diff --git a/src/ozones/Client/bin/onevdc b/src/ozones/Client/bin/onevdc
index e93478416e..dfff6750d9 100755
--- a/src/ozones/Client/bin/onevdc
+++ b/src/ozones/Client/bin/onevdc
@@ -50,4 +50,14 @@ cmd=CommandParser::CmdParser.new(ARGV) do
     command :delete, 'Deletes a VDC', :vdcid do
         helper.delete_resource(args[0],options) 
     end
+
+    command :addhost, 'Adds the set of hosts to the VDC', 
+            :vdcid, :range do
+        helper.addhost(args[0], args[1], options)
+    end
+
+    command :delhost, 'Deletes the set of hosts to the VDC', 
+            :vdcid, :range do
+        helper.delhost(args[0], args[1], options)
+    end
 end
diff --git a/src/ozones/Client/lib/OZonesClient.rb b/src/ozones/Client/lib/OZonesClient.rb
index bc8294259d..551d4628c7 100644
--- a/src/ozones/Client/lib/OZonesClient.rb
+++ b/src/ozones/Client/lib/OZonesClient.rb
@@ -90,19 +90,10 @@ EOT
         # :zonetemplate
         ######################################################################
         def post_resource(kind, template)
-            template=File.read(template)
-            
-            body_str = ""
-            
-            template.strip.each_line{|line|
-                line.strip!
-                key,value = line.split("=")
-                body_str = body_str + key + "=" + URI.escape(value) + "&"
-            }
-
-            body_str = body_str[0..-1]
-            
-            url = URI.parse(@endpoint+"/"+kind)
+            tmpl_str = File.read(template)
+            body_str = OzonesClient::to_body(tmpl_str)
+             
+            url = URI.parse("#{@endpoint}/#{kind}")
 
             req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url.path)
             req.body=body_str
@@ -116,9 +107,25 @@ EOT
             return  OZonesClient::parse_error(res, kind)
         end
 
+        def put_resource(kind, id, tmpl_str)
+            body_str = OZonesClient::to_body(tmpl_str)
+             
+            url = URI.parse("#{@endpoint}/#{kind}/#{id}")
+
+            req = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url.path)
+            req.body=body_str
+
+            req.basic_auth @ozonesauth[0], @ozonesauth[1]
+
+            res = OZonesClient::http_start(url, @timeout) do |http|
+                http.request(req)
+            end
+
+            return  OZonesClient::parse_error(res, kind)
+        end
         
         def get_resource(kind, id)
-            url = URI.parse(@endpoint+"/#{kind}/" + id.to_s)
+            url = URI.parse("#{@endpoint}/#{kind}/#{id}")
             req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url.path)
             
             req.basic_auth @ozonesauth[0], @ozonesauth[1]
@@ -131,7 +138,7 @@ EOT
         end
         
         def delete_resource(kind, id)
-            url = URI.parse(@endpoint+"/#{kind}/" + id.to_s)
+            url = URI.parse("#{@endpoint}/#{kind}/#{id}")
             req = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url.path)
  
             req.basic_auth @ozonesauth[0], @ozonesauth[1]
@@ -237,8 +244,20 @@ EOT
     end
     
     ##########################################################################
-    # JSON utils
+    # JSON & Template utils
     ##########################################################################
+   
+    def self.to_body(tmpl_str)
+        body_str = ""
+        
+        tmpl_str.strip.each_line{|line|
+            line.strip!
+            key,value = line.split("=")
+            body_str  = body_str + key + "=" + URI.escape(value) + "&"
+        }
+
+        body_str = body_str[0..-1]
+    end 
     
     def self.parse_json(json_str, root_element)
         begin
diff --git a/src/ozones/Client/lib/cli/ozones_helper/vdc_helper.rb b/src/ozones/Client/lib/cli/ozones_helper/vdc_helper.rb
index 1c7dbf4906..9f82bd6d83 100644
--- a/src/ozones/Client/lib/cli/ozones_helper/vdc_helper.rb
+++ b/src/ozones/Client/lib/cli/ozones_helper/vdc_helper.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,54 @@ class VDCHelper < OZonesHelper::OZHelper
     def delete_resource(id, options)
         super(@vdc_str,id, options)
     end
+
+    def addhost(id, host_array, options)
+        rc = @client.get_resource(@vdc_str, id)
     
+        if OZonesClient::is_error?(rc) 
+            return [-1, rc.message] 
+        else
+            vdc = OZonesClient::parse_json(rc.body, @vdc_str.upcase)
+        end
+
+        hosts = vdc['hosts'].split(',').collect!{|x| x.to_i}
+        host_array.concat(hosts).uniq!
+
+        new_host = host_array.join(',')
+        template = "ID=#{id}\nHOSTS=#{new_host}\n"
+       
+        rc = @client.put_resource(@vdc_str, id, template) 
+
+        if OZonesClient::is_error?(rc) 
+            return [-1, rc.message] 
+        end
+
+        [0, ""]
+    end
+    
+    def delhost(id, host_array, options)
+        rc = @client.get_resource(@vdc_str, id)
+    
+        if OZonesClient::is_error?(rc) 
+            return [-1, rc.message] 
+        else
+            vdc = OZonesClient::parse_json(rc.body, @vdc_str.upcase)
+        end
+
+        hosts = vdc['hosts'].split(',').collect!{|x| x.to_i}
+
+        new_host = (hosts - host_array).join(',')
+        template = "ID=#{id}\nHOSTS=#{new_host}\n"
+       
+        rc = @client.put_resource(@vdc_str, id, template) 
+
+        if OZonesClient::is_error?(rc) 
+            return [-1, rc.message] 
+        end
+
+        [0, ""]
+    end
+
     private
 
     def format_resource(vdc, options)