Patching SharePoint Foundation 2010 DataBase

[Brad G. - AdvenTech]

If the below process fails with the following error:

"Configuration of SharePoint Products failed.  Configuration must be performed before you use SharePoint Products.  For further details, see the diagnostic log located at C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\LOGS\PSCDiagnostics***.log and the application event log. " in Both Wizard and Powershell.

Run this command:

stsadm -o setproperty -pn command-line-upgrade-running -pv Yes

Then run the original command again:

PSConfig.exe -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -force -cmd applicationcontent -install -cmd installfeatures

[Adventech]

PROBLEM:
Patching SharePoint Foundation 2010 is a two-step process. The updated binaries are first installed and then psconfig must be run to update the SharePoint databases. This is discussed in the following content:

SOLUTION:
In order to update the SharePoint databases, you must manually run the PSconfig utility. To run the utility:

1. Open an Administrative command prompt.
2. Change directory to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\BIN
3. Run PSConfig.exe -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -force -cmd applicationcontent -install -cmd installfeatures