DpVssBackupContext_enum

DpVssBackupContext_enum
DpVssBackupContext_enum

Indicates the backup context to be used for a VSS snapshot.

Applicable only for windows VMs. Refer to VSS_SNAPSHOT_CONTEXT enumeration on MSDN.

Possible values:

  • vssBackupContextAuto: This option lets the guest automatically select the right backup context among the values below.

  • vssBackupContextBackup: This correlates to VSS_CTX_BACKUP.

    It specifies that a shadow copy should be created by involving VSS writers to quiesce their respective application's data. A shadow copy created under this context has auto-release, non-persistent attributes: in other words, it is deleted upon the termination of a backup operation.

  • vssBackupContextFileShareBackup: This correlates to VSS_CTX_FILE_SHARE_BACKUP.

    It specifies that a shadow copy should be created without involving any VSS writer. A shadow copy created under this context has auto-release, non-persistent attributes: in other words, it is deleted upon the termination of a backup operation.

  • vssBackupContextUnknown: The value to be used when the older version client cannot recognize the enum value.

This data structure has no properties.
Enumeration: vssBackupContextAuto, vssBackupContextBackup, vssBackupContextFileShareBackup, vssBackupContextUnknown,