1 Introduction

The Virtual Disk Service (VDS) Remote Protocol is a set of Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) interfaces for managing the configuration of disk storage on a computer. The Virtual Disk Service Remote Protocol deals with detailed low-level operating system and storage concepts.

 Although this specification outlines the basic concepts that you need to know, this specification assumes that you are familiar with these technologies. For information about storage, disk, and volume concepts, see [MSDN-STC] and [MSDN-PARTITIONINFO]; for information on disk management, see [MSDN-DISKMAN].

The Virtual Disk Service Remote Protocol is used to programmatically enumerate and configure disks, volumes, host bus adapter (HBA) ports, and iSCSI initiators on remote computers. This protocol supersedes the Disk Management Remote Protocol, as specified in [MS-DMRP].

Sections 1.5, 1.8, 1.9, 2, and 3 of this specification are normative. All other sections and examples in this specification are informative.