I have an SSIS package that queries a view for some records then sends off an email using Database mail. I want to deploy the package to the SQL Server that these views exist in and then schedule us using SQL Server Agent but i've run into a number of issues.
The main problem is that within the job there is a connection manager that has stored credentials for a SQL Server account that has access to the views and email profile. I've set the package to EncryptSensitiveWithPassword instead of User Key but i can't seem to find any way to actually pass that password the the SQL Server Agent when the job is run. So when it executes it fails since it can't connect.
A bunch of websites say to use the config file, but when I go that route it breaks the job entirely complaining that the OLEDB connection can't be established. In that scenario I can't even run the job on my machine locally.
A few other sites recommended copying the package to the local ssis package store on the machine, but I only have access to the machine through SQL Server Tools, I can't remote in or install anything on the file system so I have to install through the manifest file using the SSIS deployment process.
I've read something about storing settings in another DB table, but that again presents issues with permissions on the server.
Finally I tried passing /password or /decrypt in the job scheduler, but when i click ok it scheduler removes that parameter.
This is an internal server and security isnt really a big concern, Any idea how i can pass the decryption password in plaintext or just tell SSIS to not bother securing sensitive data?
The trick is:
When saving the package in SQL Server Business Intelligence Studio, ensure the Package Properties > ProtectionLevel is set to EncryptSensitiveWithUserKey.
When you import the SSIS package into the SQL Server (from SQL Mgmt Studio > object explorer > [server] Integration Services > Stored Packages > MSDB > right-click > Import Package > set Package location to File System, Select the file in Package path, and select the option "Rely on server storage and roles for access control". I would guess when importing the .dtsx file you have to be logged in as the same user that saved the .dtsx file.
This means that the password is saved with the package and therefore can be used when anyone executes the package. If it's something you don't want anyone to execute you then lock down security appropriately.
Alternatively you could change the Connection so it uses Integrated Security (windows authentication instead of a sql login) and change the Job so it executes the package as a user that has access to the database & view that's queried by the package. This is the preferred option from the view that you don't need passwords anywhere and instead manage it via user identity and permissions.
It sounds like when you're using the config file that you're not setting up the config file correctly.
What is the exact error that you're receiving when running it locally? I can try to recreate the issue.
do you have the package set up in bids to store the passwords, and then save the package to ssis and tell it to encrypt the passwords? if you're not saving them locally, it could be that you've lost your passwords and then pushed the package without them.
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I have one package which loads data from excel using ace.oledb.12.0 driver to SQL server(same server where SQL agent service is running.).
When I ran this Step from SQL Agent using Infrastructure Service account it succeed.
When I ran this step using a credential account it is stopping the job as a failure 'Unexpected Termination'.
Funny part is this is running exactly fine for files with data size low(100kb-300kb) when run from both Infrastructure Service account and a Credential account.
But for my current file having size 4.5 mb it is failing via Credential account.
Is there a way I can capture why the job is getting terminated?
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Looks like you need to find out detailed error message to know more. Did you deploy package using SSIS Project Mode in SSISDB or running as File System Package? When you run SSIS Package via Agent Job you will see very limited error message and many times its useless. So better to run package under SSIS Catalog so you see full execution log. If that is not possible then try to Add Some SSIS Log Provider (see below) for better logging on error messages.
How to add SSIS Log Provider in your package
How to view execution log in SSIS Catalog (See Step#10 in this link)
I created a SSIS package in Visual Studio 2010 (BIDS). It's using an OLE DB Source and an OLE DB Destination. Both the source and destination use Windows authentication (a domain user) to connect and both are local to the Package.
In VS the connection is successful and I'm able to execute the package.
Now, I'm trying to schedule it in SSMS using SQL Server Agent.
I first connected to SSIS in SSMS and imported the package from my file system into MSDB. Then, I created a new job with one step to execute the SSIS package. I see my package level connections, so everything appears ok. I also used Windows Authentication for this step as well
However when I try to run the I got login errors.
First, it said the login 'Domain\InstanceName$' failed.
So I switched the windows authentication in the step within the job to sql server authentication. Now I get another error (it's slightly different) stating the login 'Domain\UserName' failed.
How do I get this to work as a schedule?
The answer was creating a SSIS proxy and then running the job under that proxy account instead of the SQL Server Agent account.
First need to create a credential tied to a Windows domain account. Then create a proxy and tie that proxy to the credential. Last, apply that proxy to job instead of using the SQL Server Agent account.
I am trying to schedule a SSIS2014 package via SQL Server Agent job. Both SSIS and SSMS are running on my local machine in the same domain. I am running SSMS with the same user Domain\Admin which is the creator of the SSIS package. SSMS 32-Bit and SSIS 32-Bit are running on Windows 7 64-Bit machine. I can run the package within SSIS without problems.
Using Microsofts KB article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918760 and tutorial video http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd440760%28v=sql.100%29.aspx I tried a couple of methods (proxy, configuration file, EncryptSensitiveWithPassword) but none of them worked for me.
When I use a proxy account to run the job step, the following message occurs:
Unable to start execution of step 1 (reason: Error authenticating proxy
`Domain\Admin`, system error: Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password.).
The step failed.
The proxy account uses the credentials identity Domain\Admin. Since the password fields for credential properties in SSMS cannot be left blank, I typed any password although my corresponding windows account has no password. So as mentioned above it's the same user account that created the SSIS package since Domain\Admin is stated in the CreatorName property of the SSIS package.
With this proxy, I tried to run SSIS jobs using the package ProtectionLevel's EncryptSensitiveWithUserKey and EncryptSensitiveWithPassword. Running the package manually within SSDT without problems, but from SSMS agent job the same error message appears. I tried the package sources "File System" and, after importing the package to MSDB, "SQL Server" and "SSIS Package Store". But exactly the same error message appears with each method.
Task manager shows that SSMS is running in administrator mode. Using Windows Component Services I added DCOM permissions for Domain\Admin to start and activate "Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services 12.0" from local. But the same error message appears. So in my opinion it's a problem with SSMS user account permissions (???) but unfortunately I don't know what exactly to do here. I tried the following:
In the system database MSDB (full path: Databases / System Databases / MSDB / Security / Logins) I assigned all available role memberships (Including db_ssisoperator, db_ssisltduser, db_ssisadmin) to Domain\Admin.
In server security (full path: Security / Logins) I assigned all available server roles. In the tab User Mapping, I assigned the MSDB database.
Still the same error message appears when I try to run the job. Does anybody have some ideas what I can try?
I'm having a rather frustrating issue with using an SSIS Flat File source. I am developing an SSIS package on my local machine via VS 2008 and I'm using a flat file source that is stored locally. However, I need to deploy this package to a remote server that hosts our SQLServer and then run it as a scheduled job from that host. However, when I deploy the package, it obviously can't read the flat file source from my machine and fails the job. I have tried putting the file directly on the remote host in the exact same file location (ie. C:\Source.txt) but to no avail. Any ideas on how I can get my deployed SSIS package to read a flat file source?
Hopefully I'm just missing something extremely simple and will ultimately have a "DUH" moment, but if anyone can help I will greatly appreciate it.
If the account under which the SSIS package (for instance the SQL Server Agent service account) is running doesn't have rights to open the file, you will also have problems. So not only does the file need to be on a path that is valid relative to the server running the package, it must also have rights.
Nice answer by Cade.
Remember that you create a SQL Server Job, by default it runs under the credentials of the Service Account assigned to the SQL Server Agent.
If some steps on a Job need some permissions not owned by the Service account you can define a SQL Server Agent Proxy.
That way you can keep the principle of least privileges.
More info on how to create a Proxy here.
I am just trying to copy a database from one server to another one... on the same domain. I use the Copy DB Wizard and set up everything correctly but it keeps failing.
Is something wrong with the Wizard or just me missing something?
If you have such a problem it's a good idea to provide information about the settings you made for instance on the priviledges on the remote server.
I would check the following:
Do you have the right permissions to be able to create the database on the other server i.e. dbcreator.
If you're not a sysadmin try to specify a SQL AGent Proxy that has acces to the SSIS execution system.
Make sure no active sessions exist on the database because the wizard will nog execute.
Can you provide an error message?