Content libraries

- [Instructor] In this video I'll explain content libraries…and how they can be used to share content…such as templates, virtual appliances,…across multiple vCenter instances.…Content libraries were introduced…with vCenter 6, and it's basically a repository…of things like templates and iso images,…as well as virtual appliances or OVA files.…You can have a content library that is specific…to just a single vCenter instance if you'd like.…

So if you're not setting up linked mode…or hybrid linked mode…and you don't have multiple vCenter instances,…content libraries can still be useful.…But they can also be published and can be subscribed to.…So if you create a content library in one vCenter server,…and you put in a bunch of templates,…then you can go to another vCenter server,…subscribe to that content library,…and have access to that same collection…of iso images, templates, and virtual appliances.…

So this allows us to share a common set…of templates, isos, and virtual appliances…across multiple vCenter instances.…