5.8 Windows 10 server
This section is covered in detail for the DB2 database software by the BPB publications book, IBM DB2 Administration Guide, Chapter 2, On-Premise Server Configurations and Prerequisites, section 2.2 Windows 10 Server(s) required for the Installations ISBN 978-93-55511-669.
As referenced earlier, the following link describes the procedure for installation of IBM Business Automation Workflow on Windows 10:
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/baw/20.x?topic=ibaw-installing-interactively
The IBM Cognos Analytics installations on Windows 10, are described in detail in the BPB Publications book, Installation, Upgrade, and Configuration of IBM Cognos Analytics, (ISBN: 978-93-91392-031), Chapter 6: IBM Cognos Analytics 11 on Windows 10.0.
The IBM Watson Analytics software installation on Windows 10 Server is covered in the BPB Publications book, Installation and Configuration of IBM Watson Analytics and StoredIQ, (ISBN: 978-93-90684-49-6), Chapter 4: On-premise Server Configurations and Prerequisites, sections 4.12, Compatibility Matrix URLs, section 4.13, IBM Watson Explorer Foundational Components 12.x and section 4.14, IBM Watson Explorer oneWEX 12.x Docker Container (this last section includes using Docker containers on the Windows 10 server for IBM Watson Explorer oneWEX 12.x.).
Conclusion
In this chapter, we outlined the installation of IBM Software Products on the following system platforms; the Docker Container system with the use and function of the main docker commands; the RedHat OpenShift system; the IBM Cloud Private system; the download and installation of the RedHat 8.0 operating system disk image on VMware Workstation Pro. The use of IBM Cloud for on-premise installations. The references to the Windows 10 Server installation guidelines.
In the next chapter, we describe the IBM Directory Services LDAP Server for Users and Groups and the related IBM FileNet and BAW security requirements.
Points to remember
• You can only have one Free IBM Cloud Storage resource.
o The full table of the current Storage pricing can be found on the IBM page:
https://cloud.ibm.com/objectstorage/create#pricing
• IBM Cloud Foundry is available for free with an IBM Cloud Lite Account. The URL link for Cloud Foundry – IBM Cloud is:
https://cloud.ibm.com/catalog/starters/cloud-foundry?runtime=liberty-for-java
• The IBM Cloud Dashboard shows the list of pay-as-you-go VMware Solutions, including access to Bare Metal Servers.
• The VMware Workstation support for CentOS 8.0 only starts with VMware Workstation Pro version 15.1.0 and this should now be upgraded to CentOS 8 Streaming for continued support.