IVdsHwProvider 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[Beginning with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, the Virtual Disk Service COM interface is superseded by the Windows Storage Management API.]
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 method (vds.h) returns an enumeration of the subsystems managed by the provider. |
| IVdsHwProvider::Reenumerate The IVdsHwProvider::Reenumerate method (vds.h) discovers newly connected and disconnected subsystems. |
| IVdsHwProvider::Refresh The IVdsHwProvider::Refresh method (vds.h) 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 | vds.h |