Installing SharePoint 2013 Service Pack 1

Ensure proper backups and download necessary files:

Before you start installing anything new on your SharePoint server always create a backup of the bellow components

Ø  SharePoint databases backup

Ø  A System drive backup of all servers in the farm.

Ø  Download the exact files you will need to obtain.

Ø  Notify your business users the site will be down for half a day or more depending on the number of servers.

SharePoint 2013 SP1 (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42008 )

Sequence of installation

Ø  Run (as administrator) the SharePoint Server 2013 SP1 installer (officeserversp2013-kb2817429-fullfile-x64-en-us.exe). Wait for it to finish installing and make sure that it says that the service pack installed correctly.

Note: If you have multiple servers in your farm you can run the installer simultaneously on all servers at the same time.

Ø  Once all the servers are installed and restarted run the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard on the application server which hosts the central admin first.

Ø One of the application server is completed. You should see a screen as below. “No action required” for the app server but other servers showing as “Upgrade Required“

Ø  Proceed for all the servers in the farm, one server at a time and the final screen should be as below if everything goes fine.

Trouble Shooting issues

 Try running the product configuration program manually:

1. Open the Start Menu -> Right click on the Command Prompt and run it as Administrator

2. Navigate to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extenstions\15\BIN

3. Type in the following command and then press ENTER: psconfig -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -wait -force

4. After the command finishes running it should say that the configuration completed successfully.

Restart the server:

Restart the machine and then try re-running the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard.

 Check the error logs:

 Look in the SharePoint log entries for the exact error that occurred during the configuration and then try to resolve that issue. (The logs can be found in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\LOGS)

 *** All the best for a happy service pack upgrade ***