[Forum FAQ] How to get SSIS packages XML definition which are stored in SQL Server Integration Services instance

Question

Introduction
Integration Services gives you the ability to import and export packages, and by doing this change the storage format and location of packages. But after import packages into package store, how can we get the package XML definition?
Solution
As we know, SSIS packages are stored in msdb using existing SSIS storage table([msdb].[dbo].[sysssispackages]). The “packagedata” column store the actual SSIS package with Image data type. In order to get the package XML definition, we need to convert “packagedata”
column through Varbinary to XML. You can refer to the following steps:
Using the following query to get package GUID:
SELECT [name],
            [id]
  FROM [msdb].[dbo].[sysssispackages]
Using the following query to convert packagedata column to XML: SELECT id, CAST(CAST(packagedata AS VARBINARY(MAX)) AS XML) PackageDataXML
FROM      [msdb].[dbo].[sysssispackages]
WHERE id= 'ABB264CC-A082-40D6-AEC4-DBF17FA057B2'
More Information
sysssispackages (Transact-SQL):
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181582.aspx
Applies to
SQL Server 2005
SQL Server 2008
SQL Server 2008R2
SQL Server 2012
SQL Server 2014
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Answer 1

Hi Ketak. Thank you for replying. I already followed your instructions - specifically -
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I get the following error when I run rssharepoint.msi on the APP sever (where Central Admin is installed). I have to run this other wise
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are not recognized as commands on that server.
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or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
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