diff --git a/scripts/storage/secondary/createtmplt.sh b/scripts/storage/secondary/createtmplt.sh
index a2d296332df..3f81e5b81d2 100755
--- a/scripts/storage/secondary/createtmplt.sh
+++ b/scripts/storage/secondary/createtmplt.sh
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ if [ -n "$cksum" ]
 then
   verify_cksum $cksum $tmpltimg
 fi
-
 tmpltimg2=$(uncompress $tmpltimg)
 rollback_if_needed $tmpltfs $? "failed to uncompress $tmpltimg\n"
 
@@ -156,10 +155,10 @@ rollback_if_needed $tmpltfs $? "tar archives not supported\n"
 
 if [ ${tmpltname%.vhd} != ${tmpltname} ]
 then
-  if  which  vhd-util 2>/dev/null
+  if  which  vhd-util &>/dev/null
   then 
     vhd-util check -n ${tmpltimg2} > /dev/null
-    rollback_if_needed $tmpltfs $? "vhd tool check $tmpltimg2 failed\n"
+    rollback_if_needed $tmpltfs $? "vhd check of $tmpltimg2 failed\n"
   fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/scripts/storage/secondary/installrtng.sh b/scripts/storage/secondary/installrtng.sh
index b31234cfa20..fbb9b89b205 100755
--- a/scripts/storage/secondary/installrtng.sh
+++ b/scripts/storage/secondary/installrtng.sh
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ mkdir -p $destdir
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]
 then
   printf "Failed to write to mount point $mntpoint -- is it mounted?\n"
+  exit 3
 fi
 
 if [ "$Fflag" == "1" ]
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ touch $tmpfile
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]
 then
   printf "Failed to create temporary file in directory $(dirname $0) -- is it read-only or full?\n"
+  exit 4
 fi
 
 if [ "$uflag" == "1" ]
@@ -139,15 +141,17 @@ then
   if [ $? -ne 0 ]
   then
     printf "Failed to create temporary file in directory $(dirname $0) -- is it read-only or full?\n"
+    exit 6
   fi
 fi
 
 
-$(dirname $0)/createtmplt.sh -s 2 -d 'SystemVM Template' -n $localfile -t $destdir/ -f $tmpfile -u  &> /dev/null
+installrslt=$($(dirname $0)/createtmplt.sh -s 2 -d 'SystemVM Template' -n $localfile -t $destdir/ -f $tmpfile -u)
 
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]
 then
-  echo "Failed to install system vm template $tmpltimg to $destdir"
+  echo "Failed to install system vm template $tmpltimg to $destdir: $installrslt"
+  exit 7
 fi
 
 if [ "$ext" == "ova" ]