Find a VSS volume by its ID

#vss #io #powershell

Use the PowerShell cmdlet Get-CimInstance to find a Win32_ShadowCopy instance with matching ID.

Examples

PowerShell snippet

Get-CimInstance -Class Win32_ShadowCopy -Filter "ID='{placeholder-guid-value}'"

PowerShell function

This function makes sure the ID is passed to Get-CimInstance in the expected format

function Get-VssShadowVolume {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory)]
        [System.Guid]
        $ID
    )
    
    process {
        Get-CimInstance -Class Win32_ShadowCopy -Filter "ID='$($ID.ToString('B'))'"
    }    
}