Add-SCLibraryShare

Syntax

Add-SCLibraryShare
   [-VMMServer <ServerConnection>]
   [-SharePath] <String>
   [-Credential <PSCredential>]
   [-Description <String>]
   [-AddDefaultResources]
   [-JobGroup <Guid>]
   [-UseAlternateDataStream <Boolean>]
   [-RunAsynchronously]
   [-PROTipID <Guid>]
   [-JobVariable <String>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Add-SCLibraryShare cmdlet adds Windows shares on the file system of a library server to the Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) library as library shares.

Before you can add a library share to the VMM library, you must first create the share in the Windows file system. You can, for example, use Windows Explorer to create and share a folder that you want to add to the library.

If you create a Windows share at the same level as the default library share (MSSCVMMLibrary) created by VMM Setup or on a separate library server, use the Add-SCLibraryShare cmdlet to add that share to the VMM library.

If you create a Windows folder under the default VMM library share (MSSCVMMLibrary), VMM automatically scans the share, discovers all existing objects stored on that share that qualify as library objects, and adds the library objects to the library. However, you can use the Read-SCLibraryShare cmdlet to manually refresh that share and import its contents into the VMM library.

Note: Library resources that can be discovered only by the library refresher but not created by an administrator include virtual hard disks (Windows-based .vhd files, Citrix XenServer-based .vhd files or VMware-based .vmdk files), virtual floppy disks (Windows-based .vfd files or VMware-based .flp files), ISO images (.iso files), and scripts.

Examples

Example 1: Add a Windows share as a library share object to the VMM library

PS C:\> Get-SCVMMServer -ComputerName "VMMServer01.Contoso.com"
PS C:\> Add-SCLibraryShare -SharePath "\\LibraryServer01\AllVHDs"

The first command connects to VMMServer01.

The second command adds a library share object to the library named AllVHDs (a Windows share located on LibraryServer01). This example assumes that LibraryServer01 is already a VMM library server.

Example 2: Add two Windows shares as library share objects to the VMM library

PS C:\> Get-SCVMMServer -ComputerName "VMMServer01.Contoso.com"
PS C:\> $SharePaths = "\\LibraryServer01\AllVHDs", "\\LibraryServer01\AllISOs"
PS C:\> ForEach($SharePath in $SharePaths) { Add-SCLibraryShare -SharePath $SharePath }

The first command connects to VMMServer1.

The second command stores the strings "\LibraryServer01\AllVHDs" and "\LibraryServer01\AllSOs" in the $SharePaths variable. This example assumes that LibraryServer01 is already a VMM library server.

The last command uses a ForEach loop to pass the two share names stored in $SharePaths to the Add-SCLibraryShare cmdlet, which adds each Windows share as a library share to VMM.

Note: For more information about the standard Windows PowerShell ForEach loop statement, type Get-Help about_ForEach. The ForEach loop statement is not the same as the ForEach-Object cmdlet, which uses ForEach as an alias.

Parameters

-AddDefaultResources

-Credential

-Description

-JobGroup

-JobVariable

-PROTipID

-RunAsynchronously

-SharePath

-UseAlternateDataStream

-VMMServer

Outputs

LibraryShare

This cmdlet returns a LibraryShare object.

Related Links

• Find-SCLibraryShare
• Get-SCLibraryShare
• Read-SCLibraryShare
• Remove-SCLibraryShare
• Set-SCLibraryShare