PowerCLI Reference

Get-ContentLibraryItem

Synopsis

This cmdlet retrieves catalog items from the content library.

Syntax

Get-ContentLibraryItem [[-Name] <String[]>] [-ItemType <String[]>] [-Server <VIServer[]>] [<CommonParameters>]

Get-ContentLibraryItem -Id <String[]> [-Server <VIServer[]>] [<CommonParameters>]

Related Commands

Online version

Detailed Description

This cmdlet retrieves catalog items from the content library. Returns a set of catalog items that correspond to the filter criteria defined by the cmdlet parameters.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required?	Pipeline Input
Name	String[]	Specifies the names of the catalog items you want to retrieve.	false	false
Id	String[]	Specifies the IDs of the catalog items you want to retrieve. Note: When a list of values is specified for the Id parameter, the returned objects would have an ID that matches exactly one of the string values in that list.	true	false
ItemType	String[]	Filters the catalog items by type.	false	false
Server	VIServer[]	Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is passed to this parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the description of Connect-VIServer.	false	false

Return Type

Zero or more ContentLibraryItem objects

Notes

Examples

-------------- Example 1 --------------

Get-ContentLibraryItem -Type "OVF" -Name "Windows*"

Retrieves content library templates of the specified type that match the specified name.