You can come across with two errors: SharePoint 2013 service pack 1 the installation of this package failed and Installation of SharePoint 2013 Cumulative Update takes 5 hours.

To overcome either of the above issue, follow the steps:
  1. Copy and save the below code with extension .ps1.

  2. In the same location, copy the cumulative updates or SP 1. Make sure there is only one exe file or cumulative updates in that specific location.

  3. Open the SharePoint Management Shell, run the file (.ps1):
  1. ##Ensure Patch is Present##
  3. $patchfile = Get - ChildItem | where {
  4. $_.Extension - eq“.exe”
  5. }
  6. if ($patchfile - eq $null) {
  7. Write - Host“Unable to retrieve the file.Exiting Script” - ForegroundColor Red
  8. Return
  9. }
  11. ##Stop Search Services##
  13. ##Checking Search services##
  14. $srchctr = 1
  15. $srch4srvctr = 1
  16. $srch5srvctr = 1
  17. $srv4 = get - service“OSearch15″
  18. $srv5 = get - service“SPSearchHostController”
  19. If(($srv4.status - eq“Running”) - or($srv5.status - eq“Running”)) {
  20. Write - Host“Choose 1 to Pause Search Service Application” - ForegroundColor Cyan
  21. Write - Host“Choose 2 to leave Search Service Application running” - ForegroundColor Cyan
  22. $searchappresult = Read - Host“Press 1 or 2 and hit enter”
  23. Write - Host
  25. if ($searchappresult - eq 1) {
  26. $srchctr = 2
  27. Write - Host“Pausing the Search Service Application” - foregroundcolor yellow
  28. Write - Host“This could take a few minutes” - ForegroundColor Yellow
  29. $ssa = get - spenterprisesearchserviceapplication
  30. $ssa.pause()
  31. }
  33. elseif($searchappresult - eq 2) {
  34. Write - Host“Continuing without pausing the Search Service Application”
  35. } else {
  36. Write - Host“Run the script again and choose option 1 or 2″ - ForegroundColor Red
  37. Write - Host“Exiting Script” - ForegroundColor Red
  38. Return
  39. }
  40. }
  41. Write - Host“Stopping Search Services
  42. if they are running” - foregroundcolor yellow
  43. if ($srv4.status - eq“Running”) {
  44. $srch4srvctr = 2
  45. set - service - Name“OSearch15″ - startuptype Disabled
  46. $srv4.stop()
  47. }
  48. if ($srv5.status - eq“Running”) {
  49. $srch5srvctr = 2
  50. Set - service“SPSearchHostController” - startuptype Disabled
  51. $srv5.stop()
  52. }
  53. do {
  54. $srv6 = get - service“SPSearchHostController”
  55. if ($srv6.status - eq“Stopped”) {
  56. $yes = 1
  57. }
  58. Start - Sleep - seconds 10
  59. }
  60. until ($yes - eq 1)
  61. Write - Host“Search Services are stopped” - foregroundcolor Green
  62. Write - Host#########################Stop Other Services#########################
  63. Set - Service - Name“IISADMIN” - startuptype Disabled
  64. Set - Service - Name“SPTimerV4″ - startuptype Disabled
  65. Write - Host“Gracefully stopping IIS W3WP Processes” - foregroundcolor yellow
  66. Write - Host
  67. iisreset - stop - noforce
  68. Write - Host“Stopping Services” - foregroundcolor yellow
  69. Write - Host
  70. $srv2 = get - service“SPTimerV4″
  71. if ($srv2.status - eq“Running”) {
  72. $srv2.stop()
  73. }
  74. Write - Host“Services are Stopped” - ForegroundColor Green
  75. Write - Host
  76. Write - Host####################Start patching####################
  77. Write - Host“Patching now keep this PowerShell window open” - ForegroundColor Magenta
  78. Write - Host
  79. $starttime = Get - Date
  80. $filename = $patchfile.basename
  81. $arg = “ / passive”
  82. Start - Process $filename $arg
  83. Start - Sleep - seconds 20
  84. $proc = get - process $filename
  85. $proc.WaitForExit()
  86. $finishtime = get - date
  87. Write - Host
  88. Write - Host“Patch installation complete” - foregroundcolor green
  89. Write - Host####################Start Services####################
  90. Write - Host“Starting Services Backup” - foregroundcolor yellow
  91. Set - Service - Name“SPTimerV4″ - startuptype Automatic
  92. Set - Service - Name“IISADMIN” - startuptype Automatic##Grabbing local server and starting services##
  93. $servername = hostname
  94. $server = get - spserver $servername
  95. $srv2 = get - service“SPTimerV4″
  96. $srv2.start()
  97. $srv3 = get - service“IISADMIN”
  98. $srv3.start()
  99. $srv4 = get - service“OSearch15″
  100. $srv5 = get - service“SPSearchHostController”###Ensuring Search Services were stopped by script before Starting”
  101. if ($srch4srvctr - eq 2) {
  102. set - service - Name“OSearch15″ - startuptype Automatic
  103. $srv4.start()
  104. }
  105. if ($srch5srvctr - eq 2) {
  106. Set - service“SPSearchHostController” - startuptype Automatic
  107. $srv5.start()
  108. }###Resuming Search Service Application
  109. if paused###
  110. if ($srchctr - eq 2) {
  111. Write - Host“Resuming the Search Service Application” - foregroundcolor yellow
  112. $ssa = get - spenterprisesearchserviceapplication
  113. $ssa.resume()
  114. }
  115. Write - Host“Services are Started” - foregroundcolor green
  116. Write - Host
  117. Write - Host
  118. Write - Host“Script Duration” - foregroundcolor yellow
  119. Write - Host“Started: ”$starttime - foregroundcolor yellow
  120. Write - Host“Finished: ”$finishtime - foregroundcolor yellow
  121. Write - Host“Script Complete”