Using wmi to get the VSS shadow copy's dos path

Question

vssadmin list shadows show the dos path of every volume copy, in the following form:

\\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy4

Is there a way to do this using wmi?

I'ved looked through Win32_ShadowCopy and experimented with it a bit, but couldn't find anything that gives the dos path. The other classes on msdn don't seem to have it either, I must be missing something.

simonzack · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-11T23:04:23.077

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The DeviceObject field provides this path in the Win32_ShadowCopy class.

The latter can be obtained as usual, e.g. using the query SELECT * FROM Win32_ShadowCopy.

Sidenote: I was searching for dos in the page which didn't exist, found it after re-reading the (rather long) doc page a couple more times.

edited Jan 11 '15 at 23:04

answered Jan 11 '15 at 20:45

simonzack

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This does not provide an answer to the question. To critique or request clarification from an author, leave a comment below their post. – Karl-Johan Sjögren Jan 11 '15 at 21:05
@Karl-JohanSjögren I've added more info, anything else you looking for to make this more complete? – simonzack Jan 11 '15 at 23:02
No this looks a lot better! – Karl-Johan Sjögren Jan 12 '15 at 15:55

Using wmi to get the VSS shadow copy's dos path

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