In System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, you remove a Windows driver from an operating system deployment boot image package by removing it from the ReferencedDrivers property of the SMS_BootImagePackage Server WMI Class object.

Note
The driver is not removed until the boot image package is refreshed and updated on the distribution points.

To remove a Windows driver from a boot image package

  1. Set up a connection to the SMS Provider. For more information, see About the SMS Provider in Configuration Manager.

  2. Get the SMS_BootImagePackage object for the boot image package that contains the driver you want to remove.

  3. Remove the driver from the ReferencedDrivers property. The driver is identified by its configuration item identifier represented by the ID property of the SMS_Driver_Details Server WMI Class object. This identifier matches the CI_ID property of SMS_Driver.

  4. Commit the SMS_BootImagePackage object changes.

  5. Refresh the boot image package by calling RefreshPkgSource.

Example

The following example method removes the Windows driver from the boot image package. The package is identified by its PackageID property and the driver is identified by its CI_ID property.

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

Visual Basic Script  Copy Code
Sub RemoveDriverFromBootImagePackage(connection, driverId, packageId)
	Dim bootImagePackage
	Dim driver 
	Dim driverDetails
	Dim newReferencedDrivers()
	Dim found
	Dim index

	' Get the boot image package.
	Set bootImagePackage = connection.Get("SMS_BootImagePackage.PackageID='" & packageId &"'" )

	found = False
	index=0

	' Copy the contents and leave out the driver.
	For Each driver In bootImagePackage.ReferencedDrivers
		If driver.ID = driverID Then
			found=True
		Else
		 Set newReferencedDrivers(index)=driver
		 index = index + 1 
		End If
	Next

	' Update the referenced drivers.
	If found=True Then  
		ReDim preserve newReferencedDrivers(UBound(bootImagePackage.ReferencedDrivers)-1)
		bootImagePackage.ReferencedDrivers=newReferencedDrivers
		bootImagePackage.Put_
		bootImagePackage.RefreshPkgSource
   End If		 
 
End Sub
C#  Copy Code
public void RemoveDriverFromBootImagePackage(
	WqlConnectionManager connection,
	int driverId,
	string packageId)
{
	try
	{
		// Get the boot image package.
		IResultObject bootImagePackage = connection.GetInstance(@"SMS_BootImagePackage.packageId='" + packageId + "'");
	
		// Get the (SMS_Driver_Details) drivers referenced by the package.
		List<IResultObject> referencedDrivers = bootImagePackage.GetArrayItems("ReferencedDrivers");

		foreach (IResultObject ro in referencedDrivers)
		{
			if (ro["ID"].IntegerValue == driverId) // Remove the driver that matches driverId.
			{
				referencedDrivers.Remove(ro);
				break;
		}
	}

		bootImagePackage.SetArrayItems("ReferencedDrivers", referencedDrivers);

		// Commit the changes.
		bootImagePackage.Put();
		bootImagePackage.ExecuteMethod("RefreshPkgSource", null);
}
	catch (SmsException e)
	{
		Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
		throw;
}
}

The example method has the following parameters:

Parameter Type Description

Connection

  • Managed: WqlConnectionManager

  • VBScript: SWbemServices

A valid connection to the SMS Provider.

driverID

  • Managed: Integer

  • VBScript: Integer

The Windows driver identifier available in SMS_Driver.CI_ID.

PackageID

  • Managed: String

  • VBScript: String

The boot image package identifier available in SMS_BootImagePackage.PackageID.

Compiling the Code

This C# example requires:

Namespaces

System

System.Collections.Generic

System.Text

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider.WqlQueryEngine

Assembly

microsoft.configurationmanagement.managementprovider

adminui.wqlqueryengine

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.

See Also