IVssHardwareSnapshotProviderEx::OnLunStateChange method (vsprov.h)

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The VSS service calls this method to notify hardware providers of a LUN state change.

Note  Hardware providers are only supported on Windows Server operating systems.
 

Syntax

HRESULT OnLunStateChange(
  [in] VDS_LUN_INFORMATION *pSnapshotLuns,
  [in] VDS_LUN_INFORMATION *pOriginalLuns,
  [in] DWORD               dwCount,
  [in] DWORD               dwFlags
);

Parameters

[in] pSnapshotLuns

A pointer to an array of dwCount VDS_LUN_INFORMATION structures, one for each LUN that contributes to the shadow copy volume.

[in] pOriginalLuns

A pointer to an array of dwCount VDS_LUN_INFORMATION structures, one for each LUN that contributes to the original volume.

[in] dwCount

Number of elements in the pSnapshotLuns array. This is also the number of elements in the pOriginalLuns array.

[in] dwFlags

A bitmask of _VSS_HARDWARE_OPTIONS flags that provide information about the state change that the shadow copy LUNs have undergone. The following table describes how each flag is used in this parameter.

Value Meaning
VSS_ONLUNSTATECHANGE_NOTIFY_READ_WRITE
0x00000100
 The shadow copy LUN will be converted permanently to read-write.
VSS_ONLUNSTATECHANGE_NOTIFY_LUN_PRE_RECOVERY
0x00000200
 The shadow copy LUNs will be converted temporarily to read-write and are about to undergo TxF recovery or VSS auto-recovery.
VSS_ONLUNSTATECHANGE_NOTIFY_LUN_POST_RECOVERY
0x00000400
 The shadow copy LUNs have just undergone TxF recovery or VSS auto-recovery and have been converted back to read-only.
VSS_ONLUNSTATECHANGE_DO_MASK_LUNS
0x00000800
 The shadow copy LUNs must be masked from the current machine but not deleted.

Return value

This method can return one of these values.

Return code/value Description
S_OK
0x00000000L
 The operation was successfully completed.
E_OUTOFMEMORY
0x8007000EL
 Out of memory or other system resources.
E_INVALIDARG
0x80070057L
 One of the parameter values is not valid.
VSS_E_PROVIDER_VETO
0x80042306L
 An unexpected provider error occurred. If this is returned, the error must be described in an entry in the application event log, giving the user information on how to resolve the problem.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client None supported
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header vsprov.h

See also

IVssHardwareSnapshotProviderEx