diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 1f11ba740f..db3f962ef7 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -876,7 +876,8 @@ TM_VMWARE_FILES="src/tm_mad/vmware/clone \
                  src/tm_mad/vmware/mkimage \
                  src/tm_mad/vmware/mv \
                  src/tm_mad/vmware/context \
-                 src/tm_mad/vmware/mvds"
+                 src/tm_mad/vmware/mvds \
+                 src/tm_mad/vmware/tm_vmwarerc"
 
 TM_ISCSI_FILES="src/tm_mad/iscsi/clone \
                  src/tm_mad/iscsi/ln \
diff --git a/src/tm_mad/vmware/clone b/src/tm_mad/vmware/clone
index 39360e3324..c5a33e933e 100755
--- a/src/tm_mad/vmware/clone
+++ b/src/tm_mad/vmware/clone
@@ -32,12 +32,16 @@ DSID=$4
 
 if [ -z "${ONE_LOCATION}" ]; then
     TMCOMMON=/var/lib/one/remotes/tm/tm_common.sh
+    VMWARERC=/etc/one/vmwarerc
 else
     TMCOMMON=$ONE_LOCATION/var/remotes/tm/tm_common.sh
+    VMWARERC=$ONE_LOCATION/etc/vmwarerc
 fi
 
 . $TMCOMMON
 
+source $(dirname $0)/tm_vmwarerc
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Set dst path and dir
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -49,13 +53,30 @@ DST_HOST=`arg_host $DST`
 DST_DIR=`dirname $DST_PATH`
 
 
-ssh_make_path $DST_HOST $DST_PATH
+IMAGE_DS_NAME=`basename $(dirname $SRC_PATH)`
+SYSTEM_DS_NAME=`basename $(dirname $(dirname $DST_PATH))`
+USERNAME=`echo $(cat $VMWARERC |grep ":username:"|cut -d":" -f 3)`
+PASSWORD=`echo $(cat $VMWARERC |grep ":password:"|cut -d":" -f 3)`
+
+
+DST_DIR_WITHOUT_DS_PATH="[$SYSTEM_DS_NAME] ${DST_PATH##"$DS_DIR/$SYSTEM_DS_NAME/"}"
+
+
+if [ "$SSH" == "yes" ]; then
+	ssh_make_path $DST_HOST $DST_PATH
+else
+	# Two calls needed since vifs cannot do a mkdir -p
+	vifs --server $DST_HOST --username $USERNAME --password $PASSWORD --mkdir "[$SYSTEM_DS_NAME] $VMID"
+	vifs --server $DST_HOST --username $USERNAME --password $PASSWORD --mkdir "$DST_DIR_WITHOUT_DS_PATH"
+fi
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Clone (cp) SRC into DST
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 log "Cloning $SRC_PATH in $DST"
 
+if [ "$SSH" == "yes" ]; then
+
 CLONESCRIPT=$(cat <<EOF
 cd $DST_DIR
 
@@ -69,7 +90,9 @@ fi
 \$SUDO_CMD $VMKFSTOOLS -i $SRC_PATH/disk.vmdk -d thin $DST_PATH/disk.vmdk
 EOF
 )
-
-ssh_exec_and_log $DST_HOST "$CLONESCRIPT" "Error cloning $SRC to $DST"
+	ssh_exec_and_log $DST_HOST "$CLONESCRIPT" "Error cloning $SRC to $DST"
+else
+	$VMKFSTOOLS --server $DST_HOST --username $USERNAME --password $PASSWORD -i "$SRC_DIR_WITHOUT_DS_PATH/disk.vmdk" -d thin "$DST_DIR_WITHOUT_DS_PATH/disk.vmdk"
+fi
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/src/tm_mad/vmware/tm_vmwarerc b/src/tm_mad/vmware/tm_vmwarerc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d5e7e2271b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tm_mad/vmware/tm_vmwarerc
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# 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.                                             #
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+
+# Whether the TM VMware driver should use to invoke the VMFS native commands
+#   * remote API calls (value set to "no")
+#   * ssh connection (value set to "yes")
+SSH=no
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