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GetVirtualDiskMetadata function (virtdisk.h)

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Retrieves the specified metadata from the virtual disk.

Syntax

DWORD GetVirtualDiskMetadata(
  [in]      HANDLE     VirtualDiskHandle,
  [in]      const GUID *Item,
  [in, out] PULONG     MetaDataSize,
  [out]     PVOID      MetaData
);

Parameters

[in] VirtualDiskHandle

Handle to an open virtual disk.

[in] Item

Address of a GUID identifying the metadata to retrieve.

[in, out] MetaDataSize

Address of a ULONG. On input, the value indicates the size, in bytes, of the buffer pointed to by the MetaData parameter. On output, the value contains size, in bytes, of the retrieved metadata. If the buffer was too small, the API will fail and return ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER, putting the required size in the ULONG and the buffer will contain the start of the metadata.

[out] MetaData

Address of the buffer where the metadata is to be stored.

Return value

Status of the request.

If the function succeeds, the return value is ERROR_SUCCESS.

If the buffer pointed to by the Items parameter was too small, the return value is ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER.

If the function fails, the return value is an error code. For more information, see System Error Codes.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows 8
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2012
Target Platform Windows
Header virtdisk.h (include Windows.h)
Library VirtDisk.lib
DLL VirtDisk.dll

See also

VHD Functions