IVdsOpenVDisk interface (vds.h)
[Beginning with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, the Virtual Disk Service COM interface is superseded by the Windows Storage Management API.]
Defines methods for managing a virtual disk.
Inheritance
The IVdsOpenVDisk interface inherits from the IUnknown interface. IVdsOpenVDisk also has these types of members:
Methods
The IVdsOpenVDisk interface has these methods.
| IVdsOpenVDisk::Attach Attaches a virtual disk. |
| IVdsOpenVDisk::Compact Compacts the virtual disk to reduce the physical size of the backing file. |
| IVdsOpenVDisk::Detach Detaches a virtual disk. |
| IVdsOpenVDisk::DetachAndDelete Detaches a virtual disk and deletes the backing files. |
| IVdsOpenVDisk::Expand Increases the size of a virtual disk to the maximum size available on a fixed or expandable disk. |
| IVdsOpenVDisk::Merge Merges a child virtual disk with its parents in the differencing chain. |
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 |