While creating a backup or using the back up of an encrypted database, you may encounter the error - “Please create a master key in the database or open a master key in the session before performing this operation”
You can resolve this error by using:
OPEN MASTER KEY DECRYPTION BY PASSWORD = ‘thepassword'
ALTER MASTER KEY ADD ENCRYPTION BY SERVICE MASTER KEY
You can even backup the master key and then restore it to avoid this error. Here are some additional links to help you resolve this error:
Master Key Closed After Database Copy
Question on restoring encrypted databases on different servers
Getting: The key is not encrypted using the specified decryptor after DB restore
Thanks a lot! This fixed my problem :-)
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