Copy-ContentLibraryItem Command | Vmware PowerCLI Reference

Copy-ContentLibraryItem

This cmdlet copies content library items to a local content library.

Syntax

Copy-ContentLibraryItem
-ContentLibraryItem < ContentLibraryItem[] >
-Destination < LocalContentLibrary >
[-Name < String > ]
[-Notes < String > ]
[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]
[-Server < VIServer[] > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
required
 ContentLibraryItem ContentLibraryItem[] named
  • pipeline
  • wildcards
 Specifies the content library item that you want to copy.
required
 Destination LocalContentLibrary named
  • wildcards
 Specifies the local content library where you want to copy the item.
optional Name String named
Specifies the name on the library item. Library item names cannot be undefined or an empty string. Names do not have to be unique. Note: If not specified, the name of the source content library item will be used.
optional Notes String named
Specifies a human-readable description for the content library item that you want to copy.
optional ProgressAction ActionPreference named
optional Server VIServer[] named
Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is provided or $null value is passed to this parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the description of the Connect-VIServer cmdlet.

Output

VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.ContentLibrary.ContentLibraryItem

Examples

Example 1 

$item = Get-ContentLibraryItem -Name 'vm1'
$library = Get-ContentLibrary -Name 'Local content library' -Local
Copy-ContentLibraryItem -ContentLibraryItem $item -Destination $library

Copies a content library item named 'vm1' to the 'Local content library' content library.

Related Commands

ContentLibrary

This cmdlet creates a new local or subscribed content library.

Creates a new local or subscribed content library that uses Datastore1 as a repository for its items.

This cmdlet removes the specified content libraries.

This cmdlet modifies content library's properties.

ContentLibraryItem

This cmdlet copies content library items to a local content library.

This cmdlet exports content library item's files to the local machine.

This cmdlet retrieves catalog items from the content library.

This cmdlet creates a new content library item in the specified content library.

This cmdlet removes the specified content library items.

This cmdlet modifies content library item's properties.