diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/agent/api/BumpUpPriorityCommand.java b/api/src/com/cloud/agent/api/BumpUpPriorityCommand.java
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+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/agent/api/BumpUpPriorityCommand.java
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+/**
+ *  Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud.com, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ * 
+ * This software is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later.
+ * 
+ * It is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or any later version.
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ * 
+ */
+package com.cloud.agent.api;
+
+import com.cloud.agent.api.routing.NetworkElementCommand;
+
+public class BumpUpPriorityCommand extends NetworkElementCommand {
+    @Override
+    public boolean executeInSequence() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public BumpUpPriorityCommand() {
+        super();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DestroyRouterCmd.java b/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DestroyRouterCmd.java
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+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/DestroyRouterCmd.java
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+/**
+ *  Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud.com, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+ * 
+ * This software is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later.
+ * 
+ * It is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or any later version.
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ * 
+ */
+
+package com.cloud.api.commands;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+import com.cloud.api.ApiConstants;
+import com.cloud.api.BaseAsyncCmd;
+import com.cloud.api.BaseCmd;
+import com.cloud.api.Implementation;
+import com.cloud.api.Parameter;
+import com.cloud.api.ServerApiException;
+import com.cloud.api.response.DomainRouterResponse;
+import com.cloud.async.AsyncJob;
+import com.cloud.event.EventTypes;
+import com.cloud.exception.ConcurrentOperationException;
+import com.cloud.exception.ResourceUnavailableException;
+import com.cloud.network.router.VirtualRouter;
+import com.cloud.user.Account;
+import com.cloud.user.UserContext;
+
+@Implementation(description = "Destroys a router.", responseObject = DomainRouterResponse.class)
+public class DestroyRouterCmd extends BaseAsyncCmd {
+    public static final Logger s_logger = Logger.getLogger(DestroyRouterCmd.class.getName());
+    private static final String s_name = "destroyrouterresponse";
+
+    // ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    // ////////////// API parameters /////////////////////
+    // ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+    @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.ID, type = CommandType.LONG, required = true, description = "the ID of the router")
+    private Long id;
+
+    // ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    // ///////////////// Accessors ///////////////////////
+    // ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+    public Long getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    // ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    // ///////////// API Implementation///////////////////
+    // ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+    @Override
+    public String getCommandName() {
+        return s_name;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long getEntityOwnerId() {
+        VirtualRouter router = _entityMgr.findById(VirtualRouter.class, getId());
+        if (router != null) {
+            return router.getAccountId();
+        }
+
+        return Account.ACCOUNT_ID_SYSTEM; // no account info given, parent this command to SYSTEM so ERROR events are tracked
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getEventType() {
+        return EventTypes.EVENT_ROUTER_STOP;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getEventDescription() {
+        return "destroying router: " + getId();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public AsyncJob.Type getInstanceType() {
+        return AsyncJob.Type.DomainRouter;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Long getInstanceId() {
+        return getId();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void execute() throws ConcurrentOperationException, ResourceUnavailableException {
+        UserContext.current().setEventDetails("Router Id: "+getId());
+        VirtualRouter result = _routerService.destroyRouter(getId());
+        if (result != null) {
+            DomainRouterResponse response = _responseGenerator.createDomainRouterResponse(result);
+            response.setResponseName(getCommandName());
+            this.setResponseObject(response);
+        } else {
+            throw new ServerApiException(BaseCmd.INTERNAL_ERROR, "Failed to destroy router");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/network/domr/bumpUpPriority.sh b/scripts/network/domr/bumpUpPriority.sh
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+++ b/scripts/network/domr/bumpUpPriority.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+usage() {
+  printf "Usage:\n %s <domR eth1 ip> \n" $(basename $0) >&2
+  printf " %s <domR eth1 ip> \n" $(basename $0) >&2
+}
+
+cert="/root/.ssh/id_rsa.cloud"
+domRIp=$1
+shift
+
+# check if gateway domain is up and running
+check_gw() {
+  ping -c 1 -n -q $1 > /dev/null
+  if [ $? -gt 0 ]
+  then
+    sleep 1
+    ping -c 1 -n -q $1 > /dev/null
+  fi
+  return $?;
+}
+
+
+# Check if DomR is up and running. If not, exit with error code 1.
+check_gw "$domRIp"
+if [ $? -gt 0 ]
+then
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+ssh -p 3922 -q -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i $cert root@$domRIp "/root/bumpup_priority.sh"
+exit $?