Retrieve a Tag Category and Save It into a Variable

You can retrieve existing tag categories defined in vSphere and save a specific tag category into a variable.

Prerequisites

Verify that you are connected to a vCenter Server system.

Procedure

  1. Get the tag category named MyTagCategory.
    Get-TagCategory -Name 'MyTagCategory'
  2. Save the tag category into a variable.
    $tagCategory = Get-TagCategory -Name 'MyTagCategory'