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VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT enumeration (vsmgmt.h)

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Defines the set of shadow copy protection faults. A shadow copy protection fault occurs when the VSS service is unable to perform a copy-on-write operation to the shadow copy storage area (also called the diff area).

Syntax

typedef enum _VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT {
  VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_NONE = 0,
  VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_DIFF_AREA_MISSING,
  VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_IO_FAILURE_DURING_ONLINE,
  VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_META_DATA_CORRUPTION,
  VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_MEMORY_ALLOCATION_FAILURE,
  VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_MAPPED_MEMORY_FAILURE,
  VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_COW_READ_FAILURE,
  VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_COW_WRITE_FAILURE,
  VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_DIFF_AREA_FULL,
  VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_GROW_TOO_SLOW,
  VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_GROW_FAILED,
  VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_DESTROY_ALL_SNAPSHOTS,
  VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_FILE_SYSTEM_FAILURE,
  VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_IO_FAILURE,
  VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_DIFF_AREA_REMOVED,
  VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_EXTERNAL_WRITER_TO_DIFF_AREA,
  VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_MOUNT_DURING_CLUSTER_OFFLINE
} VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT, *PVSS_PROTECTION_FAULT;

Constants

 
VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_NONE
Value: 0
No shadow copy protection fault has occurred.
VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_DIFF_AREA_MISSING
The volume that contains the shadow copy storage area could not be found. Usually this fault means that the volume has not yet arrived in the system.
VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_IO_FAILURE_DURING_ONLINE
The volume that contains the shadow copy storage area could not be brought online because an I/O failure occurred.
VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_META_DATA_CORRUPTION
The shadow copy metadata for the shadow copy storage area has been corrupted.
VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_MEMORY_ALLOCATION_FAILURE
A memory allocation failure occurred. This could be caused by a temporary low-memory condition that does not happen again after you clear the fault and restart the shadow copy operation.
VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_MAPPED_MEMORY_FAILURE
A memory mapping failure occurred. This fault could mean that the page file is too small, or it could be caused by a low-memory condition.
VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_COW_READ_FAILURE
A read failure occurred during the copy-on-write operation when data was being copied from the live volume to the shadow copy storage area volume.
VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_COW_WRITE_FAILURE
A read or write failure occurred during the copy-on-write operation when data was being copied from the live volume to the shadow copy storage area volume. One possible reason is that the shadow copy storage area volume has been removed from the system.
VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_DIFF_AREA_FULL
This failure means that either the shadow copy storage area is full or the shadow copy storage area volume is full. After clearing the protection fault, you can do one of the following:
VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_GROW_TOO_SLOW
The size of the shadow copy storage area could not be increased because there was no longer enough space on the shadow copy storage area volume.
VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_GROW_FAILED
The size of the shadow copy storage area could not be increased.
VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_DESTROY_ALL_SNAPSHOTS
An unexpected error occurred.
VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_FILE_SYSTEM_FAILURE
Either the shadow copy storage area files could not be opened or the shadow copy storage area volume could not be mounted because of a file system operation failure.
VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_IO_FAILURE
A read or write failure occurred on the shadow copy storage area volume.
VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_DIFF_AREA_REMOVED
The shadow copy storage area volume was removed from the system or could not be accessed for some other reason.
VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_EXTERNAL_WRITER_TO_DIFF_AREA
Another application attempted to write to the shadow copy storage area.
VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT_MOUNT_DURING_CLUSTER_OFFLINE

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows Vista with SP1 [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]
Header vsmgmt.h

See also

IVssDifferentialSoftwareSnapshotMgmt3::ClearVolumeProtectFault

VSS_PROTECTION_FAULT

VSS_VOLUME_PROTECTION_INFO