PowerCLI: Tagging vCenter Entities, Creates new Tags if they do not exist

tag_vcenter_entity.ps1

# Target to be tagged

$entity = ""

# Set the tags for your target here
# Empty quotes will not be set on target entity
$desired_tags = @{
    class = "";
    billing_owner = "";
    billing_owner_email = "";
    admin_owner = "";
    admin_owner_email = ""
}

# Test for existence or create new tag as needed
$tags = @{}
$desired_tags.getEnumerator() | foreach {
    if ((Get-Tag -Category $_.key -Name $_.value) -eq $null) {New-Tag -Name $_.value -Category $_.key} 
    $tags.add($_.key, (Get-Tag -Category $_.key -Name $_.value))
}

# Assign the tags to $entity
foreach ($t in $tags.Values) {
    New-TagAssignment -Tag $t -Entity $entity
}