Virtualization & Servers
Run multiple business systems on managed virtual infrastructure that is easier to maintain, protect and recover — instead of a collection of aging physical servers that each fail in their own way.
Talk to an IT EngineerBusiness problems
Why businesses move to virtual infrastructure.
Several physical servers, each with its own hardware, warranty and failure risk.
We consolidate workloads onto fewer, well-managed hosts, reducing the number of machines that can fail.
Restoring a failed physical server can take days.
Virtual machines can be backed up as complete systems and restored to other hardware when needed.
Upgrades and changes are risky on production servers.
Snapshots and test copies let changes be tried before they reach the systems people depend on.
A virtual environment exists, but nobody is managing it.
We take over monitoring, resource management and updates for the hosts and virtual machines you already run — whatever the platform.
Core services
From first design to day-to-day operation.
Build a platform, run it, or move workloads onto it — as a project or as ongoing support.
Virtualization & Server Deployment
Axxis designs and builds the platform.
For new or replacement infrastructure.
Platform selection, host sizing, storage, networking and virtual machine layout — based on the workloads you actually run.
Virtualization Management & Support
Axxis keeps the platform healthy.
Managed, or co-managed with your IT team.
Monitoring, updates, resource management and troubleshooting for hosts and virtual machines, including platforms already in place.
Virtualization Migration & Recovery
Axxis moves and restores workloads.
For physical-to-virtual moves, platform changes and recovery.
Planned migrations from physical servers — or between platforms when there is a reason to change — and recovery of virtual machines when something fails.
Technical scope
What we work with.
We design the virtual architecture first, then select, maintain or integrate the platform that fits — based on your existing environment, workloads, licensing, budget, recovery requirements and long-term maintainability.
Platforms we have worked with include Proxmox VE and Windows Server Hyper-V. They are examples, not a requirement: virtualization does not have to mean replacing the platform you already run.
- Virtualization
- Open-source and commercial hypervisors
- Existing client platforms
- Workloads
- Windows virtual machines
- Linux virtual machines
- Design
- Platform selection
- Server consolidation
- Storage
- Resource management
- Change
- Physical-to-virtual (P2V) migration
- Platform migration
- Recovery
- Operations
- Monitoring
- Backup integration
Typical projects
Where this work usually starts.
Consolidating physical servers
Situation
Three or four older servers each run a single role — files, accounting, a line-of-business application, a domain controller.
What the work involves
- Assess workloads, licensing and resource use
- Select the platform and build the virtualization host
- Migrate servers physical-to-virtual in planned windows
- Configure backup of the new virtual machines
Taking over an existing virtual environment
Situation
A virtualization host was installed years ago. Updates, capacity and backups have not been reviewed since.
What the work involves
- Review host health, storage and resource use
- Apply updates and correct configuration
- Verify that virtual machines can be restored
- Set up ongoing monitoring
Planning for host failure
Situation
The business runs on a single virtualization host and wants to know what happens if it fails.
What the work involves
- Document recovery requirements for each system
- Back up to separate storage
- Test restoring virtual machines
- Write a recovery procedure
Next step
Let’s see what your servers could run on.
Tell us what you run today and what worries you about it. We’ll start from there, not from a product.
Thinking Outside the Box.