When you create a tag, you create a tag category and create a tag under the category. After you create the tag, you can associate the tag with an object.

Tags and categories have global scope. The Platform Services Controller stores tags and categories makes them available to any vCenter Server system that is registered with the Platform Services Controller.

You create tags in the context of a tag category. You must create a category before you can add tags within that category.

After you create a tag category, you can create tags within that category