How to Fix SharePoint 2013 Installation and Configuration Issues?
SharePoint 2013 is represented by Microsoft as a business collaboration platform for enterprise and web. And was designed for addressing the business requirements and issues that generally occur in the organizations.
This is the reason it becomes very popular among users but despite its popularity, many users confirmed they are encountering installation and configuration issues with the SharePoint 2013 application.
So, today in this article I am going to list down the common SharePoint 2013 installation and configuration issues with the complete fixes.
Let’s get started…!
Common SharePoint 2013 Installation and Configuration Issues
# Issue 1: There was an error during Installation
While you are installing the SharePoint 2013 you may find an error at the time of installation of the Application Server Role, Web Server (IIS) Role: Error while configuration.
Solutions:
To fix the SharePoint 2013 Installation issue here it is suggested to try installing .Net Framework 3.5:
- You need to insert the DVD or the ISO image of the Windows Server 2012 installation.
- Then you need to open the command prompt window and run it as an Administrator and run the following command in it.
- Dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFX3 /All /Source:D:sourcesSxS /LimitAccess
Note: Here the CD Drive is labeled as D:/ it might be in E or F or any in your case. Or you can choose the drive where the Windows Server 2012 ISO image is saved.
D: is a Label for CD Drive in my case where Windows Server 2012 ISO image.
# Issue 2: “Failed to create the configuration database”
While running the Configuration Wizard users are getting the “failed to create the configuration database” error in SharePoint 2013.
Solutions:
To fix this issue you need to change the setting of the SQL Server Instance, this step is optional in SharePoint 2010 but mandatory in 2013.
- Firstly you need to open the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
- Then you need to log in as a sysadmin user
- Now right-click on the instance name and after this, you need to select the properties >> to Advanced
- Then you need to change the Max Degree of Parallelism into 1
- After this restart your SQL Service
And it is estimated the SharePoint 2013 installation error is resolved.
# Issue 3: “Failed to secure the SharePoint resources”
This is another very irritating error encountered by the SharePoint 2013 users while trying to run the Configuration Wizard. as per the users they are getting the error failed to secure the SharePoint resources and unable to install SharePoint 2013.
Solutions:
In order to fix this error you need to change the Owner Folder and to do so follow the steps given:
- For this firstly you need to Go to the C:WindowsTasks
- Now right click on the Tasks Folder and then you need to select the Properties
- Then go to the Security Tab
- Next click on the Advanced button
- Then you need to click on the Change link in the owner filed
- And Enter the local Administrators group where the SharePoint account performs installation which belongs to this group
# Issue 4: The Installation of this Package Failed
Many SharePoint 2013 users and reported this error while installing the April 2013 Cumulative update http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2726992
You may come across the following error:
Solutions:
In order to fix this error, you need to make sure that you need to keep the cap file with the exe file when you download the package at the time of the installation and the reason for this is that CU has two files when the size is more than 2 GB.
So, these are some of the most irritating and highly encountered SharePoint 2013 installation and configuration errors.
Easy Solution to Fix SharePoint 2013 installation and configuration Error
If you are still getting the installation and configuration error then feel free to run the professional recommended SharePoint File Repair Tool.
This tool is designed with an advanced algorithm to fix various SharePoint errors and recover the database. It effectively scans the damaged database files and repairs it to recover inaccessible objects in MDF database files.
With this tool, users can also retrieve SharePoint databases like tables, indexes, documents, labels, and stored procedures from inaccessible MDF files. This software is incorporated with a simple and rich graphical user interface to offer easy SharePoint recovery.
Steps to Run the SharePoint Repair Tool
- Firstly, download, install, and launch the SharePoint Recovery Tool.
- The interface screen displays two options to recover SharePoint data: ‘Complete Repair‘ and ‘Document Recovery‘. Select as per your requirement.
- If you choose ‘Complete Repair‘, the screen will show the options for selecting and searching SQL Server (.MDF) files. Click on ‘Browse‘ to select a SharePoint database for repair.
- If you do not know the actual path of the database which you want to repair, click on the ‘Find‘ to locate the MDF file in a specific drive.
- After selecting the desired file initiate the scanning process.
- After finishing the scan, the software would generate a tree of all SharePoint database tables and will display it in the left pane. You can select the table in the tree and can have the entire preview in the right pane. Then click on ‘Repair‘ to begin repairing for the selected database.
- After clicking on ‘Repair‘, this dialog box will appear. Specify the SQL Server name or Instance name and the desired destination path.
- Click on the ‘Browse‘ option to choose the destination path. And select the ‘OK‘ button.
- Once this process gets completed, you would find a dialog box that displays this message ‘Recovered file saved at the desired location.” This shows that Recovery Process has successfully completed’.
- Select the ‘OK‘ button.
- You would find another dialog box that asks whether you want to attach the repaired database to the web application. If you click on the ‘Yes‘ button, the above dialog box will be displayed.
- In the web application type URL, the name of the corrupt database and SQL Server Instance name.
- Then select the ‘OK‘ button and proceed.
- When the process gets finished, you would be able to access the repaired database by opening the web application.
Conclusion
So, here my job is done. I tried my best to list down the best possible fixes to resolve entire solutions to fix irritating SharePoint 2013 installation and configuration errors.
Make sure to follow the solutions given one by one to resolve SharePoint 2013 installation and configuration error.
But if in case the manual solutions won’t work for you, then feel free to use the automatic SharePoint Repair Tool.
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Jacob Martin is a technology enthusiast having experience of more than 4 years with great interest in database administration. He is expertise in related subjects like SQL database, Access, Oracle & others. Jacob has Master of Science (M.S) degree from the University of Dallas. He loves to write and provide solutions to people on database repair. Apart from this, he also loves to visit different countries in free time.
