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Cannot install Sharepoint 2016 on Server 2016
Based on the log, you seem to be encountering this issue https://www.vioreliftode.com/index.php/sharepoint-2016-it-preview-there-was-an-error-during-installation/.
There are a couple of solution options towards the end of the post.
I have made multiple attempts to install SharePoint 2016 on a fresh Server 2016. The preprequsite installer fails but I was able to manually install all of the prerequisites using the many helpful resources listing these and their links. I did the registry edits and Powershell system environment modifications for AppFabric and manually configured AppFabric caching coping the settings from an existing SharePoint 2013 on Server 2012 system I have been running. This satisfies the prerequisite installer, but the SharePoint installer won't start. It tells me AppFabric is incorrectly installed and to uninstall it and rerun the prerequisite installer. An endless loop. Verified on two completely fresh server 2016 builds.
Is there a way to get more specific data on exactly what the SharePoint Installer is looking for so I can configure it to run? None of the automated methods work, so I need more detailed installation info, especially for AppFabric.
Never install AppFab manually. Worse yet, you may not be able to uninstall it correctly, leading to a server rebuild.
That said, are you sure you're using SharePoint 2016 RTM?Trevor,
Thanks for the reply. I tried multiple versions of SharePoint 2016, one from the current ISO on the VLSC and the other from Microsoft's download website. They are identical as far as I can tell. They both are missing all the installers for the prerequisites and neither was able to install any of the prerequeisites using the prerequisite installer tool., even when the individual installers were manually downloaded and set-uo in the installer's prerequisites folder following instructions others have posted.
I did multiple attempts including using a fresh build of Server 2016 on a clean VM.
I was able to get the prerequisite installer to be satisfied with my manual installations of everything. It is just the SharePoint Installer that rejects the build, specifically complaining about AppFabric.
Even though many posts said not to install it manually, nothing I followed allowed the prerequisite installer to install it, even the registry edits of the install location, and the Powershell system environment edits. The prerequisite installer was satisfied after I manually installed and configured the caching service, where I copied all the settings from an operational SharePoint 2013 system I ahve running on Server 2012. I am confident that everything is correctly configured, I just would like to know exactly what the SharePoint 2016 installer is looking at that triggers an immediate refusal to install. It has to be something simple since it immediately rejects the installation.
- AppFab isn't configured the same as it was with 2013, e.g. it uses anon instead of NTLM for auth requests between SharePoint and AppFab.
You've got something either going on with your build process, or a GPO/local GP in place that is preventing the pre-req from completing properly. On an RTM version of SharePoint 2016 with an RTM or higher version of Server 2016, the installation is rather smooth.
