copy many ssis packages between servers

Hi.
Is there any simple way of copying all of the ssis packages between two
servers?
I have just installed sql 2005 on a new, better equipped machine and I have
to move there all the data. Including ssis of course. There are about 40-50
packages to do (stored in the database, not in filesystem) and I hope there
is a better way than just to import packages (one by one) to a text file
and export them to another server.
BTW, I'm going to copy the job definitions as well, there are about 20 jobs
defined on the server, is there any handy way of doing this? Any hints?
PLTry backing up and restoring MSDB and changing the appropriate fields.
We do this with jobs every week to keep 2 servers in sync and this is what
we use to bring the jobs up to date. I would imagine that it could be just
as easy for SSIS packages, though I haven't tried it officially.
UPDATE sysjobs
SET originating_server = 'MyServer'
So just run that on the new server once you have MSDB restored on there and
you should be OK. And just check the SSIS tables to discover similar entrie
s
that may need to be changed.
"Piotr Lipski" wrote:

> Hi.
> Is there any simple way of copying all of the ssis packages between two
> servers?
> I have just installed sql 2005 on a new, better equipped machine and I hav
e
> to move there all the data. Including ssis of course. There are about 40-5
0
> packages to do (stored in the database, not in filesystem) and I hope ther
e
> is a better way than just to import packages (one by one) to a text file
> and export them to another server.
> BTW, I'm going to copy the job definitions as well, there are about 20 job
s
> defined on the server, is there any handy way of doing this? Any hints?
> --
> PL
>|||Sean McCown wrote:
> Try backing up and restoring MSDB and changing the appropriate fields.
> We do this with jobs every week to keep 2 servers in sync and this is what
> we use to bring the jobs up to date. I would imagine that it could be jus
t
> as easy for SSIS packages, though I haven't tried it officially.
> UPDATE sysjobs
> SET originating_server = 'MyServer'
> So just run that on the new server once you have MSDB restored on there an
d
> you should be OK. And just check the SSIS tables to discover similar entr
ies
> that may need to be changed.
Right. But how to restore the msdb database? When I try to do it from
SMS (right click on database -> tasks -> restore) I get failure message
"Exclusive access could not be obtained because the database is in
use.", which makes sense but does not resolve the problem. There is also
no option to go off-line or detach for that database.
Should I just replace the msdb datafiles (mdf/ldf) with the ones from
'old' server?
PL|||OK, there are a couple things here...
first, to restore MSDB just startup SQL with -T3608 and -m. 3608 prevents
startup of all system DBs except master. -m is single-user mode. So you
should now be able to restore MSDB with no problem. If you're doing it from
the command line, then use -c.
Second, You can always just setup a linked server and copy the raw data over
without restoring.
Good luck.
"Piotr Lipski" wrote:

> Sean McCown wrote:
> Right. But how to restore the msdb database? When I try to do it from
> SMS (right click on database -> tasks -> restore) I get failure message
> "Exclusive access could not be obtained because the database is in
> use.", which makes sense but does not resolve the problem. There is also
> no option to go off-line or detach for that database.
> Should I just replace the msdb datafiles (mdf/ldf) with the ones from
> 'old' server?
> --
> PL
>