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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 06/10] qemu-ga: Add Windows VSS provider to q
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Tomoki Sekiyama |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 06/10] qemu-ga: Add Windows VSS provider to quiesce applications on fsfreeze |
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Mon, 1 Jul 2013 18:57:06 +0000 |
On 6/30/13 9:16 , "Gal Hammer" <address@hidden> wrote:
>On 26/06/2013 01:31, Tomoki Sekiyama wrote:
>
>>> Also, is it needed to call VSSCheckOSVersion from the requestor? I
>>> would think that checking VSSAPI.DLL is stronger than checking the
>>> version, and indeed you do that check too.
>>
>> In Windows XP, VSSAPI.DLL exists but it has different functionality
>> and interfaces from newer Windows.
>>
>>http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa384627(v=vs.85)
>>.aspx
>>
>> It is checking the OS version because this patchset only supports
>> Windows 2003 or later.
>
>So why don't you query for the interface you supports rather than
>checking the OS version?
Hmm, I don't know what I should query for. Microsoft's document above only
provides a table of compatibility between VSS SDK version and OS version.
Of course I can install the component and test whether it works or not,
but I want to know that before installing something.
>Thanks,
>
> Gal.
Thanks,
Tomoki Sekiyama
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