Using the VMware Content Library Assistant Fling

Dec 29, 2016 Content Library VMware Fling

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So VMware Flings have been on a roll recently. They have released what they call “VMware Content Library Assistant.” This is a java based CLI app, that connects to your vCenter and searchers for your templates and then automatically creates and uploads them.

You can find the fling at the following URL…https://labs.vmware.com/flings/vsphere-content-library-assistant)

Once you download the fling, you can just run the following command.

1java -jar sphere-content-library-assistant-1.0.jar -s servername -u username -p password

In my case my java home isn’t setup on my mac so I had to run the following command to get it to work.

1/Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/bin/java -jar /pathtofolder/vsphere-content-library-assistant-1.0.jar -s servername -u username -p password

 1Davids-MacBook-Pro:~ davidstamen$ /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/bin/java -jar /Users/davidstamen/Downloads/vsphere-content-library-assistant-1.0.0/vsphere-content-library-assistant-1.0.jar -s vcsa6-01.lab.local -u administrator@vsphere.local -p Password
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 3This app can assist you to on-board VC Templates to Content Library by doing the following:
 41. Scan Datastores & Discover VC Templates (*.vmtx)
 52. Recommend optimal inventorying intelligently
 63. Create Content Libraries
 74. Import VC Templates as OVF to Content Libraries
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 9Connecting to Server vcsa6-01.lab.local
10Credentials: Username:administrator@vsphere.local
11Connected to: VMware VirtualCenter ServerSLF4J: Class path contains multiple SLF4J bindings.
12SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/Users/davidstamen/Downloads/vsphere-content-library-assistant-1.0.0/vsphere-content-library-assistant-1.0.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
13SLF4J: Found binding in [jar:file:/Users/davidstamen/Downloads/vsphere-content-library-assistant-1.0.0/vsphere-content-library-assistant-1.0.jar!/lib/slf4j-log4j12-1.6.6.jar!/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.class]
14SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#multiple_bindings for an explanation.
15SLF4J: Actual binding is of type [org.slf4j.impl.Log4jLoggerFactory]
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18Found the following VC templates to on-board
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20┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
21│ Datastore                                       │ VC Templates                                   │
22├─────────────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
23│ NFS01                                           │ [WIN2016, 2012R2, UBUNTU1604]                  │
24└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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28Recommending import flows
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30High Import Speed
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32┌────────────────────────┬────────────────────────┬────────────────────────┬───────────────────────┐
33│ VC Template            │ Will be imported to    │ Created on this        │ Connected Hosts       │
34│                        │ new ContentLibrary     │ Datastore              │                       │
35├────────────────────────┼────────────────────────┼────────────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
36│ [WIN2016, 2012R2,      │ NFS01_ContentLibrary_H │ NFS01                  │ [nuc2.lab.local,      │
37│ UBUNTU1604]            │ S                      │                        │ nuc1.lab.local]       │
38└────────────────────────┴────────────────────────┴────────────────────────┴───────────────────────┘
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44High Availability
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46┌────────────────────────┬────────────────────────┬────────────────────────┬───────────────────────┐
47│ VC Template            │ Will be imported to    │ Created on this        │ Connected Hosts       │
48│                        │ new ContentLibrary     │ Datastore              │                       │
49├────────────────────────┼────────────────────────┼────────────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
50│ [WIN2016, 2012R2,      │ NFS01_ContentLibrary_H │ NFS01                  │ [nuc2.lab.local,      │
51│ UBUNTU1604]            │ A                      │                        │ nuc1.lab.local]       │
52└────────────────────────┴────────────────────────┴────────────────────────┴───────────────────────┘
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57Press 1 for High Import Speed
58Press 2 for High Availability
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62Creating ContentLibrary 'NFS01_ContentLibrary_HS' on 'NFS01'                                               	Success
63	Importing 'WIN2016' to ContentLibrary 'NFS01_ContentLibrary_HS'                                    	Success
64	Importing '2012R2' to ContentLibrary 'NFS01_ContentLibrary_HS'                                     	Success
65	Importing 'UBUNTU1604' to ContentLibrary 'NFS01_ContentLibrary_HS'                                 	Success

Here is an example of what it looks like after the fling is run.