[python-win32] COM: Volume Shadow Service through Python?

Robert kxroberto at googlemail.com
Tue Mar 16 18:48:52 CET 2010


Kevin Horn wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 1:01 PM, Robert <kxroberto at googlemail.com
> <mailto:kxroberto at googlemail.com>> wrote:
>
>     is there a way to use the VSS (as requester) from Python rather
>     simple way - with COM functions or so (win32com or cytpes)?  or only
>     through a compiled SWIG extension or so?
>
>     CreateVssBackupComponents / vssapi.dll
>     http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa381517(VS.85).aspx
>     <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa381517%28VS.85%29.aspx>
>     seems to be a C++ only interface.
>
>     There is a "VSS.VSSCoordinator" in the COM browser. does it have to
>     do anything with that...
>
>
>     Robert
>
>
> Search the list archives..there was something on this a while ago, but I
> can't find it just now...
>

hmm
"volume shadow" site:mail.python.org
etc tells nothing. (Somebody just suggested to switch to VSS for 
some task).
any other search terms associated with those posts?

Robert





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