diff --git a/src/scheduler/etc/sched.conf b/src/scheduler/etc/sched.conf
index b72f48dd37..73a4a91c6d 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/etc/sched.conf
+++ b/src/scheduler/etc/sched.conf
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 #  MAX_HOST: Maximum number of Virtual Machines dispatched to a given host in 
 #            each scheduling action
 #
+#  LIVE_RESCHEDS: Perform live (1) or cold migrations (0) when rescheduling a VM
+#
 #  DEFAULT_SCHED: Definition of the default scheduling algorithm
 #    - policy: 
 #      0 = Packing. Heuristic that minimizes the number of hosts in use by 
@@ -41,6 +43,8 @@ MAX_DISPATCH = 30
 
 MAX_HOST = 1
 
+LIVE_RESCHEDS = 0
+
 DEFAULT_SCHED = [
 	policy = 1
 ]
diff --git a/src/scheduler/include/Scheduler.h b/src/scheduler/include/Scheduler.h
index 454f62fddd..6c7c09d8f7 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/include/Scheduler.h
+++ b/src/scheduler/include/Scheduler.h
@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ private:
      */
     unsigned int host_dispatch_limit;
 
+    /**
+     *  Type of migrations when rescheduling a VM: 0 cold, 1 live
+     */
+    unsigned int live_rescheds;
+
     /**
      *  Threshold value to round up freecpu
      */
diff --git a/src/scheduler/include/VirtualMachinePoolXML.h b/src/scheduler/include/VirtualMachinePoolXML.h
index e8c9f5e485..b2b97e169b 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/include/VirtualMachinePoolXML.h
+++ b/src/scheduler/include/VirtualMachinePoolXML.h
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ class VirtualMachinePoolXML : public PoolXML
 {
 public:
 
-    VirtualMachinePoolXML(
-                             Client*        client,
-                             unsigned int   machines_limit
-                         ):PoolXML(client, machines_limit){};
+    VirtualMachinePoolXML(Client*        client,
+                          unsigned int   machines_limit,
+                          bool           _live_resched):
+        PoolXML(client, machines_limit), live_resched(_live_resched){};
 
     ~VirtualMachinePoolXML(){};
 
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ public:
         return static_cast<VirtualMachineXML *>(PoolXML::get(oid));
     };
 
+    /**
+     *  Dispatch a VM to the given host
+     *    @param vid the VM id
+     *    @param hid the id of the target host
+     *    @param resched the machine is going to be rescheduled 
+     */
     int dispatch(int vid, int hid, bool resched) const;
 
 protected:
@@ -60,6 +66,9 @@ protected:
     virtual void add_object(xmlNodePtr node);
 
     virtual int load_info(xmlrpc_c::value &result);
+
+    /* Do live migrations to resched VMs*/
+    bool live_resched;
 };
 
 #endif /* VM_POOL_XML_H_ */
diff --git a/src/scheduler/src/pool/VirtualMachinePoolXML.cc b/src/scheduler/src/pool/VirtualMachinePoolXML.cc
index 2428b41154..1b4852cb69 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/src/pool/VirtualMachinePoolXML.cc
+++ b/src/scheduler/src/pool/VirtualMachinePoolXML.cc
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ int VirtualMachinePoolXML::dispatch(int vid, int hid, bool resched) const
                          client->get_oneauth().c_str(),    // argument 0 (AUTH)
                          vid,                              // argument 1 (VM)
                          hid,                              // argument 2 (HOST)
-                         true);                            // argument 3 (LIVE)
+                         live_resched);                    // argument 3 (LIVE)
         }
         else
         {
diff --git a/src/scheduler/src/sched/Scheduler.cc b/src/scheduler/src/sched/Scheduler.cc
index 9f1dfbdcb8..28fd93725a 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/src/sched/Scheduler.cc
+++ b/src/scheduler/src/sched/Scheduler.cc
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ void Scheduler::start()
     conf.get("MAX_DISPATCH", dispatch_limit);
 
     conf.get("MAX_HOST", host_dispatch_limit);
+
+    conf.get("LIVE_RESCHEDS", live_rescheds);
    
     oss.str("");
      
@@ -169,8 +171,9 @@ void Scheduler::start()
     // -----------------------------------------------------------
 
     hpool  = new HostPoolXML(client);
-    vmpool = new VirtualMachinePoolXML(client, machines_limit);
-    
+    vmpool = new VirtualMachinePoolXML(client, 
+                                       machines_limit,
+                                       (live_rescheds == 1));
     acls   = new AclXML(client);
 
     // -----------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/scheduler/src/sched/SchedulerTemplate.cc b/src/scheduler/src/sched/SchedulerTemplate.cc
index 6e2c72f83a..c6aa61fc7d 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/src/sched/SchedulerTemplate.cc
+++ b/src/scheduler/src/sched/SchedulerTemplate.cc
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ void SchedulerTemplate::set_conf_default()
 #  MAX_DISPATCH
 #  MAX_HOST
 #  DEFAULT_SCHED
+#  LIVE_RESCHEDS
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
     // ONED_PORT
@@ -71,6 +72,12 @@ void SchedulerTemplate::set_conf_default()
 
     attribute = new SingleAttribute("MAX_HOST",value);
     conf_default.insert(make_pair(attribute->name(),attribute));
+    
+    //LIVE_RESCHEDS
+    value = "0";
+
+    attribute = new SingleAttribute("LIVE_RESCHEDS",value);
+    conf_default.insert(make_pair(attribute->name(),attribute));
 
     //DEFAULT_SCHED 
     map<string,string> vvalue;