DecommissionNtmsMedia function (ntmsapi.h)

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10/13/2021

[Removable Storage Manager is no longer available as of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.]

The DecommissionNtmsMedia function moves a side from the Available state to the Decommissioned state.

Syntax

DWORD DecommissionNtmsMedia(
  [in] HANDLE      hSession,
  [in] LPNTMS_GUID lpMediaId
);

Parameters

[in] hSession

Handle to the session returned by the OpenNtmsSession function.

[in] lpMediaId

Unique identifier of a side of a piece of physical media.

Return value

Value	Meaning
ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED	NTMS_CONTROL_ACCESS to the media's media pool is denied. Other security errors are also possible, but they would indicate a security subsystem error. Windows XP: NTMS_MODIFY_ACCESS to the media's media pool is denied. Other security errors are also possible, but they would indicate a security subsystem error.
ERROR_DATABASE_FAILURE	The database is inaccessible or damaged.
ERROR_DATABASE_FULL	The database is full.
ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE	The session handle is missing or is not valid.
ERROR_INVALID_MEDIA	The media identifier is not valid.
ERROR_INVALID_MEDIA_POOL	The media pool for media is not valid.
ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER	The media identifier is missing.
ERROR_INVALID_STATE	The media is not in the Available state.
ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY	An allocation failure occurred during processing.
ERROR_SUCCESS	The function was successful.

Remarks

Media decommissioned by the DecommissionNtmsMedia function is recognized by RSM but the decommissioned media does not contain any data and is never again used.

Only media that is in the Available state can be decommissioned. For more information, see Media Life Cycle.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows XP [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	ntmsapi.h
Library	Ntmsapi.lib
DLL	Ntmsapi.dll

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