We get a T-SQL (SQL Server 2008 R2) error on BACKUP CERTIFICATE:
ERROR_NUMBER 15151, SEVERITY 16, STATE 1, PROCEDURE -, LINE 8, MESSAGE: Cannot find the certificate 'certificate1', because it does not exist or you do not have permission.
We can see the certificate in master.sys.certificates.
Our pseudo-code:
copy an unattached template_db to db1
attach db1
create certificate1 (in stored procedure in master db)
generate @password
CREATE DATABASE ENCRYPTION KEY … ENCRYPTION BY SERVER CERTIFICATE '+@certificate_name +… (in stored procedure in db1)
turn on Transparent Database Encryption for db1 using certificate1.
(N'ALTER DATABASE '+@db_name+N' SET ENCRYPTION ON')
N’BACKUP CERTIFICATE '+@certificate_name+N'
TO FILE = '''+@certificate_file_path+N'''
WITH PRIVATE KEY (
FILE = '''+@private_key_file_path+N''',
ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = '''+@password+N''''
To try to work-around the error, we tested three ways with the BACKUP CERTIFICATE code in a different databases each time, including db1 and master. All get the same error.
Any ideas? Thanks.
