diff --git a/pkg/admit/netadmit.go b/pkg/admit/netadmit.go
index c5443c07..cf267d0f 100644
--- a/pkg/admit/netadmit.go
+++ b/pkg/admit/netadmit.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func (validator *Validator) ValidateNetwork(responseWriter http.ResponseWriter,
     return
   }
   origNewManifest := *newManifest
-  isManifestValid, err := validateNetworkByType(oldManifest, newManifest, admissionReview.Request.Operation)
+  isManifestValid, err := validateNetworkByType(oldManifest, newManifest, admissionReview.Request.Operation, validator.Client)
   if !isManifestValid {
     SendErroneousAdmissionResponse(responseWriter, admissionReview.Request, err)
     return
@@ -99,13 +99,13 @@ func getNetworkManifest(objectToReview []byte) (*danmtypes.DanmNet,error) {
   return &networkManifest, nil
 }
 
-func validateNetworkByType(oldManifest, newManifest *danmtypes.DanmNet, opType v1beta1.Operation) (bool,error) {
+func validateNetworkByType(oldManifest, newManifest *danmtypes.DanmNet, opType v1beta1.Operation, client danmclientset.Interface) (bool,error) {
   validatorMapping, isTypeHandled := danmValidationConfig[newManifest.TypeMeta.Kind]
   if !isTypeHandled {
     return false, errors.New("K8s API type:" + newManifest.TypeMeta.Kind + " is not handled by DANM webhook")
   }
   for _, validator := range validatorMapping {
-    err := validator(oldManifest,newManifest,opType)
+    err := validator(oldManifest,newManifest,opType,client)
     if err != nil {
       return false, err
     }
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func mutateNetManifest(danmClient danmclientset.Interface, dnet *danmtypes.DanmN
 //Example is NetworkID related validations for TenantNetworks
 //TODO: make this also fancy when more post validation needs surface
 func postValidateManifest(dnet *danmtypes.DanmNet) error {
-  return validateNetworkId(nil, dnet, "")
+  return validateNetworkId(nil, dnet, "", nil)
 }
 
 func CreateAllocationArray(dnet *danmtypes.DanmNet) {
diff --git a/pkg/admit/netdel.go b/pkg/admit/netdel.go
index e6a8c4cf..9c13bd2b 100644
--- a/pkg/admit/netdel.go
+++ b/pkg/admit/netdel.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
   "net/http"
   "k8s.io/api/admission/v1beta1"
   "github.com/nokia/danm/pkg/confman"
+  "github.com/nokia/danm/pkg/danmep"
 )
 
 //A GIGANTIC DISCLAIMER: THIS DOES NOT WORK BEFORE K8S 1.15!
@@ -21,6 +22,17 @@ func (validator *Validator) DeleteNetwork(responseWriter http.ResponseWriter, re
     SendErroneousAdmissionResponse(responseWriter, admissionReview.Request, err)
     return
   }
+  isAnyPodConnectedToNetwork, connectedEp, err := danmep.ArePodsConnectedToNetwork(validator.Client, oldManifest)
+  if err != nil {
+    SendErroneousAdmissionResponse(responseWriter, admissionReview.Request,
+    errors.New("Network cannot be deleted because there is no way to tell if Pods are still using it due to:" + err.Error()))
+    return  
+  }
+  if isAnyPodConnectedToNetwork {
+    SendErroneousAdmissionResponse(responseWriter, admissionReview.Request,
+    errors.New("Network cannot be deleted because there are Pods still connected to it e.g. Pod:" + connectedEp.Spec.Pod + " in namespace:" + connectedEp.ObjectMeta.Namespace))
+    return   
+  }
   if oldManifest.TypeMeta.Kind == "TenantNetwork" && IsTypeDynamic(oldManifest.Spec.NetworkType) {
     tconf, err := confman.GetTenantConfig(validator.Client)
     if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/admit/validators.go b/pkg/admit/validators.go
index cb84711a..b43a3fb4 100644
--- a/pkg/admit/validators.go
+++ b/pkg/admit/validators.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
   "encoding/binary"
   admissionv1 "k8s.io/api/admission/v1beta1"
   danmtypes "github.com/nokia/danm/crd/apis/danm/v1"
+  danmclientset "github.com/nokia/danm/crd/client/clientset/versioned"
+  "github.com/nokia/danm/pkg/danmep"
   "github.com/nokia/danm/pkg/ipam"
   "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/cm/cpuset"
 )
@@ -16,8 +18,8 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-  DanmNetMapping = []ValidatorFunc{validateIpv4Fields,validateIpv6Fields,validateAllocationPool,validateVids,validateNetworkId,validateAbsenceOfAllowedTenants,validateNeType}
-  ClusterNetMapping = []ValidatorFunc{validateIpv4Fields,validateIpv6Fields,validateAllocationPool,validateVids,validateNetworkId,validateNeType}
+  DanmNetMapping = []ValidatorFunc{validateIpv4Fields,validateIpv6Fields,validateAllocationPool,validateVids,validateNetworkId,validateAbsenceOfAllowedTenants,validateNeType,validateVniChange}
+  ClusterNetMapping = []ValidatorFunc{validateIpv4Fields,validateIpv6Fields,validateAllocationPool,validateVids,validateNetworkId,validateNeType,validateVniChange}
   TenantNetMapping = []ValidatorFunc{validateIpv4Fields,validateIpv6Fields,validateAllocationPool,validateAbsenceOfAllowedTenants,validateTenantNetRules,validateNeType}
   danmValidationConfig = map[string]ValidatorMapping {
     "DanmNet": DanmNetMapping,
@@ -26,14 +28,14 @@ var (
   }
 )
 
-type ValidatorFunc func(oldManifest, newManifest *danmtypes.DanmNet, opType admissionv1.Operation) error
+type ValidatorFunc func(oldManifest, newManifest *danmtypes.DanmNet, opType admissionv1.Operation, client danmclientset.Interface) error
 type ValidatorMapping []ValidatorFunc
 
-func validateIpv4Fields(oldManifest, newManifest *danmtypes.DanmNet, opType admissionv1.Operation) error {
+func validateIpv4Fields(oldManifest, newManifest *danmtypes.DanmNet, opType admissionv1.Operation, client danmclientset.Interface) error {
   return validateIpFields(newManifest.Spec.Options.Cidr, newManifest.Spec.Options.Routes)
 }
 
-func validateIpv6Fields(oldManifest, newManifest *danmtypes.DanmNet, opType admissionv1.Operation) error {
+func validateIpv6Fields(oldManifest, newManifest *danmtypes.DanmNet, opType admissionv1.Operation, client danmclientset.Interface) error {
   return validateIpFields(newManifest.Spec.Options.Net6, newManifest.Spec.Options.Routes6)
 }
 
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ func validateIpFields(cidr string, routes map[string]string) error {
   return nil
 }
 
-func validateAllocationPool(oldManifest, newManifest *danmtypes.DanmNet, opType admissionv1.Operation) error {
+func validateAllocationPool(oldManifest, newManifest *danmtypes.DanmNet, opType admissionv1.Operation, client danmclientset.Interface) error {
   if opType == admissionv1.Create && newManifest.Spec.Options.Alloc != "" {
     return errors.New("Allocation bitmask shall not be manually defined upon creation!")
   }
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ func GetBroadcastAddress(subnet *net.IPNet) (net.IP) {
   return ip
 }
 
-func validateVids(oldManifest, newManifest *danmtypes.DanmNet, opType admissionv1.Operation) error {
+func validateVids(oldManifest, newManifest *danmtypes.DanmNet, opType admissionv1.Operation, client danmclientset.Interface) error {
   isVlanDefined := (newManifest.Spec.Options.Vlan!=0)
   isVxlanDefined := (newManifest.Spec.Options.Vxlan!=0)
   if isVlanDefined && isVxlanDefined {
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ func validateVids(oldManifest, newManifest *danmtypes.DanmNet, opType admissionv
   return nil
 }
 
-func validateNetworkId(oldManifest, newManifest *danmtypes.DanmNet, opType admissionv1.Operation) error {
+func validateNetworkId(oldManifest, newManifest *danmtypes.DanmNet, opType admissionv1.Operation, client danmclientset.Interface) error {
   if newManifest.Spec.NetworkID == "" {
     return errors.New("Spec.NetworkID mandatory parameter is missing!")
   }
@@ -109,14 +111,14 @@ func validateNetworkId(oldManifest, newManifest *danmtypes.DanmNet, opType admis
   return nil
 }
 
-func validateAbsenceOfAllowedTenants(oldManifest, newManifest *danmtypes.DanmNet, opType admissionv1.Operation) error {
+func validateAbsenceOfAllowedTenants(oldManifest, newManifest *danmtypes.DanmNet, opType admissionv1.Operation, client danmclientset.Interface) error {
   if newManifest.Spec.AllowedTenants != nil {
     return errors.New("AllowedTenants attribute is only valid for the ClusterNetwork API!")
   }
   return nil
 }
 
-func validateTenantNetRules(oldManifest, newManifest *danmtypes.DanmNet, opType admissionv1.Operation) error {
+func validateTenantNetRules(oldManifest, newManifest *danmtypes.DanmNet, opType admissionv1.Operation, client danmclientset.Interface) error {
   if opType == admissionv1.Create &&
     (newManifest.Spec.Options.Vxlan  != 0  ||
      newManifest.Spec.Options.Vlan   != 0) {
@@ -182,7 +184,7 @@ func validateIfaceConfig(ifaceConf danmtypes.IfaceProfile, opType admissionv1.Op
   return nil
 }
 
-func validateNeType(oldManifest, newManifest *danmtypes.DanmNet, opType admissionv1.Operation) error {
+func validateNeType(oldManifest, newManifest *danmtypes.DanmNet, opType admissionv1.Operation, client danmclientset.Interface) error {
   if newManifest.Spec.NetworkType == "sriov" {
     if newManifest.Spec.Options.DevicePool == "" || newManifest.Spec.Options.Device != "" {
       return errors.New("Spec.Options.device_pool must, and Spec.Options.host_device cannot be provided for SR-IOV networks!")
@@ -191,4 +193,22 @@ func validateNeType(oldManifest, newManifest *danmtypes.DanmNet, opType admissio
     return errors.New("Spec.Options.device_pool and Spec.Options.host_device cannot be provided together!")
   }
   return nil
+}
+
+func validateVniChange(oldManifest, newManifest *danmtypes.DanmNet, opType admissionv1.Operation, client danmclientset.Interface) error {
+  if opType != admissionv1.Update {
+    return nil
+  }
+  isAnyPodConnectedToNetwork, connectedEp, err := danmep.ArePodsConnectedToNetwork(client, newManifest)
+  if err != nil {
+    return errors.New("no way to tell if Pods are still using the network due to:" + err.Error())
+  }
+  if !isAnyPodConnectedToNetwork {
+    return nil
+  }
+  if (oldManifest.Spec.Options.Vlan  != 0 && (oldManifest.Spec.Options.Vlan  != newManifest.Spec.Options.Vlan  || oldManifest.Spec.Options.Device != newManifest.Spec.Options.Device)) ||
+     (oldManifest.Spec.Options.Vxlan != 0 && (oldManifest.Spec.Options.Vxlan != newManifest.Spec.Options.Vxlan || oldManifest.Spec.Options.Device != newManifest.Spec.Options.Device)) {
+    return errors.New("cannot change VNI/host_device of a network which having any Pods connected to it e.g. Pod:" + connectedEp.Spec.Pod + " in namespace:" + connectedEp.ObjectMeta.Namespace)   
+  }
+  return nil
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/danmep/danmep.go b/pkg/danmep/danmep.go
index 61a21582..4f0675c9 100644
--- a/pkg/danmep/danmep.go
+++ b/pkg/danmep/danmep.go
@@ -50,11 +50,13 @@ func DeleteIpvlanInterface(ep danmtypes.DanmEp) (error) {
 func FindByCid(client danmclientset.Interface, cid string)([]danmtypes.DanmEp, error) {
   result, err := client.DanmV1().DanmEps("").List(meta_v1.ListOptions{})
   if err != nil {
-    log.Println("cannot get list of eps:" + err.Error())
-    return nil, err
+    return nil, errors.New("cannot list DanmEps because:" + err.Error())
+  }
+  ret := make([]danmtypes.DanmEp, 0)
+  if result == nil {
+    return ret, nil
   }
   eplist := result.Items
-  var ret = make([]danmtypes.DanmEp, 0)
   for _, ep := range eplist {
     if ep.Spec.CID == cid {
       ret = append(ret, ep)
@@ -68,11 +70,13 @@ func FindByCid(client danmclientset.Interface, cid string)([]danmtypes.DanmEp, e
 func CidsByHost(client danmclientset.Interface, host string)(map[string]danmtypes.DanmEp, error) {
   result, err := client.DanmV1().DanmEps("").List(meta_v1.ListOptions{})
   if err != nil {
-    log.Println("cannot get list of eps")
-    return nil, err
+    return nil, errors.New("cannot list DanmEps because:" + err.Error())
+  }
+  ret := make(map[string]danmtypes.DanmEp, 0)
+  if result == nil {
+    return ret, nil
   }
   eplist := result.Items
-  var ret = make(map[string]danmtypes.DanmEp, 0)
   for _, ep := range eplist {
     if ep.Spec.Host == host {
       ret[ep.Spec.CID] = ep
@@ -103,7 +107,7 @@ func DetermineHostDeviceName(dnet *danmtypes.DanmNet) string {
   return device
 }
 
-func CreateRoutesInNetNs(ep danmtypes.DanmEp, dnet *danmtypes.DanmNet, ) error {
+func CreateRoutesInNetNs(ep danmtypes.DanmEp, dnet *danmtypes.DanmNet) error {
   runtime.LockOSThread()
   defer runtime.UnlockOSThread()
   origNs, err := ns.GetCurrentNS()
@@ -196,3 +200,22 @@ func PutDanmEp(danmClient danmclientset.Interface, ep danmtypes.DanmEp) error {
   }
   return errors.New("DanmEp creation was supposedly successful, but the object hasn't really appeared within 1 sec")
 }
+
+// ArePodsConnectedToNetwork checks if there are any Pods currently in the system using the particular network.
+// If there is at least, it returns true, and the spec of the first matching DanmEp.
+func ArePodsConnectedToNetwork(client danmclientset.Interface, dnet *danmtypes.DanmNet)(bool, danmtypes.DanmEp, error) {
+  result, err := client.DanmV1().DanmEps("").List(meta_v1.ListOptions{})
+  if err != nil {
+    return false, danmtypes.DanmEp{}, errors.New("cannot list DanmEps because:" + err.Error())
+  }
+  if result == nil {
+    return false, danmtypes.DanmEp{}, nil
+  }
+  eplist := result.Items
+  for _, ep := range eplist {
+    if ep.Spec.ApiType == dnet.TypeMeta.Kind && ep.Spec.NetworkName == dnet.ObjectMeta.Name {
+      return true, ep, nil
+    }
+  }
+  return false, danmtypes.DanmEp{}, nil
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scm/build/build.sh b/scm/build/build.sh
index 56933eb9..ebf54f1f 100755
--- a/scm/build/build.sh
+++ b/scm/build/build.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh -ex
 export GOOS=linux
 cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/nokia/danm
-glide install --strip-vendor
+#glide install --strip-vendor
 go get -d github.com/vishvananda/netlink
 go get github.com/containernetworking/plugins/pkg/ns
 go get github.com/golang/groupcache/lru
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ go install -a -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' github.com/nokia/danm/cmd/netwatc
 go install -a -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' github.com/nokia/danm/cmd/fakeipam
 go install -a -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' github.com/nokia/danm/cmd/svcwatcher
 go install -a -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' github.com/nokia/danm/cmd/cnitest
-go install -a -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' github.com/nokia/danm/cmd/webhook
\ No newline at end of file
+go install -a -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' github.com/nokia/danm/cmd/webhook