<div class="content" name="R_DhcpV4DeletePolicy" uuid="a79e01a8-54a2-4ca1-82b6-94f49089de98"><p>The <b>R_DhcpV4DeletePolicy</b> method deletes the specified
policy.</p><dl>
<dd>
<div><pre> DWORD R_DhcpV4DeletePolicy(
   [in, unique, string] DHCP_SRV_HANDLE ServerIpAddress,
   [in] BOOL ServerPolicy,
   [in] DHCP_IP_ADDRESS SubnetAddress,
   [in, unique, string] LPWSTR PolicyName
 );
</pre></div>
</dd></dl><p><b>ServerIpAddress: </b>The IP address/host name of
the DHCP server. This parameter is unused.</p><p><b>ServerPolicy: </b>This is of type <a href="../ms-dtyp/9d81be47-232e-42cf-8f0d-7a3b29bf2eb2" data-linktype="relative-path">BOOL</a> and
indicates whether the <a href="a9d6a415-4de6-4058-befe-ca2e42764485#gt_e4c4b49e-bca4-4854-9e27-67ef0035f06e" data-linktype="relative-path">server
level policy</a> or <a href="a9d6a415-4de6-4058-befe-ca2e42764485#gt_3b199f35-b0f3-4897-83a6-e7fec0ee7fea" data-linktype="relative-path">scope
level policy</a> is being deleted.</p><p><b>SubnetAddress: </b>This is of type <b>DHCP_IP_ADDRESS</b>
data type (section <a href="5122557b-b85d-4982-8ffb-98d8d934e353" data-linktype="relative-path">2.2.1.2.1</a>)
that identifies the IPv4 subnet from which the <a href="a9d6a415-4de6-4058-befe-ca2e42764485#gt_52323544-69e0-4172-8921-2711cbda988e" data-linktype="relative-path">policy</a> is being deleted.</p><p><b>PolicyName: </b>A pointer to a null-terminated Unicode
string that contains the name of the policy deleted.</p><p><b>Return Values: </b>A 32-bit unsigned integer value
that indicates return status. A return value of ERROR_SUCCESS (0x00000000)
indicates that the operation was completed successfully. Otherwise, it contains
a Win32 error code, as specified in <a href="../ms-erref/1bc92ddf-b79e-413c-bbaa-99a5281a6c90" data-linktype="relative-path">[MS-ERREF]</a>.
This error code value can correspond to a DHCP-specific failure, which takes a
value between 20000 and 20099, or to any generic failure.</p><dl>
<dd>
<table><thead>
  <tr>
   <th>
   <p>Return value/code</p>
   </th>
   <th>
   <p>Description</p>
   </th>
  </tr>
 </thead><tbody><tr>
  <td>0x00000000 ERROR_SUCCESS</td>
  <td>The call was successful.</td>
 </tr><tr>
  <td>0x00004E25 ERROR_DHCP_SUBNET_NOT_PRESENT</td>
  <td>The specified IPv4 subnet does not exist.</td>
 </tr></tbody></table>
</dd></dl><p>The opnum field value for this method is 111.</p><p>When processing this call, the DHCP server MUST do the
following:</p><ul><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>If the <i>ServerPolicy</i> parameter is TRUE and the <i>SubnetAddress</i>
parameter is not NULL, return ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>If the <i>ServerPolicy</i> parameter is FALSE and the <i>SubnetAddress</i>
parameter is NULL, return ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>If the <i>PolicyName</i> parameter is NULL or if the <i>Policy</i>
parameter is NULL, return ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>Validate whether this method is authorized for write/read access
as specified in section <a href="38840bd0-0a5a-47ed-bc69-0dd870d33aec" data-linktype="relative-path">3.5.5</a>.
If not, return ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>If the <i>ServerPolicy</i> parameter is TRUE:</p>
<ul><li><p><span><span>  </span></span>Retrieve
the <b>DHCPv4ServerPolicyList</b> ADM element and get the <b>DHCPv4Policy</b>
ADM element from the <b>DHCPv4ServerPolicyList</b> ADM element for the
specified <i>PolicyName</i> parameter. If there is no <b>DHCPv4Policy</b> ADM
element with the specified <i>PolicyName</i> parameter, return
ERROR_DHCP_POLICY_NOT_FOUND.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span>  </span></span>Iterate
through the server ADM element <b>DHCPv4ServerPolicyOptionValuesList</b> and
retrieve the <b>DHCPv4PolicyOptionValue</b> entries corresponding to the policy
specified by the retrieved <b>DHCPv4Policy.Policy.PolicyName</b>. Remove these
entries from <b>DHCPv4ServerPolicyOptionValuesList</b>.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span>  </span></span>Delete
the specific <b>DHCPv4Policy</b> ADM element and return ERROR_SUCCESS.</p>
</li></ul></li><li><p><span><span> 
</span></span>If the <i>ServerPolicy</i> parameter is FALSE:</p>
<ul><li><p><span><span>  </span></span>Retrieve
the <b>DHCPv4ScopesList</b> ADM element and get the <b>DHCPv4Scope</b> ADM
element from the <b>DHCPv4ScopesList</b> ADM element where the <b>SubnetAddress</b>
ADM element in the <b>DHCPv4Scope</b> ADM element matches the specified <i>SubnetAddress</i>
parameter.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span>  </span></span>If
there is no <b>DHCPv4Scope</b> ADM element matching the specified <i>SubnetAddress</i>
parameter, return ERROR_DHCP_SUBNET_NOT_PRESENT.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span>  </span></span>Retrieve
the <b>DHCPv4Scope.DHCPv4ScopePolicyList</b> ADM element and get the <b>DHCPv4Policy</b>
ADM element from the <b>DHCPv4Scope.DHCPv4ScopePolicyList</b> ADM element that
has the same name as the specified <i>PolicyName</i> parameter.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span>  </span></span>If
there is no <b>DHCPv4Policy</b> ADM element with the specified <i>PolicyName</i>
parameter, return ERROR_DHCP_POLICY_NOT_FOUND.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span>  </span></span>Iterate
through the scope ADM element <b>DHCPv4Scope.DHCPv4ScopePolicyOptionValuesList</b>
and retrieve the <b>DHCPv4PolicyOptionValue</b> entries corresponding to the
policy specified by the retrieved <b>DHCPv4Policy.Policy.PolicyName</b> ADM
element. Remove these entries from <b>DHCPv4Scope.DHCPv4ServerPolicyOptionValuesList</b>.</p>
</li><li><p><span><span>  </span></span>Delete
the specific <b>DHCPv4Policy</b> ADM element and return ERROR_SUCCESS.</p>
</li></ul></li></ul><p><b>Exceptions Thrown:</b> No exceptions are thrown beyond
those thrown by the underlying RPC protocol <a href="../ms-rpce/290c38b1-92fe-4229-91e6-4fc376610c15" data-linktype="relative-path">[MS-RPCE]</a>.</p></div>