Create Tag Category, Tag, and Tag Association

You can create a tag category, tag, and tag association by using the vSphere Automation SDK for PowerShell.

Prerequisites

Verify that you are connected to a vSphere Automation API server.

Procedure

1. Create a tag category.

   $categoryCreateSpec = Initialize-TaggingCategoryCreateSpec -Cardinality 'MULTIPLE' -AssociableTypes 'VirtualMachine' -Name 'TestCategory' -Description 'TestDescription'
   $categoryId = Invoke-CreateCategory -TaggingCategoryCreateSpec $categoryCreateSpec
   

2. Create a tag.

   $tagCreateSpec = Initialize-TaggingTagCreateSpec -Name 'TestVMTag' -Description 'This is a test tag for vms' -CategoryId $categoryId
   $tag = Invoke-CreateTag -TaggingTagCreateSpec $tagCreateSpec
   

3. Create a tag association.

   $vmId = Invoke-ListVM -Names 'MyVM'
   $vmDynamicId = Initialize-StdDynamicID -Type 'VirtualMachine' -Id $vmId
   $tagAssociationBody = Initialize-TaggingTagAssociationAttachRequestBody -ObjectId $vmDynamicId Invoke-AttachTagIdTagAssociation -TagId $tag -TaggingTagAssociationAttachRequestBody $tagAssociationBody