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appliance recovery restore: metadata

metadata structure Structure representing metadata

Representation:

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

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
messages[].id string id in message bundle
messages[].default_message string text in english
messages[].args string[] nested data
Optional
sso_login_required boolean Is SSO login required for the vCenter server. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7.

Optional. This field is optional because it was added in a newer version than its parent node.