diff --git a/core/src/com/cloud/storage/resource/NfsSecondaryStorageResource.java b/core/src/com/cloud/storage/resource/NfsSecondaryStorageResource.java
index 3e9232760a4..cbdfaa7ea0d 100755
--- a/core/src/com/cloud/storage/resource/NfsSecondaryStorageResource.java
+++ b/core/src/com/cloud/storage/resource/NfsSecondaryStorageResource.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
-import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.security.MessageDigest;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
 import java.net.URI;
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ public class NfsSecondaryStorageResource extends ServerResourceBase implements S
 	private String _localgw;
 	private String _eth1mask;
 	private String _eth1ip;
-	final private String _parent = "/mnt/SecStorage/";
+	final private String _parent = "/mnt/SecStorage";
     @Override
     public void disconnected() {
     }
@@ -640,7 +639,7 @@ public class NfsSecondaryStorageResource extends ServerResourceBase implements S
 	protected String mount(String root, String nfsPath) {
         File file = new File(root);
         if (!file.exists()) {
-            if (!_storage.mkdir(root)) {
+            if (_storage.mkdir(root)) {
                 s_logger.debug("create mount point: " + root);
             } else {
                 s_logger.debug("Unable to create mount point: " + root);
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/secondary/SecondaryStorageManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/secondary/SecondaryStorageManagerImpl.java
index c9de93b1b22..6cbf696efc2 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/secondary/SecondaryStorageManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/secondary/SecondaryStorageManagerImpl.java
@@ -238,10 +238,7 @@ public class SecondaryStorageManagerImpl implements SecondaryStorageVmManager, V
                 s_logger.warn("secondary storage VM " + cssHost.getName() + " doesn't exist");
                 return false;
             }
-            if (secStorageVm.getState() != State.Running) {
-                s_logger.warn("secondary storage VM " + cssHost.getName() + " is not running");
-                return false;
-            }
+
             List<HostVO> ssHosts = _hostDao.listSecondaryStorageHosts(zoneId);
             for( HostVO ssHost : ssHosts ) {
                 String secUrl = ssHost.getStorageUrl();
@@ -292,11 +289,7 @@ public class SecondaryStorageManagerImpl implements SecondaryStorageVmManager, V
             s_logger.warn("secondary storage VM " + ssAHost.getName() + " doesn't exist");
             return false;
         }
-        if (secStorageVm.getState() != State.Running) {
-            s_logger.warn("secondary storage VM " + ssAHost.getName() + " is not running");
-            return false;
-        }
-       
+      
         SecStorageVMSetupCommand setupCmd = new SecStorageVMSetupCommand();
         if (_allowedInternalSites != null) {
             List<String> allowedCidrs = new ArrayList<String>();
@@ -351,10 +344,6 @@ public class SecondaryStorageManagerImpl implements SecondaryStorageVmManager, V
             s_logger.warn("secondary storage VM " + ssAHost.getName() + " doesn't exist");
             return false;
         }
-        if (thisSecStorageVm.getState() != State.Running) {
-            s_logger.warn("secondary storage VM " + ssAHost.getName() + " is not running");
-            return false;
-        }
 
         List<SecondaryStorageVmVO> alreadyRunning = _secStorageVmDao.getSecStorageVmListInStates(SecondaryStorageVm.Role.templateProcessor, State.Running, State.Migrating, State.Starting);