diff --git a/src/tm_mad/vcenter/mv b/src/tm_mad/vcenter/mv
index dac4b13926..ab7e416d2b 100755
--- a/src/tm_mad/vcenter/mv
+++ b/src/tm_mad/vcenter/mv
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ begin
     one_client = OpenNebula::Client.new
     vm = OpenNebula::VirtualMachine.new_with_id(vmid, one_client)
     vm.info
+
     src_ds = vm.retrieve_elements("HISTORY_RECORDS/HISTORY/DS_ID")[-2]
 
     if src_ds == dsid
@@ -54,8 +55,8 @@ begin
     end
 
 rescue StandardError => e
-    message = "Cannot migrate for VM #{vmid}"\
-              'failed due to '\
+    message = "Cannot migrate for VM #{vmid}. "\
+              'Failed due to '\
               "\"#{e.message}\"\n"
     OpenNebula.log_error(message)
     STDERR.puts "#{message} #{e.backtrace}" if VCenterDriver::CONFIG[:debug_information]
diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_driver/virtual_machine.rb b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_driver/virtual_machine.rb
index 4839ea5b0c..d5b6748640 100644
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_driver/virtual_machine.rb
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/lib/vcenter_driver/virtual_machine.rb
@@ -670,10 +670,9 @@ class VirtualMachine < VCenterDriver::Template
     # Create and reconfigure VM related methods
     ############################################################################
 
-    # This function creates a new VM from the @one_item XML and returns the
+    # This function creates a new VM from the driver_action XML and returns the
     # VMware ref
-    # @param one_item OpenNebula::VirtualMachine
-    # @param vi_client VCenterDriver::VIClient
+    # @param drv_action XML representing the deploy action
     # @return String vmware ref
     def clone_vm(drv_action)
         vcenter_name = get_vcenter_name
@@ -970,13 +969,11 @@ class VirtualMachine < VCenterDriver::Template
 
     # Queries to OpenNebula the machine disks xml representation
     def get_one_disks
-        one_item.info
         one_item.retrieve_xmlelements("TEMPLATE/DISK")
     end
 
     # Queries to OpenNebula the machine nics xml representation
     def get_one_nics
-        one_item.info
         one_item.retrieve_xmlelements("TEMPLATE/NIC")
     end
 
@@ -2900,10 +2897,10 @@ class VirtualMachine < VCenterDriver::Template
 
     # Migrate a VM to another cluster and/or datastore
     # @params [int] vm_id ID of the VM to be migrated
-    # params [String] src_host Name of the source cluster    
-    # params [String] dst_host Name of the target cluster    
+    # params [String] src_host Name of the source cluster
+    # params [String] dst_host Name of the target cluster
     # params [Bool] hot_ds Wether this is a DS migration with the VM running or not
-    # params [int] Destination datastore ID
+    # params [int] ds Destination datastore ID
     def self.migrate_routine(vm_id, src_host, dst_host, hot_ds = false, ds = nil)
         one_client = OpenNebula::Client.new
         pool = OpenNebula::HostPool.new(one_client)
@@ -2933,6 +2930,13 @@ class VirtualMachine < VCenterDriver::Template
 
         # required vcenter objects
         vc_vm = VCenterDriver::VirtualMachine.new_without_id(vi_client, vm['/VM/DEPLOY_ID'])
+
+        vc_vm.vm_id = vm_id
+        error = !vc_vm.disks_each(:managed?).empty? && !ds.nil?
+        # We know this comes from a migration from poweroff state (not a poweroff migration)
+        # since all the other cases are treated in vmm drivers: save, migrate and shutdown
+        raise 'datastore migration from poweroff state with managed disks is not supported' if error
+
         ccr_ref  = dst_host['/HOST/TEMPLATE/VCENTER_CCR_REF']
         vc_host  = VCenterDriver::ClusterComputeResource.new_from_ref(ccr_ref, vi_client).item
 
diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vcenter/cancel b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vcenter/cancel
index 06e0134612..14d751a6e3 100755
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vcenter/cancel
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vcenter/cancel
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ vm_id     = ARGV[-2]
 drv_action = OpenNebula::XMLElement.new
 drv_action.initialize_xml(Base64.decode64(STDIN.read), 'VMM_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA')
 
+lcm_state = drv_action['/VMM_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/VM/LCM_STATE']
+check_valid(lcm_state, 'lcm_state')
+lcm_state_str = OpenNebula::VirtualMachine::LCM_STATE[lcm_state.to_i]
+
 host = VCenterDriver::VIHelper.find_by_name(OpenNebula::HostPool, host)
 host_id = host['ID']
 
@@ -46,6 +50,17 @@ begin
 
     vm.one_item = drv_action.retrieve_xmlelements('VM').first
 
+    if (%{'SAVE_MIGRATE'}).include?(lcm_state_str)
+        vm.vm_id = vm_id
+        dst_ds = drv_action['VM/HISTORY_RECORDS/HISTORY/DS_ID']
+        src_ds = drv_action['DATASTORE/ID']
+
+        new_ds = dst_ds != src_ds
+
+        error = !vm.disks_each(:managed?).empty? && new_ds
+        raise 'cold datastore migration in poweroff hard with managed disk(s) is not supported' if error
+    end
+
     vm.poweroff_hard
 rescue StandardError => e
     message = "Cancel VM #{vm_ref} failed due to "\
diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vcenter/migrate b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vcenter/migrate
index 420c08efb7..2c01e95421 100755
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vcenter/migrate
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vcenter/migrate
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ $LOAD_PATH << File.dirname(__FILE__)
 
 require 'vcenter_driver'
 
-d_id     = ARGV[0]
+vm_ref   = ARGV[0]
 vm_id    = ARGV[-2]
 src_host = ARGV[-3]
 dst_host = ARGV[-4]
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ src_ds = drv_action['DATASTORE/ID']
 
 begin
     vi_client = VCenterDriver::VIClient.new_from_host(src_host)
-    vm        = VCenterDriver::VirtualMachine.new(vi_client, d_id, vm_id)
+    vm        = VCenterDriver::VirtualMachine.new(vi_client, vm_ref, vm_id)
     new_ds    = dst_ds != src_ds
 
     error = !vm.disks_each(:managed?).empty? && new_ds
-    raise 'live migration with managed disk is not supported' if error
+    raise 'live datastore migration with managed disk is not supported' if error
 
     if new_ds
         VCenterDriver::VirtualMachine
diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vcenter/save b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vcenter/save
index c0ac3c6264..7bbb13712f 100755
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vcenter/save
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vcenter/save
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ $LOAD_PATH << File.dirname(__FILE__)
 require 'vcenter_driver'
 
 vm_ref          = ARGV[0]
+vm_id           = ARGV[3]
 vc_cluster_name = ARGV[-1]
 
 host = VCenterDriver::VIHelper.find_by_name(OpenNebula::HostPool, vc_cluster_name)
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ check_valid(lcm_state, 'lcm_state')
 lcm_state_str = OpenNebula::VirtualMachine::LCM_STATE[lcm_state.to_i]
 
 if !(%{'SAVE_SUSPEND', 'SAVE_STOP', 'SAVE_MIGRATE'}).include?(lcm_state_str)
-    STDERR.puts "Wrong lcm state #{lcm_state_str} }when saving VM"
+    STDERR.puts "Wrong lcm state #{lcm_state_str} when saving VM"
     exit(-1)
 end
 
@@ -54,6 +55,17 @@ begin
 
     vm = VCenterDriver::VirtualMachine.new_without_id(vi_client, vm_ref)
 
+    if (%{'SAVE_MIGRATE'}).include?(lcm_state_str)
+        vm.vm_id = vm_id
+        dst_ds = drv_action['VM/HISTORY_RECORDS/HISTORY/DS_ID']
+        src_ds = drv_action['DATASTORE/ID']
+
+        new_ds = dst_ds != src_ds
+
+        error = !vm.disks_each(:managed?).empty? && new_ds
+        raise 'cold datastore migration with managed disk(s) is not supported' if error
+    end
+
     vm.suspend
 
 rescue StandardError => e
diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vcenter/shutdown b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vcenter/shutdown
index 80f347f777..810795f9dc 100755
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vcenter/shutdown
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vcenter/shutdown
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ lcm_state = drv_action['/VMM_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/VM/LCM_STATE']
 check_valid(lcm_state, 'lcm_state')
 lcm_state_str = OpenNebula::VirtualMachine::LCM_STATE[lcm_state.to_i]
 
-if !(%{'SHUTDOWN', 'SHUTDOWN_POWEROFF', 'SHUTDOWN_UNDEPLOY'}).include?(lcm_state_str)
+if !(%{'SAVE_MIGRATE', 'SHUTDOWN', 'SHUTDOWN_POWEROFF', 'SHUTDOWN_UNDEPLOY'}).include?(lcm_state_str)
     STDERR.puts "Wrong lcm state #{lcm_state_str} when shutting down VM"
     exit(-1)
 end
@@ -62,6 +62,19 @@ begin
 
     vm = VCenterDriver::VirtualMachine.new_without_id(vi_client, vm_ref)
 
+
+    if (%{'SAVE_MIGRATE'}).include?(lcm_state_str)
+        vm.vm_id = vm_id
+        dst_ds = drv_action['VM/HISTORY_RECORDS/HISTORY/DS_ID']
+        src_ds = drv_action['DATASTORE/ID']
+
+        new_ds = dst_ds != src_ds
+
+        error = !vm.disks_each(:managed?).empty? && new_ds
+        raise 'cold datastore migration in poweroff with managed disk(s) is not supported' if error
+    end
+
+
     vm.shutdown # Undeploy, Poweroff or Terminate
 rescue StandardError => e
     message = "Shutdown of VM #{vm_ref} on vCenter cluster "\