I have installed BizTalk 2016 and BizTalk 2016 Cumulative Update 6 BTS2016-KB4477494-ENU.exe successfully.
Next I want to install feature pack 3 for Biztalk 2016.
But the Feature pack 3 comes with CU6 which is already installed. I downloaded BizTalk 2016 CU6 with Feature Update 3 BTS2016-KB4294900-ENU.exe and tried to install it. I am getting errors.
Should I uninstall CU6 and then install CU6 AND FeaturePack 3?
The advice I posted on my blog BizTalk 2016 – Feature Pack 3 & CU5 still holds. Do not try and install both CUs and Feature Packs. So yes, I would try uninstalling CU6 and installing the latest Feature Pack instead.
So which should you install? I’ve seen people post a few questions about installing Feature Packs in conjunction with Cumulative Updates and here is my advice and reasoning.
For BizTalk 2016 Enterprise, always install the latest Feature Packs only. Your server will be up to date and contain some extra features you may need later, even if you don’t need them now. Feature Packs are only available for Enterprise, are cumulative and contain both the previous Feature Packs and all the CUs so no need to install those separately.
For BizTalk 2016 Standard or Branch, always install the CUs only.
For BizTalk 2016 Developer, you will want to keep this in line with whatever your Production server has.
Mixing CUs and Feature Packs either causes the installation to fail, or can cause strange issues. e.g.
BizTalk Cumulative Update installation error: Cannot proceed with
installation Biztalk server pack is installed BizTalk 2016 Export
Bindings error message
Note: The OP is using the updated Microsoft BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Update 3 with CU6 rather than the outdated Microsoft BizTalk Server 2016 Feature Update 3 with CU5 they still link to from Configure the feature pack
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I checked to install the BizTalk SDK during my setup, and this is what I now see in the SDK folder:
I don't see the old SDK that came in some prior releases (link). I searched my entire disk for *.odx looking for SDK and didn't find any (other than the VS orchestration Template).
I did a Google search for download BizTalk 2020 SDK and nothing of interest showed up.
BizTalk 2020 Deprecated & Removed List
Samples: Removed from BizTalk Server installation.
So they just aren't available I would say.
We recently changed to a new BizTalk version from 2010. We are trying to configure our first ReceivePort on it, but we are running into the error that seems to indicate that the version of the Oracle.DataAcces that is in the cache is very outdated.
I have been looking around but unfortunately, i am not an expert in how the GAC works so i haven't figured out how BizTalk selects which version to search for.
Would the solution be to Install a newer version of the Oracle Dataacces into the GAC? And is the Oracle Data adapter part of the BizTalk adapter pack? That Pack was pre installed on our server so it would be weird if it was the cause of the wrong version.
Edit: The ODAC we installed claims to be the version 4 one (in the read me and download link) but doesn't seem to be the one in the cache.
You MUST install Microsoft BizTalk Adapter for Enterprise Application. if you are using the same box that you used for BTS 2010, then Uninstall, the Old Adapter pack, and install the new one from BTS Media.
I am planning to install CU 5 for BizTalk 2013 R2. I cannot find any reviews online so I wanted to have your feedback if there are issues installing the CU 5. I am using BizTalk 2013 R2 and I haven't installed any CU updates thus far.
Link of CU upgrade - Cumulative Update package 5 for BizTalk Server 2013 R2
You should install all BizTalk CU's during regular maintenance.
It's a good idea to treat them like any other app update, meaning apply to DEV, then TEST, then PROD, applying all you regular test procedures along the way.
For clarity, all BizTalk Server CU's are cumulative so CU5 will include all updates and patches from 1-4 as well.
There is an issue with BizTalk 2013R2 CU5 when you install it without the required SQL admin rights (the installer doesn't notify about this the way it should according to my opinion).
At the end of the installation, the installer will tell you it failed completing some post-installer steps. In the installer log file you will find a reference to the missing SQL rights.
When you try to open the BizTalk Admin Console, you will encouter a 'Could not find stored procedure ops_ClearOperationsProgress' exception.
The only way to recover from this is doing a database restore of the management database.
I wrote a blog post about this here.
I am trying to install the CU2 found here for BizTalk 2013 R2. After installing the patch (installer reports installation successful) BizTalk's version remains the same. As per the patch list the version is supposed to be 3.11.237.2, yet in the registry the version is still showing 3.11.158.0. I looked in the list of installed updates under Control Panel, and I do not see the patch for Biztalk 2013 R2 listed; however, I do see the patch showing up for Biztalk 2013 R2 Accelerator for HL7 and Biztalk Adapter Pack (x64).
When I try to run the patch installer again, I get this error: "An unexpected internal error has occurred."
Any ideas as to how I can confirm if the patch is really successfully applied or how to troubleshoot the installer error?
Yes, the registry version number does not change so you can't verify it that way.
To verify that it has installed open up Add/Remove programs, click View installed updates and look for the BizTalk CU2 under Microsoft BizTalk Adapter Pack
The other place you can check is the version numbers of the DLLs that are matches
Update: CU3 is now available that has some fixes related to installation issues.
Is a (full) BizTalk 2010 installation needed to let a build server (TFS2010) build BizTalk 2010 solutions/projects ?
As per my knowledge, BizTalk 2010 installation is not required. You only need below components.
Project Build Component available under Additional Software(to build the project)
Developer Tools and SDK (to run tests)
I did find an apparent exception where if you deal with anything EDI related, it seems to require the full BizTalk install(not configuration). I wanted to add this footnote for people experiencing compile errors where local compile works fine.