IVdsHwProvider interface (vdshwprv.h)

[Beginning with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, the Virtual Disk Service COM interface is superseded by the Windows Storage Management API.]

Provides methods for performing query, reenumeration, and refresh operations on a hardware provider.

Inheritance

The IVdsHwProvider interface inherits from the IUnknown interface. IVdsHwProvider also has these types of members:

Methods

The IVdsHwProvider interface has these methods.

 
IVdsHwProvider::QuerySubSystems

The IVdsHwProvider::QuerySubSystems (vdshwprv.h) method returns an enumeration of the subsystems managed by the provider.
IVdsHwProvider::Reenumerate

The IVdsHwProvider::Reenumerate (vdshwprv.h) method discovers newly connected and disconnected subsystems.
IVdsHwProvider::Refresh

The IVdsHwProvider::Refresh (vdshwprv.h) method refreshes VDS's internally cached data about existing subsystems that are managed by VDS providers.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header vdshwprv.h

See also

IVdsService::QueryProviders

Provider Object

VDS Interfaces