diff --git a/src/oca/ruby/test/VirtualMachinePool_spec.rb b/src/oca/ruby/test/VirtualMachinePool_spec.rb
index 28ffb96dd3..cd138b5d2f 100644
--- a/src/oca/ruby/test/VirtualMachinePool_spec.rb
+++ b/src/oca/ruby/test/VirtualMachinePool_spec.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,34 @@ module OpenNebula
             rc.nil?.should eql(true)
         end
 
+        it "should iterate the VM_POOL elements and get info from them using to_hash" do
+            vm_pool = @vm_pool.to_hash
+            
+            vm_pool['VM_POOL']['VM'].each{ |vm|
+                if vm['ID'] == 6
+                    vm.name.should eql('vm-example')
+                    vm.state.should eql(3)
+                    vm.state_str.should eql('ACTIVE')
+                    vm['UID'].should eql('0')
+                    vm['USERNAME'].should eql('oneadmin')
+                    vm['LAST_POLL'].should eql('1277910006')
+                    vm['HISTORY']['HOSTNAME'].should eql('dummyhost')
+                    vm['HISTORY']['STIME'].should eql('1277375186')
+                    vm['HISTORY']['REASON'].should eql('0')
+                elsif vm['ID'] == 8
+                    vm.name.should eql('vmext')
+                    vm.state.should eql(4)
+                    vm.state_str.should eql('STOPPED')
+                    vm['UID'].should eql('0')
+                    vm['USERNAME'].should eql('oneadmin')
+                    vm['LAST_POLL'].should eql('1277910006')
+                    vm['HISTORY']['HOSTNAME'].should eql('thost')
+                    vm['HISTORY']['STIME'].should eql('1277377556')
+                    vm['HISTORY']['REASON'].should eql('0')
+                end
+            }
+        end
+        
         it "should iterate the VM_POOL elements and get info from them" do
             rc = @vm_pool.each{ |vm|
                 vm.class.to_s.should eql("OpenNebula::VirtualMachine")
diff --git a/src/oca/ruby/test/VirtualMachine_spec.rb b/src/oca/ruby/test/VirtualMachine_spec.rb
index 53c4397e05..f9e894532b 100644
--- a/src/oca/ruby/test/VirtualMachine_spec.rb
+++ b/src/oca/ruby/test/VirtualMachine_spec.rb
@@ -123,6 +123,23 @@ module OpenNebula
             @vm['HISTORY/HOSTNAME'].should eql('dummyhost')
             @vm['HISTORY/PSTIME'].should eql('1277375186')
         end
+        
+        it "should access an attribute using to_hash" do
+            vm_hash = @vm.to_hash
+            
+            vm_hash['VM']['NAME'].should eql('vm-example')
+            vm_hash['VM']['DEPLOY_ID'].should eql('dummy')
+            vm_hash['VM']['TEMPLATE']['MEMORY'].should eql('512')
+            vm_hash['VM']['ID'].should eql('6')
+            vm_hash['VM']['NAME'].should eql('vm-example')
+            vm_hash['VM']['LCM_STATE'].should eql('3')
+            vm_hash['VM']['DEPLOY_ID'].should eql('dummy')
+            vm_hash['VM']['TEMPLATE']['MEMORY'].should eql('512')
+            vm_hash['VM']['TEMPLATE']['CONTEXT']['DNS'].should eql('192.169.1.4')
+            vm_hash['VM']['TEMPLATE']['DISK'][1]['SIZE'].should eql('1024')
+            vm_hash['VM']['HISTORY']['HOSTNAME'].should eql('dummyhost')
+            vm_hash['VM']['HISTORY']['PSTIME'].should eql('1277375186')
+        end
     end
 
     describe "VirtualMachine using REXML" do