Windows¶
Windows virtual machines (VMs) are supported as batch jobs on HPC systems. This section illustrates how to submit a job and run a Windows instance in order to run Windows applications on the high-performance computing systems.
The following images are pre-configured and made available by staff:
- Windows 2016 Server Basic (minimal software pre-loaded)
- Windows 2016 Server GIS (GIS Software Stack pre-loaded)
The Windows VMs can be launched in two fashions:
- Menu Launcher - Point and click to start
- Command Line - Advanced and customized usage
Click each of the above links for detailed instructions on using them.
Software Provided in Pre-configured Virtual Machines¶
The Windows 2016 Base server image available on Bell has the following software packages preloaded:
- Anaconda Python 2 and Python 3
- JMP 13
- Matlab R2017b
- Microsoft Office 2016
- Notepad++
- NVivo 12
- Rstudio
- Stata SE 15
- VLC Media Player