June 4, 2025 at 11:44 am
Folks,
Looking for advice on the best way to import a package. I hope I'm in the right location! Apologies if I'm not.
I inherited a system (Sql Server 2019) with an existing SSIS package. The installation notes indicate that you have to be on the server using SSMS v18. The installation notes indicate:
1. To be on the server using SSMS v18 only (apparently does not work with any other version!)
2. Copy across the .dtsx file and use the "Import Package" for SSIS (under the MSDB folder) to import the package (SSIS v15.0.2)
I have done this and it works, however security is giving us warning messages as this is an old SSMS version. So, basically we cannto continue using this technique.
I tried therefore connecting Integration Services server from SSMS v19 from my own PC but I get the following error message: Connecting to the Integration Services service on the computer "yyy" failed with the following error: "Access is denied."
Just wondering is there anyway around this? My account is sysadmin on the box. Is there anything I can do to enable this? Also, wider than this, what is the best way to deploy SSIS packages in general? Any advice/guidance/easier techniques much appreciated...
J.
June 4, 2025 at 8:53 pm
Where are you importing the package to? Another instance of msdb ? If the package is deployed and you don't import it into Visual Studio to make changes, why would you need to deploy it again?
I have not worked with the package deployment model for around ten years, so apologies if I point you in the wrong direction. I would try to import the package into an empty SSIS project, either by creating a new project in Visual Studio and adding existing package from sql server/msdb, or I believe you can create an ispac file from the package using SSMS. We use the SSISDB catalog so we don't have any packages in msdb. Through the catalog I can export a project as an ispac file, but I don't know if that works with individual packages deployed to msdb. If you can't import the package from this server into Visual Studio due to permissions, can you use SSMS 18 one last time to copy the to a server you can access, like an instance of sql developer running locally.
The easiest way to deploy ssis packages is from Visual Studio. If you wish to stick with the package deployment model you can create an empty SSIS project and change the empty package to the package deployment model right away as long as you don't have any project parameters or connections defined. If you can get the package into an SSIS project in package deployment mode, you can then deploy it to msdb as often as you like.
Is there something unusual about this package that makes it not like current versions of software? or is it something like needing a trusted connection with more recent versions of SSMS and that stops you from doing what you need to? SSMS 19 seems a lot like 18, does that not work?
June 12, 2025 at 4:35 pm
You should see a folder called ‘Integration Services Catalog’ in SSMS. Under that, in the projects folder, you’ll see the existing packages. You can right click from there and run your import.
for any permissions issues, you’ll also options for changing permissions by right clicking the project folder—>properties—>permissions to make any needed adjustments.
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