AutoSPInstaller error – Failed to download WCF Data Services 5.6 installation package
I have downloaded SharePoint 2013 SP1 (Service Pack 1) to be installed offline with AutoSPInstaller 3.96. However, the prerequisites installer fails with the following error:
WARNING: 2014-04-21 09:15:29 – Error: InternetOpenUrl failed (0X80072EE7=-2147012889)
WARNING: 2014-04-21 09:15:29 – Error: Failed to download WCF Data Services 5.6 installation package, (0)
WARNING: 2014-04-21 09:15:29 – Last return code (-1)
This, it seems, is because SharePoint 2013 Service Pack 1 requires a newer version of the WCF Data Services. The existing wcfdataservices.exe is version 5.0 so I have now added version 5.6 to the prerequisiteinstallerfiles folder. As the two files have the same name I have renamed the new file to WcfDataServices56.exe
I have also modified the PrerequisiteInstaller.Arguments.txt file to include the new /WCFDataServices56 parameter:
/WCFDataServices56:”prerequisiteinstallerfiles\WcfDataServices56.exe”
I installed this in two previous environments that had one box per role (CA, WFE, Index.) Had not come across this issue until I had to install on an environment with two per role. Make sense?