title: why does ssis transfer object stage return smo failure
body: <p>I am trying to copy a database using SSIS Transfer SQL Server Objects Task.</p>
  
  <pre><code>[Transfer SQL Server Objects Task] Error: Execution failed with the following error: "An exception occurred in SMO.".
  [Transfer SQL Server Objects Task] Error: Execution failed with the following error: "Value cannot be null.
  Parameter name: server".
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I hit test connection and prove that I have the right server name and password.  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/qzML0.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/qzML0.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>