VDS_CREATE_VDISK_PARAMETERS structure (vds.h)

[Beginning with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, the Virtual Disk Service COM interface is superseded by the Windows Storage Management API.]

Contains the parameters to be used when a virtual disk is created.

Syntax

typedef struct _VDS_CREATE_VDISK_PARAMETERS {
  GUID      UniqueId;
  ULONGLONG MaximumSize;
  ULONG     BlockSizeInBytes;
  ULONG     SectorSizeInBytes;
  LPWSTR    pParentPath;
  LPWSTR    pSourcePath;
} VDS_CREATE_VDISK_PARAMETERS, *PVDS_CREATE_VDISK_PARAMETERS;

Members

UniqueId

A unique GUID value to be assigned to the virtual disk.

MaximumSize

The maximum virtual size, in bytes, of the virtual disk object.

BlockSizeInBytes

The internal block size, in bytes, of the virtual disk object.

SectorSizeInBytes

Internal sector size, in bytes, of the virtual disk object.

pParentPath

A NULL-terminated wide-character string that contains an optional path to a parent virtual disk object. This member associates the new virtual disk with an existing virtual disk.

pSourcePath

A NULL-terminated wide-character string that contains an optional path to a source of data to be copied to the new virtual disk.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 7 [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2008 R2 [desktop apps only]
Header vds.h

See also

IVdsVdProvider::CreateVDisk