diff --git a/plugins/storage/volume/scaleio/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/driver/ScaleIOPrimaryDataStoreDriver.java b/plugins/storage/volume/scaleio/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/driver/ScaleIOPrimaryDataStoreDriver.java
index f840bae0168..318e82de04d 100644
--- a/plugins/storage/volume/scaleio/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/driver/ScaleIOPrimaryDataStoreDriver.java
+++ b/plugins/storage/volume/scaleio/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/driver/ScaleIOPrimaryDataStoreDriver.java
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ public class ScaleIOPrimaryDataStoreDriver implements PrimaryDataStoreDriver {
 
     private Answer copyTemplateToVolume(DataObject srcData, DataObject destData, Host destHost) {
         // Copy PowerFlex/ScaleIO template to volume
-        LOGGER.debug("Initiating copy from PowerFlex template volume on host " + destHost != null ? destHost.getId() : "");
+        LOGGER.debug(String.format("Initiating copy from PowerFlex template volume on host %s", destHost != null ? destHost.getId() : "<not specified>"));
         int primaryStorageDownloadWait = StorageManager.PRIMARY_STORAGE_DOWNLOAD_WAIT.value();
         CopyCommand cmd = new CopyCommand(srcData.getTO(), destData.getTO(), primaryStorageDownloadWait, VirtualMachineManager.ExecuteInSequence.value());
 
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ public class ScaleIOPrimaryDataStoreDriver implements PrimaryDataStoreDriver {
 
     private Answer copyVolume(DataObject srcData, DataObject destData, Host destHost) {
         // Copy PowerFlex/ScaleIO volume
-        LOGGER.debug("Initiating copy from PowerFlex volume on host " + destHost != null ? destHost.getId() : "");
+        LOGGER.debug(String.format("Initiating copy from PowerFlex template volume on host %s", destHost != null ? destHost.getId() : "<not specified>"));
         String value = configDao.getValue(Config.CopyVolumeWait.key());
         int copyVolumeWait = NumbersUtil.parseInt(value, Integer.parseInt(Config.CopyVolumeWait.getDefaultValue()));
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/StorageManagerImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/StorageManagerImpl.java
index c340da29f40..7e5110ba56c 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/StorageManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/storage/StorageManagerImpl.java
@@ -2136,6 +2136,7 @@ public class StorageManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements StorageManager, C
         if (hostIds.isEmpty()) {
             return null;
         }
+        Collections.shuffle(hostIds);
 
         for (Long hostId : hostIds) {
             Host host = _hostDao.findById(hostId);