Pick out the SSIS package from a job

Hi Everyone,
I have a SQL 2k5 instance. Previously someone embedded a SSIS package in a job and I just want to look into the SSIS package to understand the logics. However, in the job property, the package source is "SQL Server" and I don't know where I can
find the package itself(actually I tried open corresponding integration service but found nothing) and make a copy. Could someone give me some advice? Thank you very much.
regards,
Oliver

Hi Jens,
Thanks for your reply. Actually 2 of the job parameters are as below:
Package Source: SQL Server
Server: DE-S-0157590\DE_S_0157590
I tried to connect to integration service "DE-S-0157590", and I expanded every folder in the object panel but didn't find any SSIS package there. Could you please give some more suggestions? Thanks a lot.
Hi Oliver_Wang,
According to your description, we need to verify if someone has delete the SSIS package which is used in your job, I recommend you run this job and check if the job can execute successfully. Or you can choose “Edit” in the job steps and check if the SSIS
package exists in select an SSIS Package Box.
If the package indeed exist, we need to verify if you choose the right SQL Server instance. In addition, when you connect to integration service, we need to verify if your login account has permission to view the SSIS package and so on. There is an article
about SQL Server Agent jobs for packages, you can review it.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms141701(v=sql.90).aspx
Regards,
Sofiya Li
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