I'm afraid this is not something we can fix here, since we do not have a Sharepoint 2013 server setup, and this seems particular to yours specifically.
The error you are getting looks intermittent too: >>>>>> This server farm is not available. <<<<<< Karl On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 6:19 AM Cheng Zeng <ze...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > Hi Karl, > > > I am afraid that I have got a problem with installing Sharepoint 2013 > plugin on Windows Server 2012 r2 server. When I run the setup.bat on the > server, it showed that the installation was failed. > > > I used to install the Sharepoint 2013 plugin on another Sharepoint Server > once but it also gave me the error. However, I tried many times and I > finally managed to install the plugin successfully. > > > Could you please have a look at it? > > > Looking forward to hearing from you. > > > The error is as follows. > > > D:\plugin\test>"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server > extensions\15\BIN\stsadm.exe" -o addsolution -filename > "MetaCarta.SharePoint.MCPermissionsService.wsp" > > .\setup.bat : Object reference is not set to an instance of an object. > location line:1 char: 1 > + .\setup.bat > + ~~~~~~~~~~~ > + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (Object reference is not set > to an instance of an object:String) [], RemoteException > + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError > > MetaCarta.SharePoint.MCPermissionsService.wsp: This solution failed to > install. > > D:\plugin\test>"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server > extensions\15\BIN\stsadm.exe" -o execadmsvcjobs > > This server farm is not available. > Object reference is not set to an instance of an object. > > D:\plugin\test>"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server > extensions\15\BIN\stsadm.exe" -o deploysolution -name > "MetaCarta.SharePoint.MCPermissionsService.wsp" -immediate -allowGacDeployme > nt -force > > Object reference is not set to an instance of an object > > D:\plugin\test>"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server > extensions\15\BIN\stsadm.exe" -o execadmsvcjobs > > This server farm is not available. > Object reference is not set to an instance of an object > > D:\plugin\test>echo Install complete > Install complete > > > Thanks a lot. > > > Cheng > > > >