We have a new SQL 2008 R2 instance that’s part of a cluster (active/passive) on Windows 2008. I’m testing an SSIS package on the SQL instance that calls many child packages. It’s been dying on random packages (rarely the same one twice) with the following error:
Error 0x80004003 while preparing to load the package. Invalid pointer.
I can run the individual package from the SSIS package store just fine. I can also run the master package from BIDS and it’ll run perfectly.
I’ve tried a repair on the SQL instance but there was no difference. I also tried removing and reimporting all the packages to the SSIS package store, with no change. My google-fu is weak, because I can’t find anything useful in the cloud.
Nothing is in either the SQL server error logs or any Windows error logs.
Anyone have any ideas?
Rebuilding the master package from the ground up fixed the issue. Still, if someone has an idea, I’d love to hear it; rebuilding it is a pain on a good day.