I have a ssis script that deletes old backups from a directory. It runs fine when I run it, but fails via the job agent.
So I assign the package to run under a proxy account but the script still fails with the error: Unable to start execution of step 2 (reason: Error authenticating proxy ^my_usename_and_password_here^<c/> system error: Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password.)
Next I gave the credential for the proxy my domain username and password for testing purposes and the job still failed with the same error, so obviously something else is wrong, as the SQL Job runs fine under my own account when I run it manually.
My question is, is there any way to validate a proxy account besides assigning a job to run under that account then attempting to run that job?
Also a side question: What is the role of the Principals tab in the Proxy setup dialog box?
Thanks in advance (especially for helping me with this issue on a Monday!)
Carl