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<p>Created page with &quot;William Lam – virtuallyghetto.com ISO and VM Template management Stored in multiple locations and places Difficult to manage Which is the latest? How to synchronize templat...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>William Lam – virtuallyghetto.com<br /> <br /> ISO and VM Template management<br /> Stored in multiple locations and places<br /> Difficult to manage<br /> Which is the latest?<br /> How to synchronize templates?<br /> Who was the last to update?<br /> How to make it easy to share?<br /> <br /> ROBO – Remote Office Branch Office<br /> <br /> Needs additional metadata to determine what the content is<br /> <br /> Content Library feature may be a solution – introduced in vSphere 6.0 release, part of vCenter Server (included in all SKUs)<br /> <br /> Overview:<br /> * Simple content management<br /> * Easily share + distribute content<br /> * Integrated with vSphere Tags<br /> <br /> Publisher and Subscriber model<br /> Pretty cool!<br /> <br /> Automation friendly:<br /> * Provides REST API via vCenter Server (vCloud Suite SDK)<br /> * Available vcia DCLI<br /> <br /> <br /> dcli + interactive<br /> content library list # get library-guid<br /> content library get –library-id [library-guid]<br /> content library item list –library-id [library-guid]<br /> content library item get –library-item-id [item-guid]<br /> <br /> Concepts:<br /> * Content Library<br /> * Libraries<br /> * Library Items<br /> <br /> Content Library is type aware<br /> <br /> Storage efficiency at subscriber sites:<br /> * On-demand subscription<br /> * Content eviction<br /> <br /> Review Content Library backing storage performance whitepaper</div>

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