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IVdsVdProvider::AddVDisk method (vds.h)

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[Beginning with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, the Virtual Disk Service COM interface is superseded by the Windows Storage Management API.]

Creates a virtual disk object for an existing virtual disk file.

Syntax

HRESULT AddVDisk(
  [in]  PVIRTUAL_STORAGE_TYPE VirtualDeviceType,
  [in]  LPWSTR                pPath,
  [out] IVdsVDisk             **ppVDisk
);

Parameters

[in] VirtualDeviceType

The address of a VIRTUAL_STORAGE_TYPE structure

[in] pPath

A NULL-terminated wide-character string containing the name and directory path for the backing file for the virtual disk.

[out] ppVDisk

A pointer to a variable that receives an IVdsVDisk interface pointer to the newly created virtual disk object. Callers must release the interface pointer when it is no longer needed by calling the IUnknown::Release method.

Return value

This method can return standard HRESULT values, such as E_INVALIDARG or E_OUTOFMEMORY, and VDS-specific return values. It can also return converted system error codes using the HRESULT_FROM_WIN32 macro. Errors can originate from VDS itself or from the underlying VDS provider that is being used. Possible return values include the following.

Return code Description
S_OK
 The method completed successfully.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 7 [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2008 R2 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header vds.h
Library Uuid.lib

See also

IVdsVdProvider