vsmgmt.h header

This header is used by System Services. For more information, see:

• System Services

vsmgmt.h contains the following programming interfaces:

Interfaces

IVssDifferentialSoftwareSnapshotMgmt Contains methods that allow applications to query and manage shadow copy storage areas generated by the system shadow copy provider.
IVssDifferentialSoftwareSnapshotMgmt2 Defines additional methods that allow applications to query and manage shadow copy storage areas generated by the system shadow copy provider.
IVssDifferentialSoftwareSnapshotMgmt3 Defines methods that allow applications to use the shadow copy protection feature of VSS.
IVssEnumMgmtObject Contains methods to iterate over and perform other operations on a list of enumerated objects. (IVssEnumMgmtObject)
IVssSnapshotMgmt Provides a method that returns an interface to further configure a shadow copy provider.
IVssSnapshotMgmt2 Provides a method to retrieve the minimum size of the shadow copy storage area.

Structures

VSS_DIFF_AREA_PROP Describes associations between volumes containing the original file data and volumes containing the shadow copy storage area.
VSS_DIFF_VOLUME_PROP Describes a shadow copy storage area volume.
VSS_MGMT_OBJECT_PROP Defines the properties of a volume, shadow copy storage volume, or a shadow copy storage area.
VSS_VOLUME_PROP Contains the properties of a shadow copy source volume.
VSS_VOLUME_PROTECTION_INFO Contains information about a volume's shadow copy protection level.

Enumerations

VSS_MGMT_OBJECT_TYPE Discriminant for the VSS_MGMT_OBJECT_UNION union within the VSS_MGMT_OBJECT_PROP structure.
VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT Defines the set of shadow copy protection faults.
VSS_PROTECTION_LEVEL Defines the set of volume shadow copy protection levels.