Resolve installation errors in SharePoint 2013 Service Pack 1

You can come across with two errors: SharePoint 2013 service pack 1 the installation of this package failed and Installation of SharePoint 2013 Cumulative Update takes 5 hours.

To overcome either of the above issue, follow the steps:

1. Copy and save the below code with extension .ps1.
   
   
2. In the same location, copy the cumulative updates or SP 1. Make sure there is only one exe file or cumulative updates in that specific location.
   
   
3. Open the SharePoint Management Shell, run the file (.ps1):
   

##Ensure Patch is Present##

$patchfile = Get - ChildItem | where {
    $_.Extension - eq“.exe”
}
if ($patchfile - eq $null) {
    Write - Host“Unable to retrieve the file.Exiting Script” - ForegroundColor Red
    Return
}

##Stop Search Services##

##Checking Search services##
$srchctr = 1
$srch4srvctr = 1
$srch5srvctr = 1
$srv4 = get - service“OSearch15″
$srv5 = get - service“SPSearchHostController”
If(($srv4.status - eq“Running”) - or($srv5.status - eq“Running”)) {
    Write - Host“Choose 1 to Pause Search Service Application” - ForegroundColor Cyan
    Write - Host“Choose 2 to leave Search Service Application running” - ForegroundColor Cyan
    $searchappresult = Read - Host“Press 1 or 2 and hit enter”
    Write - Host

    if ($searchappresult - eq 1) {
        $srchctr = 2
        Write - Host“Pausing the Search Service Application” - foregroundcolor yellow
        Write - Host“This could take a few minutes” - ForegroundColor Yellow
        $ssa = get - spenterprisesearchserviceapplication
        $ssa.pause()
    }

    elseif($searchappresult - eq 2) {
        Write - Host“Continuing without pausing the Search Service Application”
    } else {
        Write - Host“Run the script again and choose option 1 or 2″ - ForegroundColor Red
        Write - Host“Exiting Script” - ForegroundColor Red
        Return
    }
}
Write - Host“Stopping Search Services
if they are running” - foregroundcolor yellow
if ($srv4.status - eq“Running”) {
    $srch4srvctr = 2
    set - service - Name“OSearch15″ - startuptype Disabled
    $srv4.stop()
}
if ($srv5.status - eq“Running”) {
    $srch5srvctr = 2
    Set - service“SPSearchHostController” - startuptype Disabled
    $srv5.stop()
}
do {
    $srv6 = get - service“SPSearchHostController”
    if ($srv6.status - eq“Stopped”) {
        $yes = 1
    }
    Start - Sleep - seconds 10
}
until ($yes - eq 1)
Write - Host“Search Services are stopped” - foregroundcolor Green
Write - Host#########################Stop Other Services#########################
Set - Service - Name“IISADMIN” - startuptype Disabled
Set - Service - Name“SPTimerV4″ - startuptype Disabled
Write - Host“Gracefully stopping IIS W3WP Processes” - foregroundcolor yellow
Write - Host
iisreset - stop - noforce
Write - Host“Stopping Services” - foregroundcolor yellow
Write - Host
$srv2 = get - service“SPTimerV4″
if ($srv2.status - eq“Running”) {
    $srv2.stop()
}
Write - Host“Services are Stopped” - ForegroundColor Green
Write - Host
Write - Host####################Start patching####################
Write - Host“Patching now keep this PowerShell window open” - ForegroundColor Magenta
Write - Host
$starttime = Get - Date
$filename = $patchfile.basename
$arg = “ / passive”
Start - Process $filename $arg
Start - Sleep - seconds 20
$proc = get - process $filename
$proc.WaitForExit()
$finishtime = get - date
Write - Host
Write - Host“Patch installation complete” - foregroundcolor green
Write - Host####################Start Services####################
Write - Host“Starting Services Backup” - foregroundcolor yellow
Set - Service - Name“SPTimerV4″ - startuptype Automatic
Set - Service - Name“IISADMIN” - startuptype Automatic##Grabbing local server and starting services##
$servername = hostname
$server = get - spserver $servername
$srv2 = get - service“SPTimerV4″
$srv2.start()
$srv3 = get - service“IISADMIN”
$srv3.start()
$srv4 = get - service“OSearch15″
$srv5 = get - service“SPSearchHostController”###Ensuring Search Services were stopped by script before Starting”
if ($srch4srvctr - eq 2) {
    set - service - Name“OSearch15″ - startuptype Automatic
    $srv4.start()
}
if ($srch5srvctr - eq 2) {
    Set - service“SPSearchHostController” - startuptype Automatic
    $srv5.start()
}###Resuming Search Service Application
if paused###
if ($srchctr - eq 2) {
    Write - Host“Resuming the Search Service Application” - foregroundcolor yellow
    $ssa = get - spenterprisesearchserviceapplication
    $ssa.resume()
}
Write - Host“Services are Started” - foregroundcolor green
Write - Host
Write - Host
Write - Host“Script Duration” - foregroundcolor yellow
Write - Host“Started: ”$starttime - foregroundcolor yellow
Write - Host“Finished: ”$finishtime - foregroundcolor yellow
Write - Host“Script Complete”