New-TagAssignment

NAME New-TagAssignment



SYNOPSIS

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





SYNTAX

New-TagAssignment [-Tag] <Tag[]> [-Entity] <VIObjectCore[]> [-Server <VIServer[]>] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf]

[<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

This cmdlet assigns the specified tag to the specified entity.





PARAMETERS

-Entity <VIObjectCore[]>

Specifies the object on which to assign the specified tag.



Required? true

Position? 2

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue)

Accept wildcard characters? true



-Server <VIServer[]>

Specifies the vCenter Server systems on which you want to run the cmdlet. If no 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.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? true



-Tag <Tag[]>

Specifies the tag to be assigned to the entity.



Required? true

Position? 1

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? true



-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]

If the value is $true, indicates that the cmdlet asks for confirmation before running. If the value is $false,

the cmdlet runs without asking for user confirmation.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value $true

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]

Indicates that the cmdlet is run only to display the changes that would be made and actually no objects are

modified.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value False

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS



OUTPUTS

One or more TagAssignment objects







NOTES





Works only with vCenter Server 5.1 or later.



-------------------------- 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 LINKS

Online Version: https://code.vmware.com/doc/preview?id= ... nment.html

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