A library item groups multiple files within one logical unit. You can perform various tasks with the items in a content library.

You can upload files to a library item in a local library and update existing items. You can download the content of a library item from a subscribed library and use the item, for example, to deploy a virtual machine. You can remove the content of a library item from a subscribed library to free storage space and keep only the metadata of the library item. When you no longer need local library items, you can delete them and they are removed from the subscribed library when a synchronization task is completed.

You can create a library item from a specific item type, for example .ovf. The Content Library service must support the library item type to handle the item correctly. If no support is provided for a specified type, the Content Library service handles the library item in the default way, without adding metadata to the library item or guiding the upload process.

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Create an Empty Library Item

You can create as many library items as needed and associate them with a local content library.

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Querying Library Items

You can perform numerous query operations on library items.

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Edit the Settings of a Library Item

You can edit the name, description, and type of a library item.

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Upload a File from a Local System to a Library Item

You can upload different types of files from a local system to a library item that you want to use in the vCloud Suite environment.

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Upload a File from a URL to a Library Item

You can upload different types of files from a local system to a library item that you want to use in the vCloud Suiteenvironment.

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Download Files to a Local System from a Library Item

You might want to download files to a local system from a library item and then make changes to the files before you use them.

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Synchronizing a Library Item in a Subscribed Content Library

The items in a subscribed library have features that are distinct from the items in a local library. Synchronizing the content and the metadata of an item in a subscribed library depends on the synchronization mechanism of the subscribed library.

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Removing the Content of a Library Item

You can remove the content from a library item to free space on your storage.

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Deleting a Library Item

You can remove a library item from a local library when you no longer need it.