New-TagAssignment Command | Vmware PowerCLI Reference

New-TagAssignment

This cmdlet assigns the specified tag to the specified entity.

Syntax

New-TagAssignment
[ -Entity ] < VIObjectCore[] >
-Tag < Tag[] >
[-ProgressAction < ActionPreference > ]
[-Server < VIServer[] > ]
[CommonParameters]

Parameters

Required Parameter Name Type Position Features Description
required
Entity VIObjectCore[] 1
  • pipeline
  • wildcards
Specifies the object on which to assign the specified tag.
required
Tag Tag[] named
  • wildcards
Specifies the tag to be assigned to the entity.
optional ProgressAction ActionPreference named
optional Server VIServer[] named
  • wildcards
Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no value is provided or $null value is passed to this parameter, the command runs on the default servers. For more information about default servers, see the description of Connect-VIServer.

Output

VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.Tagging.TagAssignment

Examples

Example 1

$myTag = Get-Tag "MyTag"
Get-VM "*MyVM*" | New-TagAssignment -Tag $myTag

Assigns the "MyTag" tag to all virtual machines whose name contains the " MyVM " wildcard pattern.

Related Commands

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This cmdlet retrieves the tags available on a vCenter Server system.

This cmdlet creates a new tag in the specified tag category with the specified parameters.

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This cmdlet modifies the specified tags.

TagAssignment

This cmdlet retrieves the tag assignments of objects.

This cmdlet assigns the specified tag(s) to the specified entity(s).

This cmdlet removes the specified tag assignment.

TagCategory

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This cmdlet creates a new tag category on the specified vCenter Server systems with the specified parameters.

This cmdlet removes the specified tag categories from the server.

This cmdlet modifies the specified tag categories.