There have been issues in this project.
We have found that the hardware has been unsuitable for the work we want it for.
The issues have been that when this machine was purchased the manufacturer requirements for software were not checked, as a result we have been unable to succesfully install the VMserver software.
We have now attempted to install VMWares ESXI and virtual server 2, none of these have been fully operational.
Changes needed to be made to the linux kernel we had installed within the operating system and this was done with assistance by peter jackson. he is very good with linux and was ideal to learn from. this made the operating system one less thing to cause issues.
The initial problems suggested that we needed to upgrade the network adapter and the disk controller in the machine, I spoke to peter jackson of the technology team who helped me reach this decision. being relativly new to such a task peter was able to explain to me about the components needed, he explained what manufacturers to approach and what I would need to know to make the correct purchases.
After buying these parts we found that they did not do as we expected. The underlying problem is that we did not have the correct type of processor in the machine and no matter what additional parts we purchased we would always be caught out on that fact.
I contacted hewlet packard and spoke to neil duffy the sales manager for our area in an attempt to exchange the machine for one more suitable. I was informed that HP would not do this and any further parts or machines would be at full purchase price.
I have now been given a software project to work on and will not be taking this any further, unfortunately as a department I do not believe the server will ever provide a virtualisation service.
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