diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vcenter/clone b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vcenter/clone
index 3fe035ffe7..bde317746b 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vcenter/clone
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vcenter/clone
@@ -68,8 +68,9 @@ begin
     puts ds.copy_virtual_disk(src_path, target_ds_vc, target_path)
 
 rescue Exception => e
-    STDERR.puts "Error cloning img #{src_path} to #{target_ds_name}"\
-                " Reason: \"#{e.message}\"\n#{e.backtrace}"
+    message = "Error cloning img #{src_path} to #{target_ds_name}"\
+              " Reason: \"#{e.message}\"\n#{e.backtrace}"
+    STDERR.puts error_message(message)
     exit -1
 ensure
     vi_client.close_connection if vi_client
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vcenter/export b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vcenter/export
index ed8c1217ac..5acb7372d4 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vcenter/export
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vcenter/export
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ ds_name    = drv_action["/DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/NAME"]
 
 
 if img_source.nil?
-    STDERR.puts "Not enough information to export the image,"\
-                " missing image source."
+    message = "Not enough information to export the image,"\
+              " missing image source."
+    STDERR.puts error_message(message)
     exit -1
 end
 
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vcenter/mkfs b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vcenter/mkfs
index b91fba3630..ae48cad71f 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vcenter/mkfs
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vcenter/mkfs
@@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ begin
     puts ds.create_virtual_disk(img_name, size, adapter_type, disk_type)
 
 rescue Exception => e
-    STDERR.puts "Error creating virtual disk #{img_name}."\
-                " Reason: \"#{e.message}\"\n#{e.backtrace}"
+    message = "Error creating virtual disk #{img_name}."\
+              " Reason: \"#{e.message}\"\n#{e.backtrace}"
+    STDERR.puts error_message(message)
     exit -1
 ensure
     vi_client.close_connection if vi_client
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vcenter/monitor b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vcenter/monitor
index 90cc315971..bbca555fd0 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vcenter/monitor
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vcenter/monitor
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ begin
     puts storage.monitor
 
 rescue Exception => e
-    STDERR.puts "Error monitoring host #{id}."\
-                " Reason: \"#{e.message}\"\n#{e.backtrace}"
+    message = "Error monitoring host #{id}."\
+              " Reason: \"#{e.message}\"\n#{e.backtrace}"
+    STDERR.puts error_message(message)
     exit -1
 ensure
     vi_client.close_connection if vi_client
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vcenter/rm b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vcenter/rm
index 9e17e9f3df..2b67d53723 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vcenter/rm
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vcenter/rm
@@ -72,8 +72,9 @@ begin
         ds.rm_directory(img_dir) if ds.dir_empty?(img_dir)
     end
 rescue Exception => e
-    STDERR.puts "Error deleting virtual disk #{img_src}."\
-                " Reason: \"#{e.message}\"\n#{e.backtrace}"
+    message = "Error deleting virtual disk #{img_src}."\
+              " Reason: \"#{e.message}\"\n#{e.backtrace}"
+    STDERR.puts error_message(message)
     exit -1
 ensure
     vi_client.close_connection if vi_client
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vcenter/stat b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vcenter/stat
index 9d99f76ba9..2b3ca2fffc 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vcenter/stat
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vcenter/stat
@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@ if img_path.start_with? "vcenter://"
         puts ds.stat(img_path.sub("vcenter://",""))
 
     rescue Exception => e
-        STDERR.puts "Error calculating image #{img_path} size."\
-                    " Reason: \"#{e.message}\"\n#{e.backtrace}"
+        message = "Error calculating image #{img_path} size."\
+                  " Reason: \"#{e.message}\"\n#{e.backtrace}"
+        STDERR.puts error_message(message)
         exit -1
     ensure
         vi_client.close_connection if vi_client