IVdsCreatePartitionEx::CreatePartitionEx method (vds.h)

[Beginning with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, the Virtual Disk Service COM interface is superseded by the Windows Storage Management API.]

Creates a partition on a basic disk.

This method supersedes the IVdsAdvancedDisk::CreatePartition method.

Syntax

HRESULT CreatePartitionEx(
  [in]  ULONGLONG                   ullOffset,
  [in]  ULONGLONG                   ullSize,
  [in]  ULONG                       ulAlign,
  [in]  CREATE_PARTITION_PARAMETERS *para,
  [out] IVdsAsync                   **ppAsync
);

Parameters

[in] ullOffset

The partition offset, in bytes. If the offset is not aligned and the ulAlign parameter is not specified, the offset is rounded up or down to the closest alignment boundary depending on the size of the disk on which the partition is created. For more information, see the following Remarks section.

Windows Server 2003:  Only the first partition on a basic disk can be aligned; dynamic disks cannot be aligned. For other partitions on a basic disk, you cannot specify alignment using the ulAlign parameter; the offset is rounded to the nearest cylinder boundary for Master Boot Record (MBR) disks, or the nearest sector boundary for GUID Partition Table (GPT) disks.

When the caller specifies both the ullOffset and ulAlign parameters, the offset must be within the first cylinder.

[in] ullSize

The size, in bytes, of the new partition.

[in] ulAlign

The alignment size, in bytes.

Windows Server 2003:  If this parameter is specified, the provider rounds up the partition offset to the closest alignment boundary; otherwise, to the closest cylinder boundary.

If the beginning of a disk has sufficient space to accommodate the partition size, and the ulAlign parameter is specified but the ullOffset parameter is not, the call to CreatePartitionEx fails.

[in] para

The pointer to parameters defined by the CREATE_PARTITION_PARAMETERS structure.

[out] ppAsync

The address of an IVdsAsync interface pointer, which VDS initializes on return. Callers must release the interface. Use this pointer to cancel, wait for, or query the status of the operation.

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.

Remarks

This method operates on basic disks having either a GPT or MBR partition scheme.

Windows Server 2003:  Callers can align only the first partition of a MBR disk and must place the starting offset in the first cylinder or the beginning of the second cylinder, at the cylinder boundary.

If the ullOffset parameter is specified and its value is not already aligned using the values under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Vds\Alignment registry subkey, its value will be aligned automatically using the following values: The default alignment is 1 MB if the disk is 4 GB or larger, or 64 KB if the disk is smaller than 4 GB.

Windows Server 2003:  Unaligned partition offsets are rounded to the nearest cylinder boundary for MBR disks, or to the nearest sector boundary for GPT disks.

If a dynamic disk is read-only and offline, it must be made read/write and brought online as follows before calling CreatePartitionEx:

1. Clear the read-only bit. (This is the VDS_DF_READ_ONLY flag in the VDS_DISK_PROP structure.)
2. Call the IVdsDiskOnline::Online method.

Requirements

See also

IVdsAdvancedDisk::CreatePartition

IVdsAsync

IVdsCreatePartitionEx