Enum VssUsageType

The VssUsageType enumeration specifies how the host system uses the data managed by a writer involved in a VSS operation.

Namespace: Alphaleonis.Win32.Vss

Assembly: AlphaVSS.Common.dll

Syntax

public enum VssUsageType

Remarks

Requester applications that are interested in backing up system state should look for writers with the BootableSystemState or SystemService usage type.

Fields

Name	Description
BootableSystemState	The data stored by the writer is part of the bootable system state.
Other	Unclassified data.
SystemService	The writer either stores data used by a system service or is a system service itself.
Undefined	The usage type is not known. This indicates an error on the part of the writer.
UserData	The data is user data.