SCVMM: Force to refresh Library Server

When you add any file to a library server on SCVMM 2008 R2, you might wait for maximum one hour if you are unlucky. Because refreshing time for library server is one hour, you cannot set below one hour.

Library Setting: This is the window of setting refreshing time for the library on SCVMM console.

Users may need to add files, for example, a user can add unattend.xml to the library server for the purpose of intending to set more detail options for a VM.

However, SCVMM realizes the existence of the file when the file is in the library server during VM deployment.

The solution of this problem is that we can use a powershell cmdlet. That cmdlet is Refresh-LibraryShare.

In conclusion, Refreshing the library server works fine via powershell.

First step, list up libraries

PS C:\> Get-LibraryShare

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Name              : MSSCVMMLibrary

Description       :

LibraryServer     : CDEVSCVMM

Path              : \\CDEVSCVMM\MSSCVMMLibrary

ServerConnection  : Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.Remoting.Serve

                    rConnection

ID                : 16ccc5f6-d14b-4c1c-9d6d-944a7e556793

MarkedForDeletion : False

IsFullyCached     : True

Name              : Library

Description       :

LibraryServer     : CDEVSCVMM

Path              : \\CDEVSCVMM\Library

ServerConnection  : Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.Remoting.Serve

                    rConnection

ID                : 02b631b2-4975-4a23-8604-c0e49914cbc0

MarkedForDeletion : False

IsFullyCached     : True

Second step: Specify the library share in which you have added the file. (If you run more than one library share.) I ran two library share and added the file in \\CDEVSCVMM\Library.

PS C:\> $lib = Get-LibraryShare

PS C:\> $lib01 = $lib[1]

Third step: Refresh the library 

PS C:\> Refresh-LibraryShare $lib01

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Name              : Library

Description       :

LibraryServer     : CDEVSCVMM

Path              : \\CDEVSCVMM\Library

ServerConnection  : Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.Remoting.Serve

                    rConnection

ID                : 02b631b2-4975-4a23-8604-c0e49914cbc0

MarkedForDeletion : False

IsFullyCached     : True

After successful execution of the third step, you can see that file on the library server.