diff --git a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/copy_vhd_from_secondarystorage.sh b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/copy_vhd_from_secondarystorage.sh
index 6303e27fc02..1aca2790340 100755
--- a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/copy_vhd_from_secondarystorage.sh
+++ b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/copy_vhd_from_secondarystorage.sh
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
-mount -o tcp,ro $mountpoint $localmp
+mount -o tcp,soft,ro,timeo=133,retrans=1 $mountpoint $localmp
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
   echo "6#can't mount $mountpoint to $localmp"
   exit 0
diff --git a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/copy_vhd_to_secondarystorage.sh b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/copy_vhd_to_secondarystorage.sh
index ffad4c6d6c5..a50078d0b9a 100755
--- a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/copy_vhd_to_secondarystorage.sh
+++ b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/copy_vhd_to_secondarystorage.sh
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
-mount -o tcp $mountpoint $localmp
+mount -o tcp,soft,timeo=133,retrans=1 $mountpoint $localmp
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
   echo "6#can't mount $mountpoint to $localmp"
   exit 0
diff --git a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/create_privatetemplate_from_snapshot.sh b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/create_privatetemplate_from_snapshot.sh
index a23111df12f..fc21909feaf 100755
--- a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/create_privatetemplate_from_snapshot.sh
+++ b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/create_privatetemplate_from_snapshot.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 usage() {
   printf "Usage: %s [vhd file in secondary storage] [template directory in secondary storage] \n" $(basename $0) 
 }
-
+options='tcp,soft,timeo=133,retrans=1'
 cleanup()
 {
   if [ ! -z $snapshotdir ]; then 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
-mount -o tcp $snapshoturl $snapshotdir
+mount -o $options $snapshoturl $snapshotdir
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
   rmdir $snapshotdir
   echo "5#can not mount $snapshoturl to $snapshotdir"
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
-mount -o tcp $templateurl $templatedir
+mount -o $options $templateurl $templatedir
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
   rmdir $templatedir
   templatedir=""
diff --git a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/vmopsSnapshot b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/vmopsSnapshot
index 5641ad12874..67c7921c270 100755
--- a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/vmopsSnapshot
+++ b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/vmopsSnapshot
@@ -284,9 +284,9 @@ def makedirs(path):
 
 def mount(remoteDir, localDir):
     makedirs(localDir)
-    
+    options = "soft,tcp,timeo=133,retrans=1"
     try: 
-        cmd = ['mount', '-o', 'tcp', remoteDir, localDir]
+        cmd = ['mount', '-o', options, remoteDir, localDir]
         txt = util.pread2(cmd)
     except:
         txt = ''