4

Is anyone aware of any known issues with the December 2016 CU for Sharepoint 2013 Server?

We installed the September 2015 CU previously which has borked in-place Search (results do not come back on the correct scope) but I've had no luck finding a fix for that or any indication of a known issue (we have two farms with the September 2015 CU with the same problem, and two without it that don't have the issue).

Our plan at the moment is to install the December 2016 CU and hope it fixes the issue but I'm a bit cautious it might introduce other issues, or just not fix the existing issue.

Restoring the farm from a backup before September 2015 CU was installed is unfortunately not an option as it happened too far back and the client would lose a ton of data.

Any thoughts?

Improve this question
2
  • There is a lot of patches in between sep 15 - dec 16. Best is to see if you can find anything for each patch notes at Todd's blog (Bugs, Notes, and Regressions). toddklindt.com/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=346
    – Christoffer
    Mar 24, 2017 at 9:57
  • No mention of my specific issue on any of those I'm afraid :( I'd normally think it's something specific to the farm but I have two farms with the same patch showing the same issue so I doubt that.
    – Thomas Gass
    Mar 24, 2017 at 10:40

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
4

The root cause of your issue represented in you have installed September 2015 CU before installing August 2015 CU.

September 2015 CU has been released without "Server" or "Uber" packages that mean if you are not in an urgent need for a fix included in September 2015 CU you should consider waiting for a CU release that includes "Server" or "Uber" packages.

So It is highly recommended to install August 2015 CU before installing September 2015 CU! for more details check September 2015 CU for SharePoint 2013 is available for download Note: Uber packages for September 2015 CU for SharePoint 2013 have been released on 2015-09-17 and Maybe you install it before the Uber was released.

So one of the available options is to go ahead to install December 2016 CU for SharePoint 2013 product family is available for download that should solve your current issue because it includes all SharePoint 2013 fixes and as the previous CU it requires SP 2013 SP1 to be installed first.

Keep in mind,

  • Once the installation is finished, Start running the SharePoint Configuration Wizard (PSConfig) on the main application server that hosts the central administration then continue with other servers at the same time without order.For more details how to patch your farm check Find Farm Patch Level

  • Generally, I advise you Before patching your farm, you should first read the prerequisites for the CU carefully at https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/stefan_gossner/

Improve this answer
7
  • Fair enough, but I don't know what your source is on having to install the August 2015 CU first - the Sept 2015 CU download page makes no mention of this and explicitly states all previous CUs are included and only SP1 is required - support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2986213/…
    – Thomas Gass
    Mar 24, 2017 at 10:38
  • 1
    Hi @ThomasGass Could you please take a look at blogs.technet.microsoft.com/stefan_gossner/2015/09/08/… ? that my source :)
    – Mohamed El-Qassas MVP ♦
    Mar 24, 2017 at 10:40
  • Ah fair enough... MS could have made this information clearer on the actual download page! Typical.
    – Thomas Gass
    Mar 24, 2017 at 10:45
  • I agree, but this blog is a trusted source, I have mentioned the source in the answer too. where the September 2015 CU was released first without uber. then on 17/09 it was released, hope now there is no confusion
    – Mohamed El-Qassas MVP ♦
    Mar 24, 2017 at 11:25
  • Installing the Aug CU is not necessary prior to installing a newer version (such as any 2016 or 2017 CUs). In addition, the information about running the Config Wizard on the CA box first is not correct. The order of running the Config Wizard in the farm does not matter.
    – user6024
    Mar 24, 2017 at 20:04

Your Answer

By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to our terms of service and acknowledge that you have read and understand our privacy policy and code of conduct.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.