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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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About 0.3% of all Boost users have the vds.exe process running.	Of the 0.3% 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.

0.00213% CPU21272.1%

Average CPU utilization across all programs is 0.00001%.

1.96 MB RAM9.1%

Average private memory utilization across all programs is 21.53 MB.

1 context switches/sec1.0%

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 6.0.6001.18000 (longhorn_rtm.080118-1840)

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

What else is related?

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)

webfarmservice.exe (Microsoft IIS Extensions by Microsoft)

tfsjobagent.exe (Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 by Microsoft)

tfsbuildservicehost.exe (Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2010 by Microsoft)

ruleengineupdateservice.exe (Microsoft (R) BizTalk (R) Server 2010 by Microsoft)

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

btsntsvc.exe (Microsoft (R) BizTalk (R) Server 2010 by Microsoft)

drmstor.dll (Microsoft® Windows Media Services by Microsoft)

themeui.dll (API de tema do Windows by Microsoft)

ntbackup.exe (Utilitário de cópia de segurança do Windows by Microsoft)

browseui.dll (Biblioteca da interface de utilizador do browser da shell by Microsoft)

shdocvw.dll (Objecto Doc da shell e biblioteca de controlos by Microsoft)

qmgr.dll (Servicio de transferencia inteligente en segundo plano by Microsoft)

cabview.dll (Extensión del shell para el visor de archivos Cab by Microsoft)

What Windows OS versions does this run on?

Microsoft Windows XP (5.1.2600.196608)

Windows 7 Ultimate (6.1.7600.65536)

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 Professional (6.1.7601.65536)

Windows 7 Starter (6.1.7601.65536)

Windows 7 Ultimate (6.1.7601.65536)

Windows 7 Ultimate | KKD Windows 7 V.3 (6.1.7601.65536)

Windows 7 Ultimate N (6.1.7601.65536)

Windows Seven Black Edition (6.1.7601.65536)

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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: 0.0054098555%

Privileged CPU: 0.0032826488%

User CPU: 0.00212720675211%

Privileged CPU time: 561662.88 ms

Privileged CPU time /min: 0 ms

CPU cycle count: 353,596,950

CPU cycle count /min: 1,371,163

Context switches /sec: 1

Memory utilization averages

Committed memory: 38.77 MB

Peak committed memory: 39.95 MB

Paged memory: 1.96 MB

Peak paged memory: 2.02 MB

Paged system memory: 73.87 KB

Non-paged system memory: 7.44 KB

Working set memory: 2.96 MB

Peak working set memory: 5.99 MB

Min working set memory: 2.81 MB

Private memory: 1.96 MB

Page faults: 4,658

Page faults /min: 6

Process I/O averages

Total read operations: 1

Total read transfer: 11.33 KB

Total other operations: 983

Other operations /min: 2

Total other transfer: 8.22 KB

Other Transfer /min: 39 Bytes

Resources

Handle count average: 131

Thread count average: 9

Thread resource averages

sechost.dll

vds.exe

vdsutil.dll

Process details

Runs as (owner): System

Windows platform: 32-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: c3cd30495687c2a2f66a65ca6fd89be9

SHA-1: 51b15a8587a70db5f1dacf1a4ed77fbd98df881e

SHA-256: 582e4706c1d6a151020d14b26c7bf166f4e42bdd6e410f30ec452469270c5e9b

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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