VMworld 2015/Content Library
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 templates? Who was the last to update? How to make it easy to share?
ROBO – Remote Office Branch Office
Needs additional metadata to determine what the content is
Content Library feature may be a solution – introduced in vSphere 6.0 release, part of vCenter Server (included in all SKUs)
Overview:
- Simple content management
- Easily share + distribute content
- Integrated with vSphere Tags
Publisher and Subscriber model Pretty cool!
Automation friendly:
- Provides REST API via vCenter Server (vCloud Suite SDK)
- Available vcia DCLI
dcli + interactive
content library list # get library-guid
content library get –library-id [library-guid]
content library item list –library-id [library-guid]
content library item get –library-item-id [item-guid]
Concepts:
- Content Library
- Libraries
- Library Items
Content Library is type aware
Storage efficiency at subscriber sites:
- On-demand subscription
- Content eviction
Review Content Library backing storage performance whitepaper