Hi,
Here is an unusual situation, which I did not find covered on any forums online. I can access the Integration Services MSDB folder on the prod server, but not on the test server.
The parameters of the environment I am using are:
local machine: SQL Server 2008 R2
test server and prod server: Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise with SQL Server 2008 R2 installed on both.
I have admin account, which has sysadmin rights and is in the administrators group. I can view the tables in msdb System Tables --> dbo.sysssispackages and dbo.sysssispackagefolders in the Database Engine.
I connect to Integration Services through remote desktop connection to the test server Server Management Studio--> Object Explorer --> Connect --> Integration Services --> enter admin credentials. I can access the MSDB folder on the prod server, but not on the test server. There should be no need to modify MsDtsSrvr.ini.xml because a colleague can access the MSDB folder with his admin account, which is in the same administrators group and we are using the same environment.
When I try to create a new folder in MSDB or expand the node to view existing folders, I get the error "The SQL Server instance specified in SSIS service configuration is not present or is not available. [...] Login failed for user '[my admin user]' (MsDtsSrvr) ". I don't think the error message identifies the issue properly, because there is a working default instance installed on the server.
I can provide more details if you need to help me resolve this issue, just let me know.
Thanks,
Marina