Error while running PSCONFIG in SharePoint 2010

When we are applying SP1 or any other patches, we need to run psconfig command to update the SharePoint databases. Installing the patches only installs the binaries on the SharePoint server. After installing the patch, we need to synch up with the SharePoint database. That is where we need PSCONFIG.

However, due to some reason, you may encounter some issue. Log file may not be that informative. One possible cause of upgrade (when you run psconfig, it upgrades the database with some details) error is that features didn't get installed properly or got messed up when you apply a patch.

If you get error running psconfig, try the below. It helped for us. By the way, make sure you are running this command using your farm account.

PSConfig.exe -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -force -cmd applicationcontent -install -cmd installfeatures