Export-ContentLibraryItem Command | Vmware PowerCLI Reference

Export-ContentLibraryItem

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

Syntax

Export-ContentLibraryItem
-ContentLibraryItem < ContentLibraryItem[] >
[-Destination < String > ]
[-Force ]
[-RunAsync ]
[-Server < VIServer[] > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
required
 ContentLibraryItem ContentLibraryItem[] named
  • pipeline
  • wildcards
 Specifies the content library item whose content you want to export.
optional Destination String named
Specifies an existing local directory where you want to save the content library items. Note: If the parameter is not specified, your current directory will be used.
optional Force SwitchParameter named
Specifies if you want to overwrite existing files with the same name that exist in the destination directory.
optional RunAsync SwitchParameter named
Indicates that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete. In this mode, the output of the cmdlet is a Task object. For more information about the RunAsync parameter, run "help About_RunAsync" in the VMware PowerCLI console.
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

System.IO.DirectoryInfo

Examples

Example 1 

$item = Get-ContentLibraryItem -Name 'vm1'
Export-ContentLibraryItem -ContentLibraryItem $item -Destination ./vm1-files

Exports 'vm1' content library item's files to the C:\vm1-files directory.

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.