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SharePoint 2013 Installation and Configuration Issues

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# Issue 1:

During Installing SharePoint 2013 Prerequisites there was an error in installing Application Server Role , Web Server (IIS) Role : Configuration error

 

Steps to fix (Installing .Net Framework 3.5):

  1. Insert the Windows Server 2012 installation image or DVD
  2. Open a command prompt window (run as Administrator) and run the following:
  3. Dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3 /All /Source:D:\sources\SxS /LimitAccess

Note: D:\ is a Label for CD Drive in my case where Windows Server 2012 ISO image.

 

# Issue 2:

During running Configuration Wizard I got the following error in step 3:

Failed to create the configuration database.

Steps to fix (Change setting in SQL Server Instance - this option was optional in SharePoint 2010 but in SharePoint 2013 it's mandatory):

  1. Open Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
  2. Login with sysadmin user 
  3. Right Click on instance name and select properties >> Advanced
  4. Change Max Degree of Parallelism to 1
  5. Restart the SQL Service

For more details: https://sps2013.blogspot.com/2013/01/this-sqlserver-instance-does-not-have.htm 

 

# Issue 3:

During running Configuration Wizard I got the following error in step 3:

Failed to secure the SharePoint resources.

 

Steps to fix (Change Folder Owner):

  1. Go to C:\Windows\Tasks
  2. Right Click on Tasks Folder and select Properties
  3. Go to Security Tab
  4. Click Advanced button
  5. Click Change link in owner filed
  6. Enter local Administrators group (Where SharePoint account which perform the installation belong to this group)

 

# Issue 4:

During installing April 2013 Cumulative update https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2726992 I got the following error:
 

 

Steps to fix:

Make sure when you downloaded the package to keep the cap file with the exe file during the installation and the reason CU has two files when its size more than 2 GB.
 

 

For more details https://blogs.technet.com/b/praveenh/archive/2013/06/18/the-installation-of-this-package-failed-error-while-installing-april-2013-cu-kb-2726992-for-sharepoint-2013.aspx

 

  # Issue 5:

After installing SP 1 and then try to run Configuration Wizard I got the following error in log file

Unable to create a Service Connection Point in the current Active Directory domain. Verify that the SharePoint container exists in the current domain and that you have rights to write to it.

Steps to fix:

check this link

https://blogs.msdn.com/b/opal/archive/2010/04/18/track-sharepoint-2010-installations-by-service-connection-point-ad-marker.aspx

Comments

  • Anonymous
    March 18, 2014
    Nice article

  • Anonymous
    March 29, 2014
    No Success even after doing all of these steps. Still prerequisites is failing.

  • Anonymous
    March 29, 2014
    Check if SharePoint servers have internet access and you are local admin or try to configure the prerequisites using offline and manual way.

  • Anonymous
    April 08, 2014
    i did every thing but still same error IIS configuration

  • Anonymous
    April 08, 2014
    Try to configure IIS configuration manually : 1- open Server Manager 2-click on Add roles and features 3-click next 4- click next 5-click next 6-from roles : select Application Server and Web Server 7-select .Net Framework 8-click next 9-click next 10-click next 11-from role services :keep the default settings and select windows authentication 12-click next 13-specify the alternate source path for sxs folder and then click ok and install

  • Anonymous
    June 11, 2014
    Issue 1 was resolved successfully. Thanks,

  • Anonymous
    July 07, 2014
    Hi Issue 3  not working.. still giving the same error.. Can you guide me ?? Thanks

  • Anonymous
    July 11, 2014
    Perfect Thank you!

  • Anonymous
    July 18, 2014
    rename the file C:windowsSystem32ServerManager.exe with ServerManagerCMD.exe then run prerequisiteinstaller

  • Anonymous
    September 15, 2014
    Perfect..

  • Anonymous
    November 11, 2014
    Nabeel...thanks a lot.  That worked!

  • Anonymous
    January 20, 2015
    did the :- rename the file C:windowsSystem32ServerManager.exe with ServerManagerCMD.exe and low and behold - it now works  ( I just copied ServerManager.exe to ServerManagerCMD.exe ) I am running Server 2012 R2 thanks

  • Anonymous
    February 02, 2015
    I thought copying C:windowsSystem32ServerManager.exe to ServerManagerCMD.exe was ridiculous.  But I did it, and it worked! Same as above Server 2012 R2.

  • Anonymous
    February 08, 2015
    Worked a treat...  Good work on that MS.  Obviously been through a rigorous testing regime

  • Anonymous
    April 27, 2015
    C:windowsSystem32ServerManager.exe to ServerManagerCMD.exe   it work for me in windows server 2012 R2 !!!

  • Anonymous
    May 01, 2015
    ServerManager.exe rename worked! I copied ServerManager.exe to desktop, renamed to ServerManagerCMD.exe back to C:windowssystem32

  • Anonymous
    May 04, 2015
    Worked, thanks Nabeel!   Just to clarify, you can't rename the original file.  You need to create a copy and rename the copy to "ServerManagerCMD.exe" and just leave them both in that directory.  

  • Anonymous
    May 05, 2015
    "" I thought copying C:windowsSystem32ServerManager.exe to ServerManagerCMD.exe was ridiculous.  But I did it, and it worked! Same as above Server 2012 R2. "" After many other tries and workarounds... this worked for me too! #ridiculous

  • Anonymous
    May 17, 2015
    Its .net 3.5. Install this and it will work.

  • Anonymous
    June 03, 2015
    ServerManagerCMD thing worked for me as well.  Lamest issue ever, thanks so much for the fix.

  • Anonymous
    June 10, 2015
    Hi guys, will it work in 2008r2 also. Please let me know. i have a important delivery tomr. i need to fix it

  • Anonymous
    June 15, 2015
    Nabeel's solution works Thanks Nabeel

  • Anonymous
    June 16, 2015
    Also did the rename - also worked C:windowsSystem32ServerManager.exe with ServerManagerCMD.exe

  • Anonymous
    June 27, 2015
    Renaming to ServerMangerCMD worked perfectly. Thanks a million,

  • Anonymous
    June 27, 2015
    Renaming to ServerMangerCMD worked perfectly. Thanks a million,

  • Anonymous
    December 10, 2015
    install SP2013 without SP1 on windows 2012 and with SP1 on windows 2012 r2

  • Anonymous
    December 10, 2015
    copied servermanager to another folder renamed with CMD copied back and YIP it works on 2012R2

  • Anonymous
    December 29, 2015
    support.microsoft.com/.../2765260

  • Anonymous
    February 08, 2016
    Thank you, just copy the ServerManager.exe to ServerManagerCMD.exe and works!! How do you found this is the problem?