IBM Stewardship Center Installation Considerations

A programmer and data architecture professional with over 20 years of experience, Timothy Valihora is an expert in many IBM products. Helping clients with installation and troubleshooting, Timothy Valihora’s knowledge in this area includes IBM Stewardship Center. This program combines multiple IBM applications and software packages into one suite to provide business owners with enhanced governance over their organization’s master data.
To use IBM Stewardship Center, business owners must have IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management (InfoSphere MDM) and IBM Business Automation Workflow (BAW). If not already installed and configured, then they will need to ensure that their computers meet these programs’ system requirements. IBM’s website provides detailed information on the hardware and software requirements for each version, as well as supported operating systems. Specifications listed reflect all fix and service packs for each version of the software, so users must install any updates before proceeding.
Both of IBM Stewardship Center’s prerequisite software programs also need to connect to a database and IBM WebSphere Application Server in order to run properly. In both version 11.6 and 12.0 of InfoSphere MDM, users must complete three steps: choosing their data architecture, the listed prerequisite steps on their version’s web page, and downloading the correct package files. Users can choose to install InfoSphere MDM and BAW on the same application server, on a connected process server on the same computer or on an offline computer.