How to Delete a Configuration Manager Object by Using WMI

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

To delete a Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 object, in Configuration Manager 2007, call the SWbemObject object Delete method.

To delete a Configuration Manager object

Set up a connection to the SMS Provider. For more information, see How to Connect to an SMS Provider in Configuration Manager by Using WMI.
Using the SWbemServices object you obtain from step one, call the Get method and specify the class and key information for the object you want to delete. Get returns a SWbemObject that represents the object.
Using the SWbemObject, call Delete to delete the object.

Example

The following VBScript code example deletes the package (SMS_Package) identified by its package identifier packageID.

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

Sub DeletePackage (connection, packageID)
    
    On Error Resume Next 
    Dim package

    Set package = connection.Get("SMS_Package.PackageID='" & packageID & "'")
    If Err.Number<>0 Then
        Wscript.Echo "Couldn't get package " + packageID
        Exit Sub
    End If
    
    package.Delete_
    
    WScript.Echo "Package deleted"
    
    If Err.Number<>0 Then
        Wscript.Echo "Couldn't delete " + packageID
        Exit Sub
    End If

End Sub

This example method has the following parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
connection	SWbemServices	A valid connection to the SMS Provider.
packageID	String	The package identifier. This is obtained from the SMS_Package class PackageID.

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How to Delete a Configuration Manager Object by Using WMI

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