I am not able to install packages for SharePoint 2013 February 2016 CU on my Windows Server

Question

I have upgraded my SharePoint 2013 Server to SP1. That is, my current build number is 15.0.4571.1502. And I want version 15.0.4797.1001 (that is, SharePoint Server 2013 February 2016 CU).

But when i try to run the setup file (ubersrv2013-kb3114726-fullfile-x64-glb.exe), the installation fails. I get message that "The installation of this package failed.."

Can anyone tell me the reason why ?

Answer 1

There are three files associated with this update:

• ubersrv_1.cab
• ubersrv_2.cab
• ubersrv2013-kb3114726-fullfile-x64-glb.exe

You might think, as I did, that only the .exe file is required. It and ubersrv_1.cab are both 1.4GB in size after all. It turns out you need all three files in the same directory. I suspect this a bug in the .exe file. Take a look at %tmp\opatchinstall(1).log, and search for "OPatchInstall: Thrown CDetectionExceptionWin32(2)". This is basically a "file not found" error, and the line above it will reference one of the .cab files.