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Tags allow you to aach metadata to objects in the vSphere inventory to make these objects more sortable
and searchable.
A tag is a label that you can apply to objects in the vSphere inventory. When you create a tag, you assign that
tag to a category. Categories allow you to group related tags together. When you dene a category, you can
also specify which object types its tags can be applied to and whether more than one tag in the category can
be applied to an object. For example, if you wanted to tag your virtual machines by guest operating system
type, you could create a category called 'operating system', and specify that it applies to virtual machines
only and that only a single tag can be applied to a virtual machine at any time. The tags in this category
could be "Windows", "Linux", and "Mac OS".
If multiple vCenter Server instances are congured to use Enhanced Linked Mode, tags and tag categories
are replicated across all these vCenter Server instances.
Tagging replaces the custom aributes functionality found in previous versions of vCenter Server. If you
have existing custom aributes, you can convert them into tags.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Migrate Custom Aributes to Tags,” on page 83
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“Create a Tag Category,” on page 85
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“Delete a Tag Category,” on page 85
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“Edit a Tag Category,” on page 86
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“Create a Tag,” on page 87
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“Apply a Tag to an Object,” on page 87
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“Remove a Tag from an Object,” on page 87
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“Delete a Tag,” on page 88
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“Edit a Tag,” on page 88
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“Tagging Best Practices,” on page 89
Migrate Custom Attributes to Tags
Tags replace the custom aributes functionality found in previous versions of vSphere. If you have existing
custom aributes, you can migrate them to tags.
During the migration, the custom aribute names are converted to categories. Custom aribute values are
converted to tag names.
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