<div class="content" name="GetInitiatorAdapter" uuid="d40751ae-cbda-4466-9f4d-c4f583822a94"><p>The GetInitiatorAdapter method returns the initiator adapter
to the initiator portal it belongs to.</p><dl>
<dd>
<div><pre> HRESULT GetInitiatorAdapter(
   [out] IVdsIscsiInitiatorAdapter** ppInitiatorAdapter
 );
</pre></div>
</dd></dl><p><b>ppInitiatorAdapter: </b>A pointer to an <a href="87d72780-0d1d-433a-adf8-37c4c9b7ace1" data-linktype="relative-path">IVdsIscsiInitiatorAdapter</a>
interface that, if the operation is successfully completed, receives the
IVdsIscsiInitiatorAdapter interface of the initiator adapter object that the
initiator portal belongs to. Callers MUST release the interface when they are
done with it.</p><p><b>Return Values: </b>The method MUST return zero or
a non-error <a href="8eef5d42-22d7-4302-aed9-12face91505a#gt_799103ab-b3cb-4eab-8c55-322821b2b235" data-linktype="relative-path">HRESULT</a> (as
specified in <a href="../ms-erref/1bc92ddf-b79e-413c-bbaa-99a5281a6c90" data-linktype="relative-path">[MS-ERREF]</a>)
to indicate success, or return an implementation-specific nonzero error code to
indicate failure. For the HRESULT values predefined by the Virtual Disk Service
Remote Protocol, see section <a href="5102cc53-3143-4268-ba4c-6ea39e999ab4" data-linktype="relative-path">2.2.3</a>.</p><p>When the server receives this message, it MUST validate the
following parameter:</p><ul><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>Verify that <i>ppInitiatorAdapter</i> is not NULL.</p>
</li></ul><p>The server MUST point <i>ppInitiatorAdapter</i> to an
IVdsIscsiInitiatorAdapter interface of the initiator adapter object that the
initiator portal object&#39;s initiator adapter pointer refers to. The server MUST
then return an HRESULT indicating failure or success.</p></div>