diff --git a/src/hm/Hook.cc b/src/hm/Hook.cc
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+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+/* Copyright 2002-2012, OpenNebula Project Leads (OpenNebula.org)             */
+/*                                                                            */
+/* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may    */
+/* not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain    */
+/* a copy of the License at                                                   */
+/*                                                                            */
+/* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                                 */
+/*                                                                            */
+/* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software        */
+/* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,          */
+/* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.   */
+/* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and        */
+/* limitations under the License.                                             */
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+#include "Hook.h"
+#include "Nebula.h"
+
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+void AllocateRemoveHook::do_hook(void *arg)
+{
+    PoolObjectSQL * obj = static_cast<PoolObjectSQL *>(arg);
+    string          parsed_args = args;
+
+    if ( obj == 0 )
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    parse_hook_arguments(obj, parsed_args);
+
+    Nebula& ne                    = Nebula::instance();
+    HookManager * hm              = ne.get_hm();
+    const HookManagerDriver * hmd = hm->get();
+
+    if ( hmd != 0 )
+    {
+        if ( remote == true )
+        {
+            string hostname;
+
+            hmd->execute(obj->get_oid(),
+                         name,
+                         remote_host(obj, hostname),
+                         cmd,
+                         parsed_args);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            hmd->execute(obj->get_oid(), name, cmd, parsed_args);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+void Hook::parse_hook_arguments(PoolObjectSQL *obj,
+                                string&       parsed)
+{
+    size_t  found;
+
+    found = parsed.find("$ID");
+
+    if ( found !=string::npos )
+    {
+        ostringstream oss;
+        oss << obj->get_oid();
+
+        parsed.replace(found, 3, oss.str());
+    }
+
+    found = parsed.find("$TEMPLATE");
+
+    if ( found != string::npos )
+    {
+        string templ;
+        parsed.replace(found, 9, obj->to_xml64(templ));
+    }
+}