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Libraries store content on a file system or a datastore. To ensure optimal performance, use file systems
for libraries that are published, and use datastores for local and subscribed libraries.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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Create a Library
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Synchronize a Subscribed Content Library
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Edit a Content Library
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Hierarchical Inheritance of Permissions for Content Libraries
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Content Library Administrator Role
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Populating Libraries with Content
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Creating Virtual Machines and vApps from Templates in a Content Library
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Working with Items in a Library
Create a Library
You can create a content library in the vSphere Client, and populate it with templates. You can use the
content library templates to deploy virtual machines or vApps in your virtual environment.
Prerequisites
Required privileges: Content library.Create local library or Content library.Create subscribed library
on the vCenter Server instance where you want to create the library.
Procedure
1 Open the New Content Library wizard.
Client Steps
vSphere Client a Select Menu > Content Libraries.
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Click the Create a new content library icon (
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vSphere Web Client a Select Home > Content Libraries.
b On the Objects tab, click the Create a new content library icon.
2 On the Name and location page, enter a name and select a vCenter Server instance for the content
library. Click Next.
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