You remove updates from a software updates deployment package, in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, by obtaining an instance of the SMS_SoftwareUpdatesPackage class and using the RemoveContent method.

To delete updates from a software updates deployment package

  1. Set up a connection to the SMS Provider.

  2. Obtain an existing package object by using the SMS_SoftwareUpdatesPackage class.

  3. Remove update content from the existing software updates management package by using the RemoveContent method.

Example

The following example method shows how to remove updates from a software updates deployment package by using the SMS_SoftwareUpdatesPackage class and the RemoveContent method.

Important
No VBScript example was included, as the RemoveContent method does not return from the method call on failure. This is a known issue and is being investigated.

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

Example of the method call in C#:

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// Prework for RemoveUpdatesfromSUMDeploymentPackage.
// Define the array of Content IDs to load into the content parameters.
int[] newArrayContentIDs2 = new int[] { 82 };

// Load the update content parameters into an object to pass to the method.
Dictionary<string, object> removeContentParameters = new Dictionary<string, object>();
removeContentParameters.Add("ContentIDs", newArrayContentIDs2);
removeContentParameters.Add("bRefreshDPs", true);

// Call the RemoveUpdatesfromSUMDeploymentPackage method.
RemoveUpdatesfromSUMDeploymentPackage(WMIConnection,
									"ABC00001",
									removeContentParameters);
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public void RemoveUpdatesfromSUMDeploymentPackage(WqlConnectionManager connection,
												string existingSUMPackageID,
												Dictionary<string, object> removeContentParameters)
{
	try
	{
		// Get the specific SUM Deployment Package to change.
		IResultObject existingSUMDeploymentPackage = connection.GetInstance(@"SMS_SoftwareUpdatesPackage.PackageID='" + existingSUMPackageID + "'");

		// Remove updates from the existing SUM Deployment Package using the RemoveContent method.
		// Note: The method will throw an exception, if the method is not able to add the content.
		IResultObject result = existingSUMDeploymentPackage.ExecuteMethod("RemoveContent", removeContentParameters);

		// Output a success message.
		Console.WriteLine("Removed content from the deployment package. ");
	
}
	catch (SmsException ex)
	{
		Console.WriteLine("Failed to remove content from the deployment package. Error: " + ex.Message);
		throw;
}
}

The example method has the following parameters:

Parameter

Type

Description

connection

  • Managed: WqlConnectionManager

A valid connection to the SMS Provider.

existingSUMPackageID

  • Managed: String

The package ID for an existing software updates management package.

removecontentParameters

  • Managed: dictionary object

The set of parameters (ContentIDs, bRefreshDPs) that is passed into the method and used with the RemoveContent method call.

Compiling the Code

This C# example requires:

Namespaces

System

System.Collections.Generic

System.Text

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.

See Also