Updated on 2026-05-30 GMT+08:00

Restoring Metadata (a V3 API)

Function

This API is used to restore metadata.

URI

POST /v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/backups/metadata-recovery

Table 1 URI parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Project ID of a tenant in a region

To obtain this value, see Obtaining a Project ID.

instance_id

Yes

String

DDM instance ID

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

User token.

The token can be obtained by calling the IAM API used to obtain a user token. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the user token.

Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

source

Yes

RestoreMetaDataSource object

Source instance for metadata restoration.

target

Yes

RestoreMetaDataTarget object

Target instance for metadata restoration.

Table 4 RestoreMetaDataSource

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

restore_time

No

Number

Restoration timestamp, accurate to milliseconds. (Either backup_id or restore_time needs to be specified.)

backup_id

No

String

Backup ID. (Either restore_time or backup_id needs to be specified.)

Table 5 RestoreMetaDataTarget

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

data_nodes

Yes

Array of strings

Target data nodes. They can be obtained from Querying Data Nodes Available to Restore Data to a Point in Time (a V3 API).

The data nodes are in the same VPC and subnet as the DDM instance and can communicate with the DDM instance.

Data nodes where PITR has been completed.

instance_id

Yes

String

Target instance ID. It can be obtained from Querying Instances That Can Be Used for Restoration (a V3 API).

Response Parameters

Status code: 202

Table 6 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

job_id

String

Task ID.

Status code: 400

Table 7 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code

error_msg

String

Error message

Status code: 500

Table 8 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code

error_msg

String

Error message

Example Request

POST https://{endpoint}/v3/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/backups/metadata-recovery 

{ 
  "source": { 
    "backup_id": "defa45b24d314e878fde930a61732e9dbr09" 
  }, 
  "target": { 
    "instance_id": "2f0324a93859487eb5566d75951fcd2din09", 
    "data_nodes": [ 
      "f4e2949e9b9b4d60b42c89ed39bfe34cin01" 
    ] 
  } 
}

Example Response

Status code: 202

{
  "job_id": "09902ee7866649b8908ec209bfee2747"
}

Status code: 400

Bad request

{
  "error_msg" : "Parameter error.",
  "error_code" : "DBS.280001"
}

Status code: 500

Server error

{
  "error_msg" : "Parameter error.",
  "error_code" : "DBS.280001"
}

Status Codes

Status Codes

Description

202

OK

400

Bad request

500

Server error

Error Codes

For details, see Error Codes.