Get-VMs where name contains <string>

[vmCalgary]

I want to get a listing of VMs where the name contains a particular string. For example purposes, the string is: red.ball.ad

Once I get this listing, I want assign a tag (OVA) to them.

Thanks in advance for your help.

[LucD · Accepted solution]

In its simplest form that could look something like this

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Get-VM -Name "*red.ball.ad*" |
New-TagAssignment -Tag 'OVA' -Confirm:$false

But there are a couple of things that can be improved.
- the Name can be tested with a Where-clause and a -match operator, which allows a RefEX
- you can use Try-Catch to cope with a non-existing Tag (and/or Tag Category)

[vmCalgary]

Thanks LucD. The syntax works perfectly as you've written it, as none of the vms containing the string have been previously tagged. Your solution was far too obvious and I was making it harder than it needed to be.