I imagine most people have heard that Microsoft Virtual Server has Host Clustering (now called quick migration) which is free and allows you to “bump” virtual machines between hosts.

Well the lads over at HowToForge.com have a tutorial on achieve a similar result with VMware Server and Debian. 

vmware-serverThe tutorial covers how to create a cluster available on multiple systems with failover/failback capabilities for Virtual Machines.  Check out all the details in their post:  Virtual Machine Replication & Failover with VMware Server & Debian Etch (4.0)

I’ve seen a few scripts and examples over the last 12 months (and I’ve always wanted to try to build this with MSCS under windows), but this looks like the best guide so far.  

 I love their last line of the tutorial:  Ok, if you are feeling lucky and have followed this tutorial with some common sense, then it is now time to yank out that power cord, hold on to your cup of coffee and watch the Virtual Machine go online on your second server.