With PowerCLI, you can export content library item's files to a local machine.

Prerequisites

Verify that you are connected to a vCenter Server system.

Procedure

  1. Get a content library item.
    $item = Get-ContentLibraryItem -Name 'myVM'
  2. Export a content library item to a local machine.
    Export-ContentLibraryItem -ContentLibraryItem $item -Destination ./myVM-files