeviceId == null)
-            {
-                WriteVerbose(Resources.NoDeviceFoundWithGivenNameInResourceMessage);
-                return false;
+                    if (this.targetDeviceId == null)
+                    {
+                        WriteVerbose(Resources.NoDeviceFoundWithGivenNameInResourceMessage);
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                    break;
             }
-
+            
             return true;
         }