Client Machine
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
SQL Server 2012 (11.0.2100.60)
Hosted on Windows 8.1 Hyper-V
Doing a SharePoint Install and during the install (very near completion) I get:
Error log shows the ugly:
2014/01/07 13:36:12:444::[3648] MSI(INFO): 'Action start 13:36:12: ArpWrite.' 2014/01/07 13:36:12:444::[3648] MSI(INFO): 'CustomActionArpWrite returned actual error code 1603 (note this may not be 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox)' 2014/01/07 13:36:12:444::[3648] MSI(INFO): 'Action ended 13:36:12: ArpWrite. Return value 3.' 2014/01/07 13:36:12:444::[3648] MSI(INFO): 'Action ended 13:36:12: INSTALL. Return value 3.' ... ...SharePoint\global\oserver.MSI ErrorCode: 1603(0x643). |
A couple of posts seemed related:
- http://www.bluedoglimited.com/SharePointThoughts/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=346
- http://blogs.msdn.com/b/odabasi/archive/2012/12/28/failed-to-install-the-product-drive-name-global-oserver-msi-error-code-1603-0x643-error-when-istalling-sharepoint-2013.aspx
- http://www.helpfuladm.in/sp2013-preview-install-error-microsoft-sharepoint-server-2013-preview-encountered-an-error-during-setup/
I have had a few virtual machines that built fine... one I’ve been using to test with works about 33% of the time and fails with the same error other times. I have tweaked the RAM and the # of Virtual Procs and nothing seems to consistently fix it. Specifically I've disabled dynamic memory, set the RAM to 8GB and the number of procs to 4. I've also downloaded the SharePoint ISO from multiple sources (MSDN/TechNet/Trial) thinking the installer was possibly corrupt - same issue.
At this point I'm thinking it is either an issue with Hyper-V on Windows 8.1 + SharePoint or else something specific to my hardware but it is terribly hard to troubleshoot an error that is intermittent. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated!