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New-AppLibPackageDiscovery

August 3, 2023
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Starts a new package discovery session running on a VDA chosen from the specified desktop group

Syntax


New-AppLibPackageDiscovery -DiscoveryProfileUid <Int32> [-LoggingId <Guid>] [-BearerToken <String>] [-TraceParent <String>] [-TraceState <String>] [-VirtualSiteId <String>] [-AdminAddress <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

New-AppLibPackageDiscovery -DesktopGroupUid <Int32> -Path <String> [-Recurse <Boolean>] [-DiscoverAppV <Boolean>] [-DiscoverMsix <Boolean>] [-DiscoverAppAttach <Boolean>] [-CleanupAbsentPackages <Boolean>] [-LoggingId <Guid>] [-BearerToken <String>] [-TraceParent <String>] [-TraceState <String>] [-VirtualSiteId <String>] [-AdminAddress <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

New-AppLibPackageDiscovery -DesktopGroupUid <Int32> -ManagementServer <String> -PublishingServer <String> [-Username <String>] [-Password <SecureString>] [-CleanupAbsentPackages <Boolean>] [-LoggingId <Guid>] [-BearerToken <String>] [-TraceParent <String>] [-TraceState <String>] [-VirtualSiteId <String>] [-AdminAddress <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

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Detailed Description

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

Parameters

Name Description Required? Pipeline Input Default Value
DiscoveryProfileUid The Uid of the package discovery profile to use when determining the parameters for the discovery session true false 0
DesktopGroupUid The Uid of the desktop group from which the broker will select a VDA to run the discovery true false 0
Path The UNC path of the shared network folder (or file) location where the discovery will start true false null
ManagementServer The URL of the App-V Management Server where the discovery will take place true false null
PublishingServer The URL of the App-V Publishing Server that will be used to publish the discovered packages true false null
Recurse A value indicating whether the discovery will search through the child folder tree from the discovery root. false false True
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 false false True
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 false false 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 false false False
CleanupAbsentPackages A value indicating whether the discovery should attempt to remove packages from the library that were not present in the discovery location false false False
Username The username of the App-V server administrator false false null
Password The password of the App-V server administrator false false null
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. false false  
BearerToken Specifies the bearer token assigned to the calling user false false  
TraceParent Specifies the trace parent assigned for internal diagnostic tracing use false false  
TraceState Specifies the trace state assigned for internal diagnostic tracing use false false  
VirtualSiteId Specifies the virtual site the PowerShell snap-in will connect to. false false  
AdminAddress Specifies the address of a XenDesktop controller the PowerShell snap-in will connect to. You can provide this as a host name or an IP address. false false Localhost. Once a value is provided by any cmdlet, this value becomes the default.

Input Type

Return Values

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

Examples

Example 1 


$BrokerDesktopGroup = Get-BrokerDesktopGroup -Name 'Package Discovery Group'

          New-AppLibPackageDiscovery -DesktopGroupUid $BrokerDesktopGroup.Uid -Path "\\FileServer.company.com\AppVShare" -Recurse $true

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Description

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

Example 2 


$PackageDiscoveryProfile = Get-PackageDiscoveryProfile -Uid 1

          New-AppLibPackageDiscovery -DiscoveryProfileUid $PackageDiscoveryProfile.Uid

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Description

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

New-AppLibPackageDiscovery
August 3, 2023
Contributed by: 
C
August 3, 2023
Contributed by: 
C

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