New-TagCategory

VMware: Creates a new tag category

Script

#Requires -Version 5.1
#Requires -Modules VMware.VimAutomation.Core
[CmdletBinding()]
Param(
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
    [string]$VIServer,
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
    [pscredential]$VICredential,
    [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
    [string]$Name,
    [string]$Description,
    [ValidateSet("Multi", "Single")]
    [string]$Cardinality = "Single",
    [ValidateSet('All', 'Cluster', 'Datacenter', 'Datastore', 'DatastoreCluster', 'DistributedPortGroup', 'DistributedSwitch', 'Folder', 'ResourcePool', 'VApp', 'VirtualPortGroup', 'VirtualMachine', 'VM', 'VMHost')]
    [string[]]$EntityType
)
Process {
    try {
        if ($EntityType -contains 'All') { $EntityType = @('All') }
        [string[]]$Properties = @('Name', 'Description', 'Cardinality', 'EntityType', 'Id')
        $vmServer = Connect-VIServer -Server $VIServer -Credential $VICredential -ErrorAction Stop
        $cmdArgs = @{ ErrorAction = 'Stop'; Server = $vmServer; Name = $Name }
        if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Description')) { $cmdArgs.Add('Description', $Description) }
        if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('Cardinality')) { $cmdArgs.Add('Cardinality', $Cardinality) }
        if ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('EntityType')) { $cmdArgs.Add('EntityType', $EntityType) }
        $result = New-TagCategory @cmdArgs | Select-Object $Properties
        if ($null -ne $result) { $result | Add-Member -NotePropertyName Timestamp -NotePropertyValue (Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss") -PassThru -Force }
    }
    catch { throw }
    finally { if ($null -ne $vmServer) { Disconnect-VIServer -Server $vmServer -Force -Confirm:$false -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } }
}

Customize

VIServer string

IP address or DNS name of the vSphere server

VICredential pscredential

PSCredential object for authenticating with the server

Name string

Name of the new tag category

Description string

Description of the new tag category

Cardinality string

Cardinality: Single or Multi

EntityType string

Types of objects to which tags in this category apply