How to Delete a Package

Article
05/03/2011

Applies To: System Center Configuration Manager 2007, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1, System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2

The following example shows how to delete a package in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 by using the SMS_Package Server WMI Class class.

To delete a package

Set up a connection to the SMS Provider. For more information, see About the SMS Provider in Configuration Manager.
Load the existing package object by using the SMS_Package Server WMI Class class.
Delete the package by using the delete method.

Example

The following example method deletes an existing package.

For information about calling the sample code, see Calling Configuration Manager Code Snippets.

Sub DeleteAPackage(connection, existingPackageID)

    ' Get the specified package instance (passed in as existingPackageID).
    Set packageToDelete = connection.Get("SMS_Package.PackageID='" & existingPackageID & "'")
    
    ' Delete the package.
    PackageToDelete.Delete_
    
    ' Output package ID of deleted package.
    wscript.echo "Deleted Package ID: " & existingPackageID

End Sub

public void DeleteAPackage(WqlConnectionManager connection, string existingPackageID)
{
    try
    {
        // Get the specified package instance (passed in as existingPackageID).
        IResultObject packageToDelete = connection.GetInstance(@"SMS_Package.PackageID='" + existingPackageID + "'");

        // Delete the package instance.
        packageToDelete.Delete();

        // Output package ID of deleted package.
        Console.WriteLine("Deleted Package ID: " + existingPackageID);
    }

    catch (SmsException ex)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Failed to create package. Error: " + ex.Message);
        throw;
    }
}

The example method has the following parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
connection swbemServices	Managed: WqlConnectionManager VBScript: SWbemServices	A valid connection to the SMS Provider.
existingPackageID	Managed: String VBScript: String	The ID of the existing package.

connection

swbemServices

Managed: WqlConnectionManager
VBScript: SWbemServices

A valid connection to the SMS Provider.

existingPackageID

Managed: String
VBScript: String

The ID of the existing package.

Compiling the Code

The C# example requires:

Namespaces

System

System.Collections.Generic

System.ComponentModel

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider.WqlQueryEngine

Assembly

adminui.wqlqueryengine

microsoft.configurationmanagement.managementprovider

Robust Programming

For more information about error handling, see About Configuration Manager Errors.

Security

For more information about securing Configuration Manager applications, see Securing Configuration Manager Applications.