SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 - Part 3: Foundation - Installation

This series show you an overview, how to plan, install and verify a SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 deployment. This is the third part including installation and verification for SharePoint Foundation 2010 Service Pack 1.

Here are the parts so far:

1. SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 - Part 1: Overview
   
   
2. SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 - Part 2: SharePoint Foundation 2010 - Preparation
3. SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 - Part 3: SharePoint Foundation 2010 - Installation
4. SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 - Part 4: SharePoint Foundation 2010 - Language Packs
   
   
5. SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 - Part 5: SharePoint Server 2010 - Preparation
6. SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 - Part 6: SharePoint Server 2010 - Installation
7. SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 - Part 7: SharePoint Server 2010 - Language Packs
   
   
8. More SharePoint Tutorials

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Important

Please install June 2011 cumulative update after Service Pack 1: SharePoint Team Blog - Service Pack 1 for SharePoint 2010 Products is Now Available for Download.

Installation

I’m going to Use the in-place method without backward compatibility which is the first update strategy described in the previous part. This is my development environment I used for deployment:

Deployment

I deployed SharePoint Foundation 2010 Service Pack 1 in my development environment using the following simplified steps. Please take a look at the link above for more details (like NLB) you need to consider in a production environment.

1. Run the Service Pack 1 executable on the server hosting Central Administration:
    
2. Run the Service Pack 1 for language packs executable on the server hosting Central Administration if applicable.
3. Run the Service Pack 1 executable on the other Web server:
   
4. Run the Service Pack 1 for language packs executable on the other Web server if applicable.
5. Run the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard on the server hosting Central Administration:
    
    
6. Run the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard on the other Web server:
    
   If you receive an error you should check if you have installed all Service Pack 1 updates e.g. Office Web Apps 2010.

Verification

You can check the build number and successful upgrade status by going to Central Administration.

Go to Central Administration > System settings > Manage servers in this farm:

• RTM: 14.0.4763.1000
• SP1: 14.0.6029.1000

For a more detailed overview go to Central Administration > Upgrade and Migration > Check product and patch installation status:

Issues

During step 6 I had an issue when I started the configuration wizard at the application server where I got the error message displayed above.

In my opinion I installed all files according the the resources I found but the wizard was still saying that something was missing on my Web server.

Note: See the following article for a solution... PSConfig Fails with Missing / Required Error Message After Applying CU or Service Pack in SharePoint 2010.

I used Disconnect-SPConfigurationDatabase to remove the Web server (without Central Administration installed) from the SharePoint farm. I then started the wizard on the Web server (with Central Administration installed) which successfully finished. Later I joined the Web server (without Central Administration) to the farm which was also successfully upgraded.

Read more about the language packs: SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 - Part 4: SharePoint Foundation 2010 - Language Packs or read more about Install SharePoint.