Open a powershell windows
While the prereq installer is running, monitor the progress, and once the AppFabric installer has extracted the files to the temp folder, quickly CD to the temp folder, and run this command:
Get-ChildItem -Filter "*appfabricserver*" -Recurse Rename-Item -NewName $_.name -replace "appfabricserver","AppFabricServer"
I have installed all the prerequisites for installing SharePoint 2013 but during installation of AppFabric for windows server, it is showing an error as "The tool was unable to install Windows Server AppFabric".I tried using Microsoft web platform Installer and it gets installed successfully installed but when i again run the prerequisites for SharePoint 2013, same error is thrown and prerequisites installation stopped.I also tried to install it offline by downloading the setup of AppFabric for windows server through Microsoft site but no luck....
This SharePoint tutorial explains how to solve windows server AppFabric installation error or windows server AppFabric download error SharePoint 2016/2013/2019. The error usually comes while installing prerequisitesinstaller.exe in SharePoint 2016/2013.
Before trying the below solutions, one way to solve windows server AppFabric installation error is to download and install Windows Server AppFabric manually. Sometimes people also search for sharepoint 2016 AppFabric installation error or windows server AppFabric download for sharepoint 2016.
In this tutorial, we will discuss how to solve windows server AppFabric download error sharepoint 2016. The error will also come as a windows server AppFabric installation error in SharePoint 2016/2013.
A SharePoint farm is a logical grouping of SharePoint servers that share common resources.[33] A farm typically operates stand-alone, but can also subscribe to functions from another farm, or provide functions to another farm. Each farm has its own central configuration database, which is managed through either a PowerShell interface, or a Central Administration website (which relies partly on PowerShell's infrastructure). Each server in the farm is able to directly interface with the central configuration database. Servers use this to configure services (e.g. IIS, windows features, database connections) to match the requirements of the farm, and to report server health issues, resource allocation issues, etc...
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