Win32_ShadowProvider class

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05/31/2018

Typically, the Win32_ShadowProvider class represents a component that is a combination of user-mode and kernel or firmware implementation, that creates and represents volume shadow copies.

The following syntax is simplified from Managed Object Format (MOF) code and includes all of the inherited properties. Properties and methods are in alphabetic order, not MOF order.

Syntax

class Win32_ShadowProvider : CIM_LogicalElement
{
  string ID;
  string Name;
  string CLSID;
  uint32 Type;
  string Version;
  string VersionID;
};

Members

The Win32_ShadowProvider class has these types of members:

Properties

Properties

The Win32_ShadowProvider class has these properties.

CLSID

Data type: string
Access type: Read-only

Common Object Model (COM) class ID registered for a shadow provider.

ID

Data type: string
Access type: Read-only

Uniquely identifies the shadow provider on a system.

Name

Data type: string
Access type: Read-only

Descriptive name of a provider.

Type

Data type: uint32
Access type: Read-only

Specifies the class to which a shadow provider belongs.

Possible values:

Value	Meaning
0	Unknown
1	System
2	Software
3	Hardware

Version

Data type: string
Access type: Read-only

Text representation of a shadow provider version.

VersionID

Data type: string
Access type: Read-only

Numeric representation of a shadow provider version.

Examples

The Get Remote Shadow Volume Information With Powershell PowerShell sample on TechNet gallery uses Win32_ShadowProvider to retrieve shadow volume information.

Requirements


Minimum supported client	None supported
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2003
Namespace	Root\CIMV2
MOF	Vss.mof
DLL	Vsswmi.dll

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