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What is vds.exe?

Part of Virtual Disk Service by Microsoft

What is it?

The Virtual Disk Service (VDS) manages a wide range of storage configurations, from single-disk desktops to external storage arrays. The service exposes an application programming interface (API).

Description of vds.exe from Microsoft

“Virtual Disk Service is a Microsoft Windows service that performs query and configuration operations at the request of end users, scripts, and applications. The service extends the existing storage capabilities of Windows Server operating systems in the following ways: 1) Provides an API to the existing volume and disk management features in Windows. 2) Unifies volume management and hardware Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) management under a single API.”

(vds.exe is a system file that is installed with Windows)

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How does vds.exe run?

Service - vds.exe runs as a background Windows service called 'vds' (Disque virtuel). This is a system service that is installed with the Windows operating system and protected with Window's File Protection. This service runs as the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges on the local computer, and acts as the computer on the network. Disque virtuel runs as a program that can be started by the Service Controller and that obeys the service control protocol. This type of service runs in a process by itself.

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What is the community is seeing?	What is the community is doing?
About 0.2% of all Boost users have the vds.exe process running.	Of the 0.2% of vds.exe users, less than 1% have disabled it.

How resource intensive is vds.exe?

Comparison based on the average resource utilization across all programs.

0.00022% CPU2244.6%

Average CPU utilization across all programs is 0.00001%.

4.83 MB RAM22.4%

Average private memory utilization across all programs is 21.53 MB.

3 /min0.1%

Average I/O read and write operations for all programs is 2,253 per minute.

50 context switches/sec50.0%

Average context switches for all programs is 100 per second.

Typical file (disk image) location:

C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe

Are there other versions of Virtual Disk Service?

vds.exe - version 6.2.9200.16384 (win8_rtm.120725-1247)

vds.exe - version 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)

vds.exe - version 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255) (this)

vds.exe - version 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)

vds.exe - version 6.0.6001.18000 (longhorn_rtm.080118-1840)

vds.exe - version 6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)

What else is related?

themeui.dll (Windows-Design-API by Microsoft)

sstext3d.scr (Direct3D-Textbildschirmschoner by Microsoft)

photoviewershim.dll (Windows Live Photo Gallery by Microsoft)

logonui.exe (Windows-Anmeldebenutzeroberfläche by Microsoft)

msxml4a.dll (Microsoft(R) MSXML 4.0 SP1 by Microsoft)

msxml4r.dll (Microsoft(R) MSXML 4.0 SP1 by Microsoft)

msxml4.dll (Microsoft(R) MSXML 4.0 SP 2 by Microsoft)

freecell.exe (Entertainment Pack FreeCell Game by Microsoft)

wiaacmgr.exe (Windows Picture Acquisition Wizard by Microsoft)

prodaiintl1033.dll (ProdAddInIntl by Microsoft)

mimectl.dll (Microsoft® Exchange by Microsoft)

msvcp60.dll (Microsoft (R) Visual C++ by Microsoft)

rstrui.exe (System Restore Application by Microsoft)

dismhost.exe (Dism Host Servicing Process by Microsoft)

bcmsqlstartupsvc.exe (Business Contact Manager for Microsoft Outlook 2010 by Microsoft)

msonsext.dll (Microsoft Office by Microsoft)

encwcbar.dll (Microsoft Encarta by Microsoft)

workfolderssvc.dll (Microsoft® Work Folders Service by Microsoft)

appreadiness.dll (AppReadiness by Microsoft)

ole32.dll (Microsoft OLE for Windows by Microsoft)

microsoft.biztalk.brmacontrols.dll (Microsoft (R) BizTalk (R) Server 2010 by Microsoft)

ssoconfig.exe (Microsoft® Enterprise Single Sign-On by Microsoft)

What Windows OS versions does this run on?

Windows 7 Home Premium (6.1.7601.65536)

Windows 7 Ultimate (6.1.7601.65536)

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (6.1.7601.65536)

Microsoft Windows XP (6.1.7601.65536)

Windows 7 Enterprise (6.1.7601.65536)

Windows 7 Home Basic (6.1.7601.65536)

Windows 7 Home Premium (6.1.7601.65536)

Windows 7 Home Premium N (6.1.7601.65536)

Windows 7 Professional (6.1.7601.65536)

Windows 7 Ultimate (6.1.7601.65536)

About Microsoft Corporation

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File details

File name: vds.exe

Publisher: Microsoft Corporation

Name: Virtual Disk Service

Description: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System

Version: 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)

Product version: 6.1.7600.16385

Original file name: vds.exe.mui

Windows file protection: Yes

Resource utilization

CPU utilization averages

Total CPU: 0.0004934676%

Privileged CPU: 0.0002690026%

User CPU: 0.00022446498640%

Privileged CPU time: 2244658.74 ms

Privileged CPU time /min: 72 ms

CPU cycle count: 288,986,956

CPU cycle count /min: 27,277,468

Context switches /sec: 50

Memory utilization averages

Committed memory: 48.81 MB

Peak committed memory: 51.16 MB

Paged memory: 4.83 MB

Peak paged memory: 4.93 MB

Paged system memory: 84.69 KB

Non-paged system memory: 16.33 KB

Working set memory: 7.8 MB

Peak working set memory: 10.01 MB

Min working set memory: 5.97 MB

Private memory: 4.83 MB

Page faults: 5,697

Page faults /min: 33

Process I/O averages

Total read operations: 3,129

Read operations /min: 3

Total read transfer: 2.39 MB

Read transfer /min: 3.61 KB

Total other operations: 89,068

Other operations /min: 59

Total other transfer: 20.69 MB

Other Transfer /min: 17.42 KB

Resources

Handle count average: 138

Thread count average: 12

Thread resource averages

ntdll.dll

vdsbas.dll

vdsutil.dll

vds.exe

sechost.dll

vdsdyn.dll

Process details

Runs as (owner): System

Windows platform: 64-bit

Runs as a service: Yes

Parent Process

services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft)

Process Commands

C:\Windows\System32\vds.exe

C:\windows\System32\vds.exe

Service details

Name: Disque virtuel

Service name: vds

Service type: Win32OwnProcess

Description: “Fournit des services de gestion des disques, des volumes, des systèmes de fichiers et des groupes de stockage.”

Image hashes

MD5: 8d6b481601d01a456e75c3210f1830be

SHA-1: 3b513b3cf3ed7b5bc248403a87d0ab9322af8213

SHA-256: a2cef483f4231367138eef7e67fd5be5364fc0780c44ca1368e36ce4aa3d0633

PE image details

Subsystem: Windows GUI

Langauge*: Microsoft Visual C++

File entropy: 6.40737

Import Table

advapi32.dll View import functions for advapi32.dll

api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll View import functions for api-ms-win-core-debug-l1-1-0.dll

api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll View import functions for api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-l1-1-0.dll

api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll View import functions for api-ms-win-core-file-l1-1-0.dll

api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll View import functions for api-ms-win-core-handle-l1-1-0.dll

api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll View import functions for api-ms-win-core-heap-l1-1-0.dll

api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll View import functions for api-ms-win-core-interlocked-l1-1-0.dll

api-ms-win-core-io-l1-1-0.dll View import functions for api-ms-win-core-io-l1-1-0.dll

api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll View import functions for api-ms-win-core-libraryloader-l1-1-0.dll

api-ms-win-core-localregistry-l1-1-0.dll View import functions for api-ms-win-core-localregistry-l1-1-0.dll

api-ms-win-core-misc-l1-1-0.dll View import functions for api-ms-win-core-misc-l1-1-0.dll

api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll View import functions for api-ms-win-core-processenvironment-l1-1-0.dll

api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll View import functions for api-ms-win-core-processthreads-l1-1-0.dll

api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll View import functions for api-ms-win-core-profile-l1-1-0.dll

api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll View import functions for api-ms-win-core-string-l1-1-0.dll

api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll View import functions for api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-1-0.dll

api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll View import functions for api-ms-win-core-sysinfo-l1-1-0.dll

api-ms-win-security-base-l1-1-0.dll View import functions for api-ms-win-security-base-l1-1-0.dll

api-ms-win-service-core-l1-1-0.dll View import functions for api-ms-win-service-core-l1-1-0.dll

api-ms-win-service-management-l1-1-0.dll View import functions for api-ms-win-service-management-l1-1-0.dll

api-ms-win-service-management-l2-1-0.dll View import functions for api-ms-win-service-management-l2-1-0.dll

api-ms-win-service-winsvc-l1-1-0.dll View import functions for api-ms-win-service-winsvc-l1-1-0.dll

clusapi.dll View import functions for clusapi.dll

kernel32.dll View import functions for kernel32.dll

msvcrt.dll

netapi32.dll View import functions for netapi32.dll

ntdll.dll

ole32.dll

osuninst.dll View import functions for osuninst.dll

setupapi.dll View import functions for setupapi.dll

shlwapi.dll View import functions for shlwapi.dll

user32.dll View import functions for user32.dll

vdsutil.dll View import functions for vdsutil.dll

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