About VMware Content Libraries
Content libraries are container objects for VM templates and other types of files. You can create and manage a content library from a single VMware vCenter server instance. You can also share library templates to other VMware vCenter instances if HTTP(s) traffic is enabled between them.
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VMware content library discovery is only supported for VMware vCenter version 6.0 or later. |
Cisco UCS Director lets you discover and view reports for the following types of content libraries
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Local library - You can use a local library to store items in a single VMware vCenter instance. You can publish the local library so that users from other systems can subscribe to the library and access the available templates.
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Subscribed library - You can subscribe to a published local library. You must synchronize subscribed libraries to access their contents and available templates. Automatic synchronization is performed at regular intervals in VMware vCenter.
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To perform content library inventory discovery, the Cisco UCS Director and VMware vCenter systems must have the same NTP server configured. |
You can use the templates in content libraries to deploy virtual machines across VMware vCenter servers.
See Creating Catalogs for Content Library-Based VM Provisioning.