Karim Zaki

SharePoint 2013 Prerequisites fails with MSI Installer error code 1603 while installing AppFabric 1.1


SharePoint 2013 Prerequisites fails with MSI Installer error code 1603 while installing AppFabric 1.1

When installing SharePoint 2013 prerequisites on Windows Server 2008 R2, the prerequisite installer fails with the following error

Appfabric installation failed because installer MSI returned with error code:1603

This is a generic MSI error message and does not give any indication about how to get the issue fixed. Uninstall or reinstalling only makes it worse.

The issue can be caused due to the following:

  1. The path to the PowerShell executable that is needed for the AppFabric installation is incorrect.
  2. In some scenarios, repeated uninstallation and re-installation does not fix the issue. This is because the installer does not remove the PSModulePath entry in Environment Variables during un-installation and the installation fails because the entry already exists.
  3. If you are trying to install all the prerequisites manually as the server does not have a connection to internet. 
    Note: Appfabric installation and configuration has to be done by the prerequisite installer ONLY and not in a stand-alone manner.

    You can implement any one of the two solutions listed below

  • Solution 1 
    Append the following path to PSModulePath entry in the environment variables –%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0 
  • Go to My Computer, right-click Properties
  • On the System’ page, click Advanced System Settings on the left-side pane.
  • If you receive a UAC prompt, click on Yes to launch the System Properties dialog box
  • From the Advanced tab, click Environment Variables
  • Within the System Variables section in the lower half, select PSModulePath and click on Edit(or double-click PSModulePath‘)
  • Append the following path to PSModulePath entry in the environment variables

    %SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\

  • Ensure that the PSModulePath entry looks like this: 
    C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\;c:\Program Files\AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server\PowershellModules 

     

    Ref: http://blogs.technet.com/b/praveenh/archive/2013/02/22/sharepoint-2013-prerequisites-fails-with-msi-installer-error-code-1603-while-installing-appfabric-1-1.aspx

     

    You have to restart

Published by Karim Zaki

• MBA Major MIS • MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) Windows XP. • Microsoft Certified in (Managing and Maintaining Microsoft server 2003). • Microsoft Certified in (implementing, Managing, and maintaining a Microsoft windows server 2003 infrastructure) • Microsoft Certified in (Maintaining a MS Win Server 2003 Active Directory) • MCSA 2003 • ISA 2006 Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006, Configuring • MCTS Microsoft Certified Technology specialist • MCITP 2008 (Microsoft Certified IT professional) • MCSA 2012 Server (Microsoft Certified solution Associate) • AZURE Administrator Associate (AZ-103) • MS 365 Identities and services (MS-100) • MS 365 Mobility and security (MS-101) • Microsoft 365 Certified: Security Administrator Associate (MS-203) • Microsoft 365 certified enterprise administrator expert (MS-500) • Messaging Administrator Associate (MS-203) • Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500) • Information Security: Context and Introduction • Microsoft Security Operations Analyst

6 comments

  1. Hello, It is usually possible to install Sharepoint 2013 on Windows Server 2012 R2 that does not support the prerequisites of tool by performing the following steps:

    1.Download de prerequisite files:

    “http://download.microsoft.com/…”, # Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 SP1 (x64)

    “http://download.microsoft.com/…”, # Windows Server App Fabric

    “http://download.microsoft.com/…”, # Cumulative Update Package 1 for Microsoft AppFabric 1.1 for Windows Server (KB2671763)

    “http://download.microsoft.com/…”, # Microsoft Identity Extensions

    “http://download.microsoft.com/…”, # Microsoft Information Protection and Control Client

    “http://download.microsoft.com/…” # Microsoft WCF Data Services 5.0

    1. Installing “microsoftidentityextensions-64”
    2. Installing “synchronization”
    3. Installing “setup_msipc_x64”
    4. Installing “WcfDataServices”
      1. Install powershell via the “WindowsServerAppFabricSetup_x64.exe” command with the path where the executable:
        . \ WindowsServerAppFabricSetup_x64 / i CacheClient, CachingService, CacheAdmin / gac
    5. Installing “AppFabric1.1-RTM-KB2671763-x64-ENU”
    6. Reboot the Server

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