SharePoint 2013 – Install Notes

Below is a quick brain dump from a one machine VM install for development. Getting the install media folder correctly populated with various patches, offline prerequisites, and correct XML configuration for AutoSPInstaller was key. Once that folder was ready, everything ran very smoothly.

Hardware

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262485.aspx#reqOtherCap

Dynamic expanding VHD up to 96GB with Start > Run > DISKMGMT.MSC > right click Create VHD
Virtual Box VM (from Windows 8 64bit template)
10GB of RAM
128MB video RAM
Bidirectional clipboard enabled
Shared folder “SPMedia” for install as read only
Share folder “temp” for read/write

Software

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262485.aspx#section4

Windows 2008 R2 (supported by data center team. I plan to make a “2012” flavor also)
SQL 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 (SP2 is important. SP2013 install requires a minimum of SP1, but may as well get the latest while in there)
IE 10
All windows update complete
Promoted to domain controller as “DEMO.COM”
Created 1 service account for SQL:
- sqlsrv
Created 9 service user accounts for SharePoint:
- spfarm
- sppool
- spservice
- spprofile
- spsearch
- spcontent
- spsuperuser
- spsuperreader
- spdata

Install Process

Downloaded latest AutoSPInstaller (http://autospinstaller.codeplex.com/) build 99077 as of 3/22/2013
Extracted AutoSPInstaller ZIP, downloaded offline prerequisites, and completed new XML file with service accounts
Downloaded March 2013 Public Update (PU) and extracted to C:\SPMedia\2013\SharePoint\Updates\
Run Command Prompt as Administrator
Run C:\SPMedia\AutoSPInstaller\AutoSPInstallerLaunch.bat

Prerequisite Files

Directory of C:\SPMedia\2013\SharePoint\PrerequisiteInstallerFiles

03/25/2013 10:06 AM    <DIR>          .
03/25/2013 10:06 AM    <DIR>          ..
05/28/2011 10:58 PM         4,451,736 427087_intl_x64_zip.exe.zip
06/21/2011 02:26 PM         1,139,960 433385_intl_x64_zip.exe.zip
05/15/2012 03:03 PM           794,144 447698_intl_x64_zip.exe.zip
07/18/2012 12:21 PM         1,399,984 AppFabric1.1-RTM-KB2671763-x64-ENU.exe
03/24/2013 01:08 PM        50,352,408 dotnetfx45_full_x86_x64.exe
07/17/2012 11:59 PM             3,524 DownloadAllSP2013PreReqs.ps1
10/01/2012 08:53 PM    <DIR>          filterpack
07/18/2012 12:21 PM           249,344 MicrosoftIdentityExtensions-64.msi
09/27/2012 08:45 PM         4,722,704 NDP45-KB2759112-x64.exe
07/30/2012 03:20 PM                 0 PutPrerequisiteFilesHere.txt
07/18/2012 12:21 PM         4,943,360 setup_msipc_x64.msi
06/24/2012 01:51 PM        14,214,344 SharePointFoundationLP_en-us_x64.exe
07/18/2012 12:21 PM         8,121,344 sqlncli.msi
07/18/2012 12:21 PM         1,026,048 Synchronization.msi
07/18/2012 12:21 PM         5,735,120 WcfDataServices.exe
01/20/2011 05:40 PM         4,321,793 Windows6.1-KB2472264-v3-x64.msu
07/18/2012 12:21 PM        14,514,662 Windows6.1-KB2506143-x64.msu
05/26/2011 02:59 PM         1,010,821 Windows6.1-KB2554876-v2-x64.msu
07/17/2011 12:52 AM         2,049,178 Windows6.1-KB2567680-x64.msu
05/03/2012 12:56 PM           669,029 Windows6.1-KB2708075-x64.msu
07/18/2012 12:21 PM         1,545,666 Windows6.1-KB974405-x64.msu
10/05/2012 01:48 PM         4,078,084 Windows8-RT-KB2765317-x64.msu
07/18/2012 12:21 PM        33,646,240 WindowsServerAppFabricSetup_x64.exe
              22 File(s)    158,989,493 bytes

Directory of C:\SPMedia\2013\SharePoint\PrerequisiteInstallerFiles\filterpack

10/01/2012 08:53 PM    <DIR>          .
10/01/2012 08:53 PM    <DIR>          ..
06/23/2012 09:36 PM           450,560 filterpack.msi
06/23/2012 09:37 PM         3,313,863 filterpk.cab
               2 File(s)      3,764,423 bytes

     Total Files Listed:
              24 File(s)    162,753,916 bytes
               5 Dir(s) 62,485,356,544 bytes free