1. Types
2. appliance
3. recovery
4. restore

## 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