I installed the Dec. 2011 CU but not SP1. Am I hosed?

Question

It has been a number of months since we installed SP2010.  I thought we had downloaded the SharePoint/SP1 bundled installer but it turns out we used an older version.  If I recall correctly, we did it in this order:

• SP 2010 RTM
• December 2011 CU
• Project Server 2010 with SP1 (bundled installer)

Based on the Version numbers in the upgrade and patch status page it appears that we have the base version, the hotfixes from the CU, and Project Server with SP1.  It does not look like SharePoint SP1 was ever installed.  I know that it is a prereq for the CU, but it seems we were able to get it on there anyway.

My question is how to get us out of this mess.  Can I install SP1 over the top and then reinstall the CU?  Do I wait for SP2 (whenever that is)?  Live with it the way it is?  Any input on getting me back on track version-wise would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Project Server 2010 SP1 includes SharePoint Server SP1.

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Answer 2

I did see there is an SP1 that covers both  but that's not what I meant.  I installed Project Server with SP1 right from the start.  The service pack was not a separate install, it was the one that came bundled with the Project installer.  Here is a screenshot where you can see the version numbers for both the SharePoint and Project Server.  The only part that shows SP1 installed is Project.  All the others go straight from RTM to 12/11 CU.

Answer 3

If you integrated SP1 into Project Server, it will update the SharePoint bits as well.

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Answer 4

So the order doesn't matter?  As I stated, Project Server was added to the farm after the Dec. CU was installed.  And I didn't integrate SP1 into Project.  There were two versions I could download and install from MS, one was Project Server 2010 and the other was Project Server 2010 with SP1.  The latter is what got installed.  So forgive me if I'm being dense, but since I installed the CU right after SharePoint and before any service packs (or Project for that matter) were added, am I going to run into issues?  I would think that the version numbers in the screenshot above should have at least some of the components of SP showing SP1 was installed, but none do.

Answer 5

Turns out I did have to install SP1 after all and that it was not installed as part of the Project Server installer.  The SP1 installer ran and the Configuration Wizard successfully completed.  When we tried to re-apply the 12/11 CU, it said there was nothing to update.  My Patch and Update status now shows SP1 being installed where it did not before.  It seems that running the Service Pack updated all the components that were older than itself, leaving the components that were upgraded as part of the CU alone.

Answer 6

Technically you should reapply the CU at this point.

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Answer 7

I tried to and the installer will not run.  It says there is nothing to update.