SSIS package give an error if execute through SQL server agent

Question

I have created a SSIS package in BIDS 2012. If i execute this package through sql server agent it gives the below error:
Executed as user: NT Service\SQLSERVERAGENT. Microsoft (R) SQL Server Execute Package Utility  Version 11.0.2100.60 for 64-bit  Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.    Started:  11:19:47 AM  Error: 2015-01-20
11:19:47.83     Code: 0xC0016016     Source: Sub_Hadoop_aggregation      Description: Failed to decrypt protected XML node "DTS:Password" with error 0x8009000B "Key not valid for use in specified state.".
You may not be authorized to access this information. This error occurs when there is a cryptographic error. Verify that the correct key is available.  End Error  Error: 2015-01-20 11:19:47.94     Code: 0xC0016016     Source:
Sub_Hadoop_aggregation      Description: Failed to decrypt protected XML node "DTS:Password" with error 0x8009000B "Key not valid for use in specified state.". You may not be authorized to access this information. This error
occurs when there is a cryptographic error. Verify that the correct key is available.  End Error  Error: 2015-01-20 11:19:48.04     Code: 0xC0016016     Source: Sub_Hadoop_aggregation      Description: Failed to
decrypt protected XML node "DTS:Password" with error 0x8009000B "Key not valid for use in specified state.". You may not be authorized to access this information. This error occurs when there is a cryptographic error. Verify that the correct
key is available.  End Error  Error: 2015-01-20 11:19:48.92     Code: 0xC00291EC     Source: alter_keys Execute SQL Task     Description: Failed to acquire connection "mstr_warehouse". Connection may not be
configured correctly or you may not have the right permissions on this connection.  End Error  DTExec: The package execution returned DTSER_FAILURE (1).  Started:  11:19:47 AM  Finished: 11:19:48 AM  Elapsed:  1.42 seconds.
 The package execution failed.  The step failed.
so i have change some properties in our package like protectionlevel change from encrypted to dontsavesensitive. After that i have created configuration file for the package and use that configuration file. It executes the package through sql server agent
smoothly.
Thanks
Azhar Khan

Answer 1

Hi selfdestruct80,
According to your description, you created SSIS package and it works fine. But you got the error message when the SSIS package was called from a SQL Server Agent job.
According to my knowledge, the package may not run in the following scenarios:
The current user cannot decrypt secrets from the package.
A SQL Server connection that uses integrated security fails because the current user does not have the required permissions.
File access fails because the current user does not have the required permissions to write to the file share that the connection manager accesses.
A registry-based SSIS package configuration uses the HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry keys. The HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry keys are user-specific.
A task or a connection manager requires that the current user account has correct permissions.
According to the error message, the SSIS Package ProtectionLevel property to EncryptSensitiveWithPassword as ArthurZ mentioned. To solve the problem, you need to go to Command Line tab, manually specify the paassword in SQL Agent Job with the command like below:
/FILE "\"C:\Users\xxxx\Documents\SQL Server Management Studio\SSIS\Package.dtsx\"" /DECRYPT somepassword /CHECKPOINTING OFF /REPORTING E
If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask.
Thanks,
Wendy Fu
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