IVssExamineWriterMetadataEx2 class (vsbackup.h)

Defines methods to retrieve version information and other basic information for a specific writer instance.

Your writer application should implement this interface only if you need to use the GetExcludeFromSnapshotCount, GetExcludeFromSnapshotFile, and GetVersion methods. Otherwise, your writer application should implement the IVssExamineWriterMetadataEx interface or the IVssExamineWriterMetadata interface instead.

The IVssExamineWriterMetadataEx2 interface is a C++ (not COM) interface.

To obtain an instance of the IVssExamineWriterMetadataEx2 interface, call the QueryInterface method of the IVssExamineWriterMetadata interface, and pass
the IID_IVssExamineWriterMetadataEx2 constant as the interface identifier (IID) parameter.

Inheritance

The IVssExamineWriterMetadataEx2 interface inherits from IVssExamineWriterMetadataEx. IVssExamineWriterMetadataEx2 also has these types of members:

Methods

The IVssExamineWriterMetadataEx2 class has these methods.

IVssExamineWriterMetadataEx2::GetExcludeFromSnapshotCount Obtains the number of file sets that have been explicitly excluded from a given shadow copy.
IVssExamineWriterMetadataEx2::GetExcludeFromSnapshotFile Obtains information about file sets that have been explicitly excluded from a given shadow copy.
IVssExamineWriterMetadataEx2::GetVersion Obtains the version information for a writer application.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	vsbackup.h (include VsBackup.h, Vss.h, VsWriter.h)

See also

IVssExamineWriterMetadataEx