New-LcmOfflineDepot Command | Vmware PowerCLI Reference

New-LcmOfflineDepot

This cmdlet creates a new vSphere Lifecycle Manager offline depot from a provided online location.

Syntax

New-LcmOfflineDepot
[-Description < String > ]
[-Location < Uri > ]
[-OwnerData < String > ]
[-RunAsync ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
optional Description String named
Provides a description of the depot that you want to create.
optional Location Uri named
The URL of the depot update file from which to create the offline depot.
optional OwnerData String named
Any string that you want to associate and store with the depot.
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.

Output

VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.Lcm.LcmOfflineDepot

Examples

Example 1 

PS C:\&#62 New-LcmOfflineDepot -Location 'http://link/to/offline/depot' -Description 'Company's offline depot' -OwnerData '{depot:security_updates}'

Creates a new offline depot from the depot update file located at http://link/to/offline/depot. OwnerData can be any string that you want to associate with the new depot.

Example 2 

PS C:\&#62 New-LcmOfflineDepot -Location 'file:///link/to/offline/depot' -Description 'Company's offline depot' -OwnerData 'Building 1 servers' -RunAsync

Creates a new offline depot from the depot update file located at http://link/to/offline/depot. The command will return a task that continues to run in the background

Related Commands

LCMClusterRuleWithTransform

Create LCM cluster rule with transform

Update LCM cluster rule with transform

Update LCM cluster rule with transform

LcmClusterCompliance

This cmdlet tests cluster's hosts compliance respective to its target state.

LcmClusterDesiredState

This cmdlet exports the desired state of a vSphere Lifecycle Manager cluster.

This cmdlet imports a specification file to set a desired state of a vSphere Lifecycle Manager cluster.

LcmClusterDesiredStateRecommendation

This cmdlet generates a desired state recommendation of a vSphere Lifecycle Manager cluster.

LcmClusterHealth

This cmdlet tests cluster's hosts health respective to its target state.

LcmHardwareCompatibility

This cmdlet verifies that the components in the base image are compatible with all storage controllers on the hosts in the cluster in accordance with the VMware Compatibility Guide.

LcmImage

This cmdlet retrieves the vSphere Lifecycle Manager images available on a vCenter Server system.

LcmOfflineDepot

This cmdlet creates a new vSphere Lifecycle Manager offline depot.

LcmVMHostDesiredState

This cmdlet exports the desired state of an ESXi host that is managed by vSphere Lifecycle Manager. The desired state consists of the host's base image and the installed software packages.