1.5 Prerequisites and Preconditions

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The Virtual Disk Service Remote Protocol is implemented over DCOM (as specified in [MS-DCOM]) and RPC; as a result, it has DCOM prerequisites, as specified in [MS-DCOM] and [MS-RPCE], as being common to DCOM and RPC interfaces.

The Virtual Disk Service Remote Protocol assumes that a client has obtained the name of a server that supports this protocol suite before the protocol is invoked. The protocol also assumes that the client has sufficient security privileges to configure disks and volumes on the server.

An operating system on which an implementation of the Virtual Disk Service Remote Protocol runs needs the ability to dynamically requery the list of storage devices and mount points that are available during run time. For more information on these requirements, see sections 3.4.5.2.4.10 and 3.4.5.2.4.11.