Setup

Add SovLabs vCenter Endpoint

Login to vRA tenant
Click on the Catalog tab
Request the Add SovLabs vCenter Endpoint vRA Catalog Item
Fill out the form accordingly (see below) and Submit

Add SovLabs vCenter Endpoint

Field	Value
Configuration label	No spaces, periods or special characters except underscore (`_`) and dash (`-`) Unique label DO NOT prepend with your tenant name and an underscore, e.g. mytenant_
Version	Choose the appropriate vCenter version
Platform Service Controller (FQDN)	Shown when 'Version' is 6+ Type in the PSC FQDN
Is the PSC embedded on the vCenter server?	Shown when 'Version' is 6+ Select if the PSC embedded on the vCenter server
vCenter hostname (FQDN)	Text input if 'Version' is less than 6. Auto-generated list in dropdown if 'Version' 6+ Type in or select the appropriate vCenter server FQDN
Credential Configuration for vCenter Endpoint
Create credential?	Check the checkbox to create a new credential. Uncheck the checkbox to use an existing credential.
Credential	Shown when 'Create credential?' is not checked Select the appropriate credential from an existing list of credentials
Credential Configuration label	Shown when 'Create credential?' is checked No spaces, periods or special characters except underscore (`_`) and dash (`-`) Unique label DO NOT prepend with your tenant name and an underscore, e.g. mytenant_
Username	Shown when 'Create credential?' is checked Username that has necessary permissions
Password	Shown when 'Create credential?' is checked User's password

Add vRA Property Group

Login to the vRA tenant
Click on the Administration tab > Property Dictionary
Click on Property Group

Click on +New

Name: Provide a name for the Property Group

Properties: Click on +New to add a new property:

Name:
- Always prefix the name with SovLabs_CreateTags_VMW_ (e.g. SovLabs_CreateTags_VMW_Location)
- Multiple properties can be attached as long as the suffix after SovLabs_CreateTags_VMW_ is unique

Value: Multiple properties can exist on each property and must be in one of the following 4 formats:

Single Object format:

{
  "name": "foo",
  "category": "bar",
  "cardinalitySingle": false,
  "tagDescription": "desc",
  "categoryDescription": "desc 2"
}

Array of Single Objects format:

[
  {
 "name": "foo",
 "category": "bar",
 "cardinalitySingle": false,
 "tagDescription": "desc",
 "categoryDescription": "desc 2"
  },
  {
 "name": "hello",
 "category": "world",
 "cardinalitySingle": true,
 "tagDescription": "desc 3",
 "categoryDescription": "desc 4"
  }
]

Single Array format:

[
  "foo", //name
  "bar", //category
  false, //cardinalitySingle
  "desc", //tagDescription
  "desc 2", //categoryDescription
]

Array of Array format:

[
  [
 "foo", //name
 "bar", //category
 false, //cardinalitySingle
 "desc", //tagDescription
 "desc 2", //categoryDescription
  ],
  [
 "hello", //name
 "world", //category
 true, //cardinalitySingle
 "desc 3", //tagDescription
 "desc 4", //categoryDescription
  ]
]

name is the name of the Tag
value is the name of the Tag Category

 Optional fields that can be omitted: cardinalitySingle (boolean):true: allow only one tag from this category to be applied to an object at any one time
false: allow multiple tags from the category to be applied to an object at any one time
tagDescription: The Tag Description
categoryDescription: The Tag Category Description

Encrypted: Select whether or not the property should be encrypted
Show in Request: Select whether or not the Property Definition should be shown in the blueprint request

Repeat Step 4 for all desired VM tags
Save