Applies to: SharePoint On-Premises
Description:
This article describes how to upgrade Crow Canyon farm solutions in the SharePoint Server (2013, 2016 and 2019).
Pre Requisites:
- Logged in user should be a domain user, local admin and a member of Farm Administrators group in SharePoint.
- Logged in user should have ownership rights on SharePoint Admin content database, SharePoint configuration database and target web application’s content database.
- SharePoint Server should be in stable state (No Action Required or Upgrade Available) (Central Admin, System Settings, Manage Servers in the farm)
- SharePoint Timer Service and SharePoint Admin Service Should be in running state.
Instructions:
We can use either STSADM or PowerShell command tools to perform the upgrade SharePoint farm solutions.
1. STSADM Tool:
Open Command Prompt (Run as Administrator) –> Change the directory to “Hive” location using the command below
Hive location path:
For SP 2013: cd "C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\15\BIN"
For SP 2016/2019: cd "C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\16\BIN"
Run below command to upgrade the solution:
STSADM.EXE -o upgradesolution -name "crowcanyon.advancedforms.wsp" –filename "LiteralPath of the .wsp solution" –allowgacdeployment –immediate
2. PowerShell Tool
Open SharePoint Management Shell (Run as Administrator)
Update-SPSolution –Identity contoso_solution.wsp –LiteralPath "C:\contoso_solution.wsp" –GACDeployment
Troubleshooting steps for upgrade solution:
- If we want to upgrade the solution in SharePoint but the solution deployment is stuck, then we can follow steps #1 to #5 of troubleshooting steps from https://www.crowcanyon.help/article/311/ , but we need to add the latest wsp solution.-> To add the latest solution, delete the existing solution and then add the latest solutionCommand to delete solution:
stsadm.exe -o deletesolution –name"##Solution Name##" -override
-> Add the latest solution
Refer “Add Solution” instructions from this article.
-> Follow step 5 of troubleshooting article https://www.crowcanyon.help/article/311/ to deploy the solution in SharePoint server when the solution got stuck at deploying.
