Managing Content Libraries

In this section, we will discuss how we can utilize the vCloud Suite SDK and combine it with the vCenter Server APIs to manage a content library in vCenter Server. To do this, first we need to import the module VMware.VimAutomation.Cis.Core. We can check the cmdlets available with this module by running the following command:

PS C:\> Get-Command -Module VMware.VimAutomation.Cis.Core | Select Name

Name                
----                
Connect-CisServer   
Disconnect-CisServer
Get-CisService

So let's first connect to the vCloud Suite SDK server:

To get a list of all the services available and their description, run the cmdlet Get-CisService:

$Library = Get-CisService com.vmware.content.local_library

The result of the preceding command is shown in the following screenshot:

As you can see from the description in the screenshot, this service manages the local libraries. So, we will use this service to manage the content library.

To get a list of available libraries...