Get-ContentLibrary Command | Vmware PowerCLI Reference

Get-ContentLibrary

This cmdlet retrieves content libraries and returns a set of content libraries that correspond to the filter criteria defined by the cmdlet parameters.

Syntax

Get-ContentLibrary
-Id < String[] >
[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]
[-Server < VIServer[] > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
required
Id String[] named
Specifies the IDs of the content libraries you want to retrieve.
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.
Get-ContentLibrary
[-Local ]
[-Name < String[] > ]
[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]
[-Server < VIServer[] > ]
[-Subscribed ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
optional Local SwitchParameter named
Specifies that you want to retrieve only the local content libraries.
optional Name String[] named
  • wildcards
Specifies the names of the content libraries you want to retrieve.
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.
optional Subscribed SwitchParameter named
Specifies that you want to retrieve only the subscribed content libraries.

Output

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

Examples

Example 1

Get-ContentLibrary

Retrieves all content libraries from the default connected servers.

Example 2

Get-ContentLibrary -Local

Returns all local content libraries from the default connected servers.

Example 3

Get-ContentLibrary -Name 'Local*'

Retrieves all content libraries whose name starts with 'Local' from the default connected servers.

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.