Get-ContentLibraryItem Command | Vmware PowerCLI Reference

Get-ContentLibraryItem

This cmdlet retrieves catalog items from the content library and returns a set of catalog items that correspond to the filter criteria defined by the cmdlet parameters.

Syntax

Get-ContentLibraryItem
-Id < String[] >
[-Server < VIServer[] > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
required
Id String[] named
Specifies the IDs of the catalog items you want to retrieve. Note: When a list of values is specified for the Id parameter, the returned objects have an ID that matches exactly one of the string values in that list.
optional Server VIServer[] named
  • wildcards
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-ContentLibraryItem
[-ContentLibrary < ContentLibrary[] > ]
[-ItemType < String[] > ]
[-Name < String[] > ]
[-Server < VIServer[] > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
optional ContentLibrary ContentLibrary[] named
Filters items by ContentLibrary.
optional ItemType String[] named
  • wildcards
Filters the catalog items by type.
optional Name String[] named
  • wildcards
Specifies the names of the catalog items you want to retrieve.
optional Server VIServer[] named
  • wildcards
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

Get-ContentLibraryItem -Type "OVF" -Name "Windows*"

Retrieves content library templates of the specified type that match the specified name.

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.