Deploying an SSIS package with dtutil - powershell

Question

I am trying to deploy a package with dtutil, however I am getting an error that reads:
Option "-xxxx" is not valid.
This correlates to the SOURCESERVER pararmeter I am providing, which has a hypen in it.
$conString = "xxx-xxxx";
$dtUtilQueryToExecute = '/SOURCESERVER "' + $conString + '" /sql "my path" /exists';
$result = dtutil $dtUtilQueryToExecute
I think that dtutil is expecting a new parameter when it reaches the hyphen and cannot escape the hyphen even though it is in double/single quotation marks.
The reason why I am using dtutil is that I need to be able to deploy the same package to many other servers from one location.
So either I need to figure out how to escape the hyphen in the server name, or I need to use an alternative deployment method.
How do I escape the hyphen, or what alternative deployment method can I use?

Answer 1

I believe PowerShell is interpreting the hyphen in the variable. It looks like the wisdom of the internet suggests permutations like
$conString = 'xxx-xxxx'
$conString = "xxx`-xxxx"
Also, no trailing semicolon is required in PowerShell

Answer 2

As an alternative method why not use SMO with Powershell. That wayyou can create a script to deploy your package and also create foders, projects, environments and SQL Agent tasks.
Here is an example of something I would use:
$here = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
$target_server_name = 'target_server_name'
$source_server_name = 'source_server_name'
$target_database_name = 'target_database_name'
$source_database_name = 'source_database_name'
$environment_name = 'enviornment_name'
$folder_name = 'folder_name'
$project_name = 'project_name'
$ispac_name = 'ispac_name'
$variables = #{
email_alert = 'xx#xx.com'
email_error = 'xx#xx.com'
email_reply = 'noreply#xx.com'
smtp_server = 'outlook.xx.local'
tax_rate = '20'
}
function Write-Message ($msg) {
Write-Host ' [+] ' -ForegroundColor Yellow -NoNewline
Write-Host $msg
}
Write-Host 'Starting deployment' -ForegroundColor DarkGray
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo") | Out-Null
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.IntegrationServices") | Out-Null
Write-Message ("Connecting to integration services on '$source_server_name'")
$conn_str = "Data Source={0};Initial Catalog=master;Integrated Security=SSPI;" -f $source_server_name
$conn = New-Object System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection $conn_str
$namespace = 'Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.IntegrationServices'
$intg_serv = New-Object "$namespace.IntegrationServices" $conn
$catalog = $intg_serv.Catalogs['SSISDB']
$folder = $catalog.Folders[$folder_name]
if(!$folder) {
Write-Message 'Creating folder ...'
$folder = New-Object "$($namespace).CatalogFolder" ($catalog, $Folder_name, $Folder_name)
$folder.Create()
} else {
Write-Message 'Folder found ...'
}
Write-Message 'Deploying project file ...'
$path = "$here\..\path_to_your_project\bin\Development\$($ispac_name).ispac"
if(Test-Path $path) {Copy-Item (Resolve-Path $path) $here}
[byte[]]$project_file = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes("$here\crm_imports.ispac")
$dummy = $folder.DeployProject($project_name, $project_file)
$project = $folder.Projects[$project_name]
Write-Message 'Removing old environment ...'
$old = $folder.Environments | Select -ExpandProperty name
$old | % {$folder.Environments[$_].Drop()}
Write-Message "Creating environment '$envionment_name'"
$environment = New-Object "$namespace.EnvironmentInfo" ($folder, $environment_name, $environment_name)
$environment.Create()
$variables.GetEnumerator() | % {
$n = $_.Name
$v = $_.Value
Write-Message " -> adding environment variable $($n): $v"
$environment.Variables.Add($n,[System.TypeCode]::String, $v, $false, $n)
$environment.Alter()
$project.Packages | % {
if($_.Parameters[$n] -ne $null)
{
$_.Parameters[$n].Set([Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.IntegrationServices.ParameterInfo+ParameterValueType]::Referenced, $n)
$_.Alter()
}
}
}
$reference = $project.References[$environment.name, $folder.Name]
if(!$reference) {
$project.References.Add($environment.name, $folder.Name)
$project.Alter()
}
$environment_ref_id = $project.References[0].ReferenceId
$job_name = 'job_name'
$server = New-Object microsoft.sqlserver.management.smo.server $source_server_name
$Job_server = $server.JobServer
$job = $job_server.Jobs[$job_name]
if($job) {$job.Drop()}
Write-Message "Creating SQL agent job '$job_name'"
$job = New-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SMO.Agent.Job -ArgumentList $Job_server, $job_name
$job.Create()
$job.OwnerLoginName = 'sa'
$job.ApplyToTargetServer($source_server_name)
$job.Alter()
$job_step = New-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.SMO.Agent.JobStep -ArgumentList $job, 'Run SSIS import_donations package'
$job_step.SubSystem = 'Ssis'
$job_step.command = ('/ISSERVER "\"\SSISDB\{3}\{4}\{5}.dtsx\"" ' +
'/SERVER {0} /ENVREFERENCE {1} ' +
'/Par "\"CM.source.ConnectionString\"";' +
'"\"Data Source={0};Initial Catalog={6};Integrated Security=SSPI;Application Name=my_app;\"" ' +
'/Par "\"CM.source.InitialCatalog\"";"\"{6}\"" ' +
'/Par "\"CM.source.ServerName\"";{0} ' +
'/Par "\"CM.target.ConnectionString\"";' +
'"\"Data Source={2};Initial Catalog={7};Integrated Security=SSPI;Application Name=my_app;\"" ' +
'/Par "\"CM.target.InitialCatalog\"";"\"{7}\"" ' +
'/Par "\"CM.target.ServerName\"";{2} ' +
'/Par "\"$ServerOption::LOGGING_LEVEL(Int16)\"";3 ' +
'/Par "\"$ServerOption::SYNCHRONIZED(Boolean)\"";True /CALLERINFO SQLAGENT /REPORTING E') -f $source_server_name, $reference.ReferenceId, $target_server_name, $folder_name, $project_name, $ispac_name, $source_database_name, $target_database_name
$job_step.Create()
$conn.Close()