REST API - metadata

appliance recovery restore: metadata

metadata structure Structure representing metadata

Representations:

JSON
XML

{
    "applicable": true,
    "boxname": "string",
    "comment": "string",
    "messages": [
        {
            "args": [
                "string",
                "string"
            ],
            "default_message": "string",
            "id": "string"
        },
        {
            "args": [
                "string",
                "string"
            ],
            "default_message": "string",
            "id": "string"
        }
    ],
    "parts": [
        "string",
        "string"
    ],
    "timestamp": "2015-01-01T22:13:05.651Z",
    "version": "string"
}

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:Metadata xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/appliance/recovery/restore" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <timestamp>2015-01-01T22:13:05.651Z</timestamp>
  <parts-array>
    <array-item>string</array-item>
    <array-item>string</array-item>
  </parts-array>
  <applicable>true</applicable>
  <comment>string</comment>
  <messages-array>
    <array-item>
      <default_message>string</default_message>
      <id>string</id>
      <args-array>
        <array-item>string</array-item>
        <array-item>string</array-item>
      </args-array>
    </array-item>
    <array-item>
      <default_message>string</default_message>
      <id>string</id>
      <args-array>
        <array-item>string</array-item>
        <array-item>string</array-item>
      </args-array>
    </array-item>
  </messages-array>
  <boxname>string</boxname>
  <version>string</version>
</ns0:Metadata>

Attributes:

Name	Type	Description
Required
timestamp	date_time	Time when this backup was completed.
parts	string[]	List of parts included in the backup.
version	string	VCSA version
boxname	string	Box name is PNID/ FQDN etc
comment	string	Custom comment
applicable	boolean	Does the VCSA match the deployment type, network properties and version of backed up VC
messages	localizable_message[]	Any messages if the backup is not aplicable