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DeleteNtmsMedia Function

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

The DeleteNtmsMedia function deletes a physical piece of offline media from RSM by removing all references to the specified media from the database.

Syntax

DWORD DeleteNtmsMedia(
  __in  HANDLE hSession,
  __in  LPNTMS_GUID lpMediaId
);

Parameters

  • hSession [in]
    Handle to the session returned by the OpenNtmsSession function.

  • lpMediaId [in]
    Unique identifier of a piece of physical media.

Return Value

This function returns one of the following values.

Value Meaning
ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED

NTMS_MODIFY_ACCESS to the computer or the media's media pool is denied. Other security errors are also possible, but they would indicate a security subsystem error.

Windows XP/2000:  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 the media is not valid.

ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER

The media identifier is missing.

ERROR_INVALID_STATE

The media is not offline.

ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY

An allocation failure occurred during processing.

ERROR_SUCCESS

The function was successful.

 

Remarks

Media specified by the DeleteNtmsMedia function must be located in an offline library and not have a side in the Allocated, Completed, or Reserved states.

You can use DeleteNtmsMedia to remove lost or destroyed media.

Requirements

Minimum supported client

Windows 2000 Professional

Minimum supported server

Windows 2000 Server

End of client support

Windows Vista

End of server support

Windows Server 2008

Header

Ntmsapi.h

Library

Ntmsapi.lib

DLL

Ntmsapi.dll

See Also

Media Services Functions

 

 

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