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