Delete Instance CIM Operation

REQUEST RETURN

If successful, the specified Instance MUST have been removed by the CIM Server. If unsuccessful, one of the following status codes MUST be returned by this method, where the first applicable error in the list (starting with the first element of the list, and working down) is the error returned. Any additional method-specific interpretation of the error in is given in parentheses.

CIM_ERR_ACCESS_DENIED
CIM_ERR_NOT_SUPPORTED
CIM_ERR_INVALID_NAMESPACE
CIM_ERR_INVALID_PARAMETER (including missing, duplicate, unrecognized or otherwise incorrect parameters)
CIM_ERR_INVALID_CLASS (the CIM Class does not exist in the specified namespace)
CIM_ERR_NOT_FOUND (the CIM Class does exist, but the requested CIM Instance does not exist in the specified namespace)
CIM_ERR_FAILED (some other unspecified error occurred)

Additional Field Information

The DeleteInstance operation deletes a single CIM Instance from the target Namespace.

NameSpace - The NameSpace parameter is a string that defines the target namespace

InstanceName - The InstanceName input parameter defines the name (model path) of the Instance to be deleted.

C++ Pegasus API as defined in Operations.h

      virtual void deleteInstance(
          const String& nameSpace,
          const Reference& instanceName) = 0;

Demonstration Prepared by the OpenGroup Manageability Work Group Pegasus Development Team

See (http://www.opengroup.org/management) for more information on Pegasus