Citrix Daas SDK

New-AppLibPackageDiscovery

Starts a new package discovery session running on a VDA chosen from the specified desktop group

Syntax

New-AppLibPackageDiscovery
   -DiscoveryProfileUid <Int32>
   [-LoggingId <Guid>]
   [<CitrixCommonParameters>]
   [<CommonParameters>]
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New-AppLibPackageDiscovery
   -DesktopGroupUid <Int32>
   -Path <String>
   [-Recurse <Boolean>]
   [-DiscoverAppV <Boolean>]
   [-DiscoverMsix <Boolean>]
   [-DiscoverAppAttach <Boolean>]
   [-CleanupAbsentPackages <Boolean>]
   [-LoggingId <Guid>]
   [<CitrixCommonParameters>]
   [<CommonParameters>]
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New-AppLibPackageDiscovery
   -DesktopGroupUid <Int32>
   -ManagementServer <String>
   -PublishingServer <String>
   [-Username <String>]
   [-Password <SecureString>]
   [-CleanupAbsentPackages <Boolean>]
   [-LoggingId <Guid>]
   [<CitrixCommonParameters>]
   [<CommonParameters>]
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Description

A package discovery object has information about the state and progress of the discovery session

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

Initiates a new package discovery session that will discover packages in the specified folder and its subfolder tree

$BrokerDesktopGroup = Get-BrokerDesktopGroup -Name 'Package Discovery Group'
New-AppLibPackageDiscovery -DesktopGroupUid $BrokerDesktopGroup.Uid -Path "\\FileServer.company.com\AppVShare" -Recurse $true
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EXAMPLE 2

Initiates a new package discovery session according to the options specified in the stored package discovery profile

$PackageDiscoveryProfile = Get-PackageDiscoveryProfile -Uid 1
New-AppLibPackageDiscovery -DiscoveryProfileUid $PackageDiscoveryProfile.Uid
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Parameters

-DiscoveryProfileUid

The Uid of the package discovery profile to use when determining the parameters for the discovery session

Type: Int32
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Required: True
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-DesktopGroupUid

The Uid of the desktop group from which the broker will select a VDA to run the discovery

Type: Int32
Position: Named
Default value: 0
Required: True
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Path

The UNC path of the shared network folder (or file) location where the discovery will start

Type: String
Position: Named
Default value: Null
Required: True
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ManagementServer

The URL of the App-V Management Server where the discovery will take place

Type: String
Position: Named
Default value: Null
Required: True
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-PublishingServer

The URL of the App-V Publishing Server that will be used to publish the discovered packages

Type: String
Position: Named
Default value: Null
Required: True
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Recurse

A value indicating whether the discovery will search through the child folder tree from the discovery root.

Type: Boolean
Position: Named
Default value: True
Required: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-DiscoverAppV

A value indicating whether the discovery will include App-V packages. Note: This parameter is reserved for future use and will always be interpreted as true regardless of the value supplied

Type: Boolean
Position: Named
Default value: True
Required: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-DiscoverMsix

A value indicating whether the discovery will include Msix packages. Note: This parameter is reserved for future use and will always be interpreted as false regardless of the value supplied

Type: Boolean
Position: Named
Default value: False
Required: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-DiscoverAppAttach

A value indicating whether the discovery will include AppAttach packages. Note: This parameter is reserved for future use and will always be interpreted as false regardless of the value supplied

Type: Boolean
Position: Named
Default value: False
Required: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-CleanupAbsentPackages

A value indicating whether the discovery should attempt to remove packages from the library that were not present in the discovery location

Type: Boolean
Position: Named
Default value: False
Required: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Username

The username of the App-V server administrator

Type: String
Position: Named
Default value: Null
Required: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Password

The password of the App-V server administrator

Type: SecureString
Position: Named
Default value: Null
Required: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-LoggingId

Specifies the identifier of the high-level operation this cmdlet call forms a part of. Citrix Studio and Director typically create high-level operations. PowerShell scripts can also wrap a series of cmdlet calls in a high-level operation by way of the Start-LogHighLevelOperation and Stop-LogHighLevelOperation cmdlets.

Type: Guid
Position: Named
Default value: None
Required: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CitrixCommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common Citrix parameters: -AdminAddress, -AdminClientIP, -BearerToken, -TraceParent, -TraceState and -VirtualSiteId. For more information, see about_CitrixCommonParameters.

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

Inputs

None

You can’t pipe objects to this cmdlet.

Outputs

Citrix.AppLibrary.Sdk.PackageDiscovery

Informaton about the discovery session that was initiated

Notes

The discovery root path and a pair of Management and Publishing servers are mutually exclusive. I.e. a discovery session will run against either a network folder or an App-V Management and Publishing server

DiscoverMsix and DiscoverAppAttach are not yet implemented and will always be false regardles of the value supplied

DiscoverAppV is the only active use case and will always be true regardles of the value supplied

New-AppLibPackageDiscovery