# Data Object - VirtualMachineMetadataManagerVmMetadata(vim.vm.MetadataManager.VmMetadata)

Property of
  VirtualMachineMetadataManagerVmMetadataInput, VirtualMachineMetadataManagerVmMetadataResult
Extends
  DynamicData
Since
  vSphere API 5.5

## Data Object Description

VmMetadata is a pair of VM ID and opaque metadata.

Properties

Name | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
metadata* | xsd:string | Opaque metadata for the VM identified by vmId. If no value is supplied, the entry for this VM is removed.
vmId | xsd:string | Datastore URL-based ID for VM, for example, "[datastore1] SomeVM/SomeVM.vmx".
Properties inherited from DynamicData
None

*Need not be set
Show WSDL type definition
<complexType xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:pbm="urn:pbm" name="VirtualMachineMetadataManagerVmMetadata"> <complexContent> <extension base="pbm:DynamicData"> <sequence> <element name="vmId" type="xsd:string"/> <element name="metadata" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0"/> </sequence> </extension> </complexContent> </complexType>