IVdsOpenVDisk interface
[Beginning with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, the Virtual Disk Service COM interface is superseded by the Windows Storage Management API.]
Defines methods for managing a virtual disk.
Methods
The IVdsOpenVDisk interface has these methods.
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| IVdsOpenVDisk::Attach | Attaches a virtual disk. |
| IVdsOpenVDisk::Compact | Compacts the virtual disk to reduce the physical size of the backing file. |
| IVdsOpenVDisk::Detach | Detaches a virtual disk. |
| IVdsOpenVDisk::DetachAndDelete | Detaches a virtual disk and deletes the backing files. |
| IVdsOpenVDisk::Expand | Increases the size of a virtual disk to the maximum size available on a fixed or expandable disk. |
| IVdsOpenVDisk::Merge | Merges a child virtual disk with its parents in the differencing chain. |
Requirements
| Windows version | Windows 7 [desktop apps only] Windows Server 2008 R2 [desktop apps only] |
| Target Platform | Windows |
| Header | vds.h |