diff --git a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/Agent.java b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/Agent.java
index 855cd5bcafe..821cf6de5f8 100755
--- a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/Agent.java
+++ b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/Agent.java
@@ -407,6 +407,9 @@ public class Agent implements HandlerFactory, IAgentControl {
             s_logger.warn("Threw away a startup answer because we're reconnecting.");
         	return;
         }
+        
+        s_logger.info("Proccess agent startup answer, agent id = " + startup.getHostId());
+        
         setId(startup.getHostId());
         _pingInterval = startup.getPingInterval() * 1000; // change to ms.
 
diff --git a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/consoleproxy/ConsoleProxyResource.java b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/consoleproxy/ConsoleProxyResource.java
index 94a99400667..b5483e44aca 100644
--- a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/consoleproxy/ConsoleProxyResource.java
+++ b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/consoleproxy/ConsoleProxyResource.java
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ public class ConsoleProxyResource extends ServerResourceBase implements ServerRe
         } else if(cmd instanceof WatchConsoleProxyLoadCommand) {
             return execute((WatchConsoleProxyLoadCommand)cmd);
         } else if (cmd instanceof ReadyCommand) {
+        	s_logger.info("Receive ReadyCommand, response with ReadyAnswer");
             return new ReadyAnswer((ReadyCommand)cmd);
         } else if(cmd instanceof CheckHealthCommand) {
         	return new CheckHealthAnswer((CheckHealthCommand)cmd, true);
diff --git a/build/build-cloud.xml b/build/build-cloud.xml
index 8e534232109..e44b11a0fb4 100755
--- a/build/build-cloud.xml
+++ b/build/build-cloud.xml
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@
         <include name="commons-logging-1.1.1.jar" />
         <include name="commons-dbcp-1.2.2.jar" />
         <include name="commons-pool-1.4.jar" />
+        <include name="commons-discovery.jar" />
         <include name="backport-util-concurrent-3.0.jar" />
         <include name="httpcore-4.0.jar" />
         <include name="commons-httpclient-3.1.jar" />
diff --git a/core/src/com/cloud/agent/transport/Request.java b/core/src/com/cloud/agent/transport/Request.java
index e22f5ee006c..869fed7e1a9 100755
--- a/core/src/com/cloud/agent/transport/Request.java
+++ b/core/src/com/cloud/agent/transport/Request.java
@@ -214,7 +214,11 @@ public class Request {
         String content = _content;
         if (content == null) {
             final Gson gson = s_gBuilder.create();
-            content = gson.toJson(_cmds);
+            try {
+            	content = gson.toJson(_cmds);
+            } catch(Throwable e) {
+            	s_logger.error("Gson serialization error on Request.toString() " + getClass().getCanonicalName(), e);
+            }
         }
         final StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder();
         buffer.append("{ ").append(getType());
diff --git a/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config b/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
index bd86756fdaa..b3578f5cd16 100755
--- a/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
+++ b/patches/systemvm/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ patch() {
     cp -f $EXTRA_MOUNT/authorized_keys /var/cache/cloud/authorized_keys
     privkey=/var/cache/cloud/authorized_keys
   	umount $EXTRA_MOUNT
+  elif [ -e /dev/cdrom1 ]; then
+    	vmware-guestd --cmd 'machine.id.get' > /var/cache/cloud/cmdline 
   else
     	cat /proc/cmdline > /var/cache/cloud/cmdline
   fi
@@ -51,6 +53,9 @@ patch() {
   elif [ -e /dev/cdrom ]; then
 	# For KVM
 	cdrom_dev=/dev/cdrom
+  elif [ -e /dev/cdrom1 ]; then
+    # for VmWare
+    cdrom_dev=/dev/cdrom1
   fi
 
   if [ -n "$cdrom_dev" ]; then
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/agent/manager/AgentManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/agent/manager/AgentManagerImpl.java
index 3e92e8463b1..5a08119c778 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/agent/manager/AgentManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/agent/manager/AgentManagerImpl.java
@@ -2259,6 +2259,7 @@ public class AgentManagerImpl implements AgentManager, HandlerFactory {
                                 s_logger.info("Host " + attache.getId() + " is now ready to processing commands.");
                                 _hostDao.updateStatus(host, Event.Ready, _nodeId);
                             }
+                            answer = new Answer(cmd);
                         } else {
                             answer = new Answer(cmd);
                         }
diff --git a/setup/db/templates.sql b/setup/db/templates.sql
index 26290d7ed04..1dbdfaa63f4 100644
--- a/setup/db/templates.sql
+++ b/setup/db/templates.sql
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ INSERT INTO `cloud`.`vm_template` (id, unique_name, name, public, created, type,
     VALUES (6, 'winxpsp3', 'WindowsXP-SP3', 1, now(), 'builtin', 0, 32, 1, 'http://nfs1.lab.vmops.com/templates/vmware/WinXPSP3.ova.bz2', '', 0, 'WindowsXP-SP3', 'OVA', 58, 1, 1, 'VMware');
 
 INSERT INTO `cloud`.`vm_template` (id, unique_name, name, public, created, type, hvm, bits, account_id, url, checksum, enable_password, display_text,  format, guest_os_id, featured, cross_zones, hypervisor_type)
-    VALUES (7, 'centos53-x64', 'centos53-x64', 1, now(), 'builtin', 0, 64, 1, 'http://nfs1.lab.vmops.com/templates/vmware/CentOS5.3-x86_64.ova.bz2', '', 0, 'centos53-x64', 'OVA', 112, 1, 1, 'VMware');
+    VALUES (7, 'centos53-x64', 'centos53-x64', 1, now(), 'builtin', 0, 64, 1, 'http://nfs1.lab.vmops.com/templates/vmware/CentOS5.3-x86_64.ova.bz2', '', 0, 'centos53-x64', 'OVA', 12, 1, 1, 'VMware');
 
 INSERT INTO `cloud`.`vm_template` (id, unique_name, name, public, created, type, hvm, bits, account_id, url, checksum, enable_password, display_text, format, guest_os_id, featured, cross_zones, hypervisor_type)
-    VALUES (8, 'routing_vmware', 'SystemVM Template (VMWare)', 0, now(), 'system', 0, 64, 1, 'http://nfs1.lab.vmops.com/templates/vmware/Blank.ova.bz2', '', 0, 'SystemVM Template VMWare', 'OVA', 47, 0, 1, 'VMware');
+    VALUES (8, 'routing_vmware', 'SystemVM Template (VMWare)', 0, now(), 'system', 0, 32, 1, 'http://nfs1.lab.vmops.com/templates/vmware/systemvm.ova.bz2', '9bc05e1cabb4597063957f1a3f1bfa95', 0, 'SystemVM Template VMWare', 'OVA', 15, 0, 1, 'VMware');
 
 INSERT INTO `cloud`.`guest_os_category` (id, name) VALUES (1, 'CentOS');
 INSERT INTO `cloud`.`guest_os_category` (id, name) VALUES (2, 'Debian');