Cannot install Service Pack 1 for SharePoint Server 2010: The following is missing

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By now you’ve probably got the news that SP1 for SharePoint 2010 has arrived. You can download it from: https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=26623

After installing the service pack you run:

psconfig.exe –cmd upgrade –inplace b2b –wait

to start updating the database and to permission the binaries.

During that process I got the error message:

“The upgrade command is invalid or a failure has been encountered.

…

The following is missing on <servername>

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

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Well that’s strange because I’ve just installed the service pack.

Checking the upgrade status on _admin/PatchStatus.aspx I see:

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To fix that issue run the following PowerShell Commandlet on that server:

Get-SPProduct –local

This will force the Product Version Timer Job to run and after that you should be able to re-run the psconfig command.

-thomas