Problem:
Try to upgrade “manually” with psconfig:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\BIN>psconfig -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -force -cmd applicationcontent -install -cmd installfeatures
Error:
Performing configuration task 5 of 6
Upgrading SharePoint Products…
10.00%Failed to upgrade SharePoint Products.
An exception of type Microsoft.SharePoint.PostSetupConfiguration.PostSetupConfig
urationTaskException was thrown. Additional exception information: The upgrade
command is invalid or a failure has been encountered.
Failed to upgrade SharePoint Products.
Solution:
When running
Performing configuration task 5 of 6..
Run this command from parallel cmd console:
net start SPTraceV4 & net start SPWriterV4 & net start SPAdminV4 & net start SPTimerV4 & net start OSearch14 & net start SPSearch4
Special Thanks to streamo