New-ContentLibraryItem

This cmdlet creates a new content library item in the specified content library. If the Files parameter is specified, you can add the specified files to the newly created content library item.

Syntax

Output

Examples

Example 1

$files = Get-ChildItem -File
$localContentLibrary = Get-ContentLibrary -name 'Local content library' -Local
New-ContentLibraryItem -ContentLibrary $localContentLibrary -name 'New item' -Files $files

Creates a content library item named 'New item' in the 'Local content library' library, containing all the files from the C: directory.

Example 2

$files = Get-ChildItem -Name '*.ps1' -File
$localContentLibrary = Get-ContentLibrary -Name 'Local content library' -Local
New-ContentLibraryItem -ContentLibrary $localContentLibrary -Name 'New item' -ItemType 'script' -Files $files

Creates a content library item named 'New item' in the 'Local content library' library, containing all PowerShell script files from the C: directory. The type of the content library item is 'script'.

Example 3

$datastore = Get-Datastore -Name 'Datastore'
$localContentLibrary = Get-ContentLibrary -Name 'Local content library' -Local
New-ContentLibraryItem -ContentLibrary $localContentLibrary -Name 'New item' -Uri ($datastore.ExtensionData.Info.Url + 'ISOs/Photon-minimal-3.0.iso') -FileName 'Photon-minimal-3.0.iso'

Creates a content library item named 'New item' in the 'Local content library' library, containing a 'Photon-minimal-3.0.iso' file from the 'Datastore' datastore.

Example 4

$vm = Get-VM -Name 'MyVM'
$resourcePool = Get-ResourcePool -Name 'MyResourcePool'
$localContentLibrary = Get-ContentLibrary -Name 'Local content library' -Local
New-ContentLibraryItem -ContentLibrary $localContentLibrary -Name 'VM template library item' -VM $vm -VMTemplate -Location $resourcePool

Creates a virtual machine template content library item named 'VM template library item' in the 'Local content library' library from the 'MyVM' virtual machine. The associated virtual machine template is placed in the 'MyResourcePool' resource pool.

Example 5

$vm = Get-VM -Name 'MyVM'
$vmhost = Get-VMHost -Name 'MyVMHost'
$vmFolder = Get-Folder -Name 'MyVMFolder'
$localContentLibrary = Get-ContentLibrary -Name 'Local content library' -Local
New-ContentLibraryItem -ContentLibrary $localContentLibrary -Name 'VM template library item' -VM $vm -VMTemplate -Location $vmhost -InventoryLocation $vmFolder

Creates a virtual machine template content library item named 'VM template library item' in the 'Local content library' library from the 'MyVM' virtual machine. The associated virtual machine template is placed on the 'MyVMHost' host and in the 'MyVMFolder' virtual machine folder.

Example 6

$template = Get-Template -Name 'MyTemplate'
$localContentLibrary = Get-ContentLibrary -Name 'Local content library' -Local
New-ContentLibraryItem -ContentLibrary $localContentLibrary -Name 'OVF template library item' -Template $template

Creates an OVF template content library item named 'OVF template library item' in the 'Local content library' library from the 'MyTemplate' virtual machine template.

Example 7

$ovaFile = Get-ChildItem -Name 'photon.ova'
$localContentLibrary = Get-ContentLibrary -Name 'Local content library' -Local
New-ContentLibraryItem -ContentLibrary $localContentLibrary -Name 'New item' -Files $ovaFile -DisableOvfCertificateChecks

Creates a content library item named 'New item' in the 'Local content library' library, containing a 'photon.ova' OVA file, and deactivate OVA/OVF certificate checks during the upload.

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.