diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/monitor b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/monitor
index db5c509437..1f1a4cf51d 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/monitor
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/monitor
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ $SUDO $RADOS df | $AWK '{
 
         space = int(\$3/1024)
 
-        if      (\$2 == "used")  {var = "USED_MB" }
-        else if (\$2 == "avail") {var = "FREE_MB" }
-        else if (\$2 == "space") {var = "TOTAL_MB" }
+        if      (\$2 == "used")  {var = "USED_MB"}
+        else if (\$2 == "avail") {var = "FREE_MB"}
+        else if (\$2 == "space") {var = "TOTAL_MB"}
 
         print var "=" space
     }
@@ -69,4 +69,13 @@ $SUDO $RADOS df | $AWK '{
 EOF
 )
 
-ssh_monitor_and_log $HOST "$MONITOR_SCRIPT" | tr ' ' '\n'
+MONITOR_DATA=$(ssh_monitor_and_log $HOST "$MONITOR_SCRIPT" 2>&1)
+MONITOR_STATUS=$?
+
+if [ "$MONITOR_STATUS" = "0" ]; then
+    echo "$MONITOR_DATA" | tr ' ' '\n'
+else
+    echo "$MONITOR_DATA"
+    exit $MONITOR_STATUS
+fi
+
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/iscsi/monitor b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/iscsi/monitor
index fbfc9552ba..e2450a4f7a 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/iscsi/monitor
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/iscsi/monitor
@@ -66,4 +66,12 @@ echo "FREE_MB=\$FREE_MB"
 EOF
 )
 
-ssh_monitor_and_log $HOST "$MONITOR_SCRIPT" | tr ' ' '\n'
+MONITOR_DATA=$(ssh_monitor_and_log $HOST "$MONITOR_SCRIPT" 2>&1)
+MONITOR_STATUS=$?
+
+if [ "$MONITOR_STATUS" = "0" ]; then
+    echo "$MONITOR_DATA" | tr ' ' '\n'
+else
+    echo "$MONITOR_DATA"
+    exit $MONITOR_STATUS
+fi
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/lvm/monitor b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/lvm/monitor
index 2f704f0c52..17cb12c115 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/lvm/monitor
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/lvm/monitor
@@ -66,4 +66,12 @@ echo "FREE_MB=\$FREE_MB"
 EOF
 )
 
-ssh_monitor_and_log $HOST "$MONITOR_SCRIPT" | tr ' ' '\n'
+MONITOR_DATA=$(ssh_monitor_and_log $HOST "$MONITOR_SCRIPT" 2>&1)
+MONITOR_STATUS=$?
+
+if [ "$MONITOR_STATUS" = "0" ]; then
+    echo "$MONITOR_DATA" | tr ' ' '\n'
+else
+    echo "$MONITOR_DATA"
+    exit $MONITOR_STATUS
+fi
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmfs/monitor b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmfs/monitor
index 61999a1940..6ced1f561c 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmfs/monitor
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmfs/monitor
@@ -68,4 +68,12 @@ echo "FREE_MB=\$FREE_MB"
 EOF
 )
 
-ssh_monitor_and_log $HOST "$MONITOR_SCRIPT" | tr ' ' '\n'
+MONITOR_DATA=$(ssh_monitor_and_log $HOST "$MONITOR_SCRIPT" 2>&1)
+MONITOR_STATUS=$?
+
+if [ "$MONITOR_STATUS" = "0" ]; then
+    echo "$MONITOR_DATA" | tr ' ' '\n'
+else
+    echo "$MONITOR_DATA"
+    exit $MONITOR_STATUS
+fi