“Upgrade Required” Status in SharePoint Central Administration – Servers in Farm
Getting “Upgrade Required” error message in SharePoint 2013 / 2016? Well, Ideally, We have to run the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard on the server(s) right after installing the service pack/patches.
In Windows Server 2012, SharePoint updates are part of Windows Server Update. It installs patches but never runs the Products configuration wizard automatically! You still have to run psconfig wizard to complete patching!
SharePoint Patching is a two-step process:
- Install the patch binaries
- Run psconfig wizard manually.
Launch and run SharePoint configuration wizard to perform the configuration tasks. Once its finished, You should see “No action Required” message in farm information status instead of upgrade required.
If you get any errors while running psconfig, the next step is to force SharePoint upgrade with this command line:
psconfig.exe -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -force -cmd applicationcontent -install -cmd installfeatures
To apply patches on SharePoint 2013, Follow my step by step guide at: SharePoint 2013 Patching Guide – Step by Step
Shouldn’t that psconfig command be
psconfig.exe -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -wait -cmd applicationcontent -install -cmd installfeatures -cmd secureresources -cmd services -install -cmd helpcollections -installall -force
Otherwise, won’t psconfig will miss some steps that psconfigui would do automatically?
YES