Sharepoint Prerequisites Installation Error

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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:

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  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

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  1. Solution 1

    Append the following path to PSModulePath entry in the environment variables – %SYSTEMROOT%System32WindowsPowerShellv1.0
    • 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%System32WindowsPowerShellv1.0

    • Ensure that the PSModulePath entry looks like this: C:Windowssystem32WindowsPowerShellv1.0Modules;c:Program FilesAppFabric 1.1 for Windows ServerPowershellModules
  2. Solution 2
    • There are chances that other applications might be referencing the same variable and may fail if it is deleted. This is what we can do if solution 1 does not help.
    • Remove the PSModulePath entry from the ‘Environment Variables’ and re-run the installer. Once it completes successfully, ensure that the PSModulePath entry looks the same as mentioned in solution 1.
  3. Solution 3

You can download the list of prerequisites from Links to applicable software

Links to the individual prerequisites:

  • Application Server Role, Web Server (IIS) Role – Enable the Web Server (IIS) role and the Application Server role in Server Manager
  • Microsoft Information Protection and Control Client (MSIPC)MSIPC.dll – Microsoft Active Directory Rights Management Services Client. See AD RMS Client 2.0 Deployment Notes – http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj159267(v=ws.10).aspx for more information
  • Microsoft WCF Data Services 5.0 for OData V3WCF Data Services 5.0 enables creation and consumption of data services for the Web according to version 3 of the Open Data Protocol (OData), which facilitates data access and change via standard HTTP verbs.

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The steps listed below are for AppFabric for Windows Server only

Follow these steps for installing AppFabric for Windows Server correctly

  • Uninstall the Appfabric for Windows Server from Control Panel -> Programs and Features page
  • Download the individual requirements to a network location or a local folder
  • Install prerequisites for SharePoint 2013 manually
  • From the Start menu, open the Command Prompt window using the Run as administrator option. – Navigate to the root of the SharePoint 2013 installation media or folder location
    – Type the prerequisite program switch and corresponding argument for the program that you want to install, and then press ENTER.
    For example:

    If we have to install AppFabric for Windows Server from a local source, we can run the following command:

    PrerequisiteInstaller.exe /AppFabric:<location Of the Appfabric installation file>

    This will kick off the prerequisite installer wizard which will then use the installation file stored locally on the machine as specified in the command-line to install Windows Server AppFabric. We can also install more than one prerequisite by using different switches with the PrerequisiteInstaller.exe command to install multiple components and specifying the installation path in the command line window. For example:

    PrerequisiteInstaller.exe /AppFabric:<location Of the Appfabric installation file> /IDFX11:<Install Windows Identity Foundation v1.1 from file>

    This command will install Appfabric and Windows Identity Foundation

    For a complete list of prerequisite installer operations and command-line options, see Prerequisite installer operations and command-line options

  • The SharePoint 2013 prerequisite installer (prerequisiteinstaller.exe) installs the following software, if it has not already been installed on the server, in this order (provided you have downloaded the prerequisites locally):

    PrerequisiteInstaller.exe     /SQLNCli:file – Install Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Native Client from file
    /PowerShell:file – Install Windows Management Framework 3.0 from file
    /NETFX:file – Install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 from file
    /IDFX:file – Install Windows Identity Foundation (KB974405) from file
    /Sync:file – Install Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 SP1 (x64) from file
    /AppFabric:<location Of the Appfabric installation file>
    /IDFX11:”<path>Microsoft Identity Extensions.msi”
    /MSIPCClient:”<path>msipc.msi”
    /WCFDataServices:”<path>WcfDataServices.exe”
    /KB2671763:”<path>AppFabric1.1-RTM-KB2671763-x64-ENU.exe

where “<file>” signifies the file location from where you want to install. If you do not specify the <file> option, the installer downloads the file from the Internet and installs it.

The prerequisite installer creates log files at %TEMP%prerequisiteinstaller.<date>.<time>.log. You can check these log files for specific details about all changes the installer makes to the server.

See Install prerequisites for SharePoint 2013 from a network share for information about how to install the SharePoint 2013 prerequisites at the command prompt from a network share or local system. This approach is typically used when the server does not have a connection to internet.

  • Download AppFabric 1.1 from Official Microsoft Download Center
  • For more information about AppFabric for Windows Server, see AppFabric for Windows Server

Article from: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/praveenh/2013/02/21/sharepoint-2013-prerequisites-fails-with-msi-installer-error-code-1603-while-installing-appfabric-1-1/

I had to rebuild my SharePoint VM and since it was virtualized no problem I thought as I’ve done this hundreds of times without problems. So reverted my vm to the bare bones VM and re-ran the Autospinstaller but to my surprise I had the following error message.

So I attempted to manually run the SharePoint Pre-requisite but that also failed so I was stuck so my next attempt was to download ALL of the prerequisites and install them before running the AutoSPInstaller again. So I referenced this url for all of the SharePoint 2013 prerequisites. To my surprise when I tried to download the Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 SP1 (x64) from the list my IE browser returned an error message because it couldn’t reach download the file but I do have internet access. Weird!. This explains why the pre-requisite installer failed.

Solution: I went to IE Options and then clicked on Security tab > Trusted Sites and/or Local Internet > Custom Level > click on Reset button > OK

Then go back to the list of prerequisites and try to download the Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 SP1 (x64) again. If successfully then re-run the SharePoint pre-requisites installer. I had to try this setting in IE several times. May have to switch from the Trusted sites and Local Internet. Not sure why.