Content Library Storage

When you create a local library, you can store its contents on a datastore managed by the vCenter Server instance or on a remote file system.

Depending on the type of storage that you have, you can use Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) or Network File System (NFS) for storing content on a datastore.

For storing content on a remote file system, you can enter the path to the NFS storage that is mounted on the Linux file system of the vCenter Server Appliance. For example, you can use the following URI formats: nfs://<server>/<path>?version=4 and nfs://<server>/<path>. If you have a vCenter Server instance that runs on a Windows machine, you can specify the Server Massage Block (SMB) URI to the Windows shared folders that store the library content. For example, you can use the following URI format: smb://<unc-server>/<path>.