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How vCloud Connector Content Sync synchronizes templates (2041911)
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When you subscribe to a folder or catalog in the vCloud Connector Content Library, vCloud Connector copies the templates from the published folder to your subscription folder. Templates are copied as follows:
Virtual machine templates from a published vSphere folder are copied as virtual machine templates to a subscription folder on vSphere and as vApp templates to a subscription catalog on vCloud Director.
vApp templates from a published vCloud Director catalog are copied as vApp templates to a subscription catalog on vCloud Director. If the vApp template is a single-VM vApp template, it is copied as a VM to a subscription folder on vSphere; if the vApp template is a multi-VM vApp template, it is copied as a vApp to a subscription folder on vCloud Director.
Subsequently, any changes in the published folder are reflected automatically in the subscription folders (after the polling interval of 6 hours, which begins with the Server start time) as follows:
If a template is added to the published folder or catalog, it is added to the subscription folders and catalogs.
NOTE In subscription catalogs on vCloud Director 1.5, the template is added with a timestamp appended to its name: mm-dd-yy:hh-mm.
If a template is modified in the published folder or catalog, the modified template replaces the template in the subscription folders and catalogs. (The modified template is copied over with a timestamp appended to its name, then the original template is deleted and the modified template is renamed to the original name.)
NOTE In subscription catalogs on vCloud Director 1.5, the modified template does not replace the template in the subscription catalog. Instead, the modified template is always added with a timestamp appended to the template name: mm-dd-yy:hh-mm.
If a template is deleted in the published folder or catalog, it is not deleted in the subscription folders and catalogs. If you wish to delete the template, you must do so manually.
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