The difference between my successful attempts and the failed attempts was installing the SP2013 pre-requisite EXEs but having ASPI install the hotfix patches. I was able to get around this by rolling back to my previous snapshot (without pre-requisites at all) and having ASPI complete all the prerequisite installs (much slower of course).
The script finally stalls with the following:
- Provisioning Managed Metadata Service Application
- Creating SharePoint Hosted Services Application Pool...
- Starting Managed Metadata Service:
- Starting Metadata Service Instance...
- Waiting for Metadata service...Online
- Creating Metadata Service Application...
The section of the install that deals with pre-requisites looks like this:
- Installing Prerequisite Software:
- Running Prerequisite Installer (online mode)........Done.
- Prerequisite Installer completed in 00:00:25.
- SharePoint 2013 "missing hotfix" prerequisites...
- Checking for KB2554876...Already installed.
- Checking for KB2708075...Already installed.
- Checking for KB2472264...Already installed.
- All Prerequisite Software installed successfully.
I know using ASPI for SP2013 is beta - but I thought I would raise the awareness of the behaviour.
@SPSavvy
Comments: ** Comment from web user: csyvenky **
Here's what I know. I've not had this exact same failure in another multi-tier environment - twice. The last crash/freeze yielded the following:
On the database - seems normal:
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Date 3/14/2013 9:47:06 PM
Log SQL Server (Current - 3/9/2013 5:05:00 PM)
Source spid69
Message
Setting database option AUTO_UPDATE_STATISTICS to OFF for database 'UAT_MetaData'.
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Date 3/14/2013 9:47:06 PM
Log SQL Server (Current - 3/9/2013 5:05:00 PM)
Source spid69
Message
Setting database option AUTO_CREATE_STATISTICS to OFF for database 'UAT_MetaData'.
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Date 3/14/2013 9:47:05 PM
Log SQL Server (Current - 3/9/2013 5:05:00 PM)
Source spid69
Message
Setting database option AUTO_CLOSE to OFF for database 'UAT_MetaData'.
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According to PSCDiagnostics.log there was an IIS reset just 10 minutes prior to the crash/freeze.
03/14/2013 21:37:28 8 INF Starting process C:\Windows\system32\IISReset.exe and waiting 300000 for it to stop
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The last entries I have in the ULS are indicating psconfig had an exception.
03/14/2013 21:36:45.47 psconfig.exe (0x04B8) 0x0C88 SharePoint Foundation Health 8fvj Unexpected The health rule contained in Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.Health.SiteDataServersTest could not be registered. A file with the name Dedicated crawl target configuration has one or more invalid servers. already exists. It was last modified by coryadmin on 3/14/2013 3:30 PM.
03/14/2013 21:36:45.49 psconfig.exe (0x04B8) 0x0C88 SharePoint Foundation Topology 8xqz Medium Updating SPPersistedObject SPUpgradeSession Name=Upgrade-20130314-213604-195. Version: 9635 Ensure: False, HashCode: 64219123, Id: 98e57abe-3d88-4cde-ace1-1862f8f59622, Stack: at Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade.SPUpgradeSession.Update() at Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade.SPUpgradeSession.ProgressUpdateEventHandlerMethod(Object sender, SPProgressUpdateEventArgs args) at Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade.SPManager.InplaceUpgradeAdministrationWebApplication() at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.UpgradeTask.Run() at Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.TaskThread.ExecuteTask() at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx) at System.Threading.ExecutionContext....
03/14/2013 21:36:45.49* psconfig.exe (0x04B8) 0x0C88 SharePoint Foundation Topology 8xqz Medium ...Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx) at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state) at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()
03/14/2013 21:36:45.88 psconfig.exe (0x04B8) 0x0C88 SharePoint Foundation Upgrade g4z9 Medium Stop SessionMaintenanceThread by signaling s_EventStopThread
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I have a sneaking suspicion this has nothing to do with Managed Meta Data - my next attempt will not have that service provisioned.