how to backup SSISDB catalog (not just the DB)
<p>I am not sure if I know what I'm doing: I am trying to backup "Integration Services Catalogs", seen in the picture below. </p>

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<p>But all the instructions I get is to backup the SSISDB database. All I am familiar with is the catalog, that's where I go to "execute" my packages.. <strong>I know executing is just running some commands/script to run SPs within SSISDB database</strong>, but 1) if I was to make a backup of SSISDB, would that also give me a full backup of the catalog too?? How so? So restoring the DB would give me back my catalog ???</p>

<p>If the answer is yes, why do I need to BACKUP MASTER KEY Transact-SQL statement as part of the backup procedure (according to my studies), wouldnt this just be a simple DB backup???
Thank you very much in advance</p>