diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/clone b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/clone
index 112f32cd24..884d4b06b1 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/clone
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/clone
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ unset i XPATH_ELEMENTS
 while IFS= read -r -d '' element; do
     XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]="$element"
 done < <($XPATH     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/BASE_PATH \
-                    /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/HOST \
+                    /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/BRIDGE_LIST \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/POOL_NAME \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/IMAGE/PATH \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/IMAGE/SIZE)
@@ -53,13 +53,15 @@ done < <($XPATH     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/BASE_PATH \
 unset i
 
 BASE_PATH="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]}"
-DST_HOST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]}"
+BRIDGE_LIST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]}"
 POOL_NAME="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]:-$POOL_NAME}"
 SRC="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]}"
 SIZE="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]}"
 
+DST_HOST=`get_destination_host $ID`
+
 if [ -z "$DST_HOST" ]; then
-    error_message "Datastore template missing 'HOST' attribute."
+    error_message "Datastore template missing 'BRIDGE_LIST' attribute."
     exit -1
 fi
 
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/cp b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/cp
index 5d81aa186a..158d1422fe 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/cp
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/cp
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ SHA1="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]}"
 NO_DECOMPRESS="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]}"
 LIMIT_TRANSFER_BW="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]}"
 
-DST_HOST=`get_destination_host $IMAGE_ID`
+DST_HOST=`get_destination_host $ID`
 
 if [ -z "$DST_HOST" ]; then
     error_message "Datastore template missing 'BRIDGE_LIST' attribute."
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/mkfs b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/mkfs
index 35762cd347..84efb3e305 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/mkfs
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/mkfs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ while IFS= read -r -d '' element; do
 done < <($XPATH     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/BASE_PATH \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/RESTRICTED_DIRS \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/SAFE_DIRS \
-                    /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/HOST \
+                    /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/BRIDGE_LIST \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/POOL_NAME \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/STAGING_DIR \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/IMAGE/FSTYPE \
@@ -60,14 +60,16 @@ unset i
 BASE_PATH="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]}"
 RESTRICTED_DIRS="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]}"
 SAFE_DIRS="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]}"
-DST_HOST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]}"
+BRIDGE_LIST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]}"
 POOL_NAME="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]:-$POOL_NAME}"
 STAGING_DIR="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]:-$STAGING_DIR}"
 FSTYPE="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]}"
 SIZE="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]}"
 
+DST_HOST=`get_destination_host $ID`
+
 if [ -z "$DST_HOST" ]; then
-    error_message "Datastore template missing 'HOST' attribute."
+    error_message "Datastore template missing 'BRIDGE_LIST' attribute."
     exit -1
 fi
 
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/monitor b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/monitor
index fb988d1f60..406cc1c4ab 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/monitor
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/monitor
@@ -45,14 +45,16 @@ unset i j XPATH_ELEMENTS
 
 while IFS= read -r -d '' element; do
     XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]="$element"
-done < <($XPATH     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/HOST \
+done < <($XPATH     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/BRIDGE_LIST \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/POOL_NAME)
 
-HOST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+BRIDGE_LIST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 POOL_NAME="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]:-$POOL_NAME}"
 
+HOST=`get_destination_host`
+
 if [ -z "$HOST" ]; then
-    error_message "Datastore template missing 'HOST' attribute."
+    error_message "Datastore template missing 'BRIDGE_LIST' attribute."
     exit -1
 fi
 
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/rm b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/rm
index f52c06868b..6d243633fb 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/rm
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/ceph/rm
@@ -40,20 +40,20 @@ ID=$2
 
 XPATH="${DRIVER_PATH}/../xpath.rb -b $DRV_ACTION"
 
-unset i XPATH_ELEMENTS
+unset i j XPATH_ELEMENTS
 
 while IFS= read -r -d '' element; do
     XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]="$element"
 done < <($XPATH     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/IMAGE/SOURCE \
-                    /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/HOST)
+                    /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/BRIDGE_LIST)
 
-unset i
+SRC="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+BRIDGE_LIST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 
-SRC="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]}"
-DST_HOST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]}"
+DST_HOST=`get_destination_host $ID`
 
 if [ -z "$DST_HOST" ]; then
-    error_message "Datastore template missing 'HOST' attribute."
+    error_message "Datastore template missing 'BRIDGE_LIST' attribute."
     exit -1
 fi
 
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/iscsi/clone b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/iscsi/clone
index d1fc5b8a88..f0bbabf70b 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/iscsi/clone
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/iscsi/clone
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ while IFS= read -r -d '' element; do
 done < <($XPATH     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/BASE_PATH \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/RESTRICTED_DIRS \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/SAFE_DIRS \
-                    /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/HOST \
+                    /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/BRIDGE_LIST \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/VG_NAME \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/BASE_IQN \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/IMAGE/PATH \
@@ -56,14 +56,16 @@ done < <($XPATH     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/BASE_PATH \
 BASE_PATH="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 RESTRICTED_DIRS="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 SAFE_DIRS="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
-DST_HOST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+BRIDGE_LIST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 VG_NAME="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]:-$VG_NAME}"
 BASE_IQN="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]:-$BASE_IQN}"
 SRC="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 SIZE="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 
+DST_HOST=`get_destination_host $ID`
+
 if [ -z "$DST_HOST" ]; then
-    error_message "Datastore template missing 'HOST' attribute."
+    error_message "Datastore template missing 'BRIDGE_LIST' attribute."
     exit -1
 fi
 
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/iscsi/cp b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/iscsi/cp
index 9f8587abc6..f7e9344738 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/iscsi/cp
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/iscsi/cp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ SHA1="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 NO_DECOMPRESS="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 LIMIT_TRANSFER_BW="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 
-DST_HOST=`get_destination_host $IMAGE_ID`
+DST_HOST=`get_destination_host $ID`
 
 if [ -z "$DST_HOST" ]; then
     error_message "Datastore template missing 'BRIDGE_LIST' attribute."
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/iscsi/mkfs b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/iscsi/mkfs
index 3672a7df6a..a004a9b0bd 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/iscsi/mkfs
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/iscsi/mkfs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ while IFS= read -r -d '' element; do
 done < <($XPATH     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/BASE_PATH \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/RESTRICTED_DIRS \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/SAFE_DIRS \
-                    /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/HOST \
+                    /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/BRIDGE_LIST \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/VG_NAME \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/BASE_IQN \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/IMAGE/FSTYPE \
@@ -58,14 +58,16 @@ done < <($XPATH     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/BASE_PATH \
 BASE_PATH="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 RESTRICTED_DIRS="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 SAFE_DIRS="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
-DST_HOST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+BRIDGE_LIST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 VG_NAME="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]:-$VG_NAME}"
 BASE_IQN="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]:-$BASE_IQN}"
 FSTYPE="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 SIZE="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]:-0}"
 
+DST_HOST=`get_destination_host $ID`
+
 if [ -z "$DST_HOST" ]; then
-    error_message "Datastore template missing 'HOST' attribute."
+    error_message "Datastore template missing 'BRIDGE_LIST' attribute."
     exit -1
 fi
 
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/iscsi/monitor b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/iscsi/monitor
index 11b4d882b6..45fc9c5b60 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/iscsi/monitor
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/iscsi/monitor
@@ -45,14 +45,16 @@ unset i j XPATH_ELEMENTS
 
 while IFS= read -r -d '' element; do
     XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]="$element"
-done < <($XPATH     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/HOST \
+done < <($XPATH     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/BRIDGE_LIST \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/VG_NAME)
 
-HOST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+BRIDGE_LIST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 VG_NAME="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]:-$VG_NAME}"
 
+HOST=`get_destination_host`
+
 if [ -z "$HOST" ]; then
-    error_message "Datastore template missing 'HOST' attribute."
+    error_message "Datastore template missing 'BRIDGE_LIST' attribute."
     exit -1
 fi
 
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/iscsi/rm b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/iscsi/rm
index a200b6bfc0..ff244fa94c 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/iscsi/rm
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/iscsi/rm
@@ -45,13 +45,15 @@ unset i j XPATH_ELEMENTS
 while IFS= read -r -d '' element; do
     XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]="$element"
 done < <($XPATH     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/IMAGE/SOURCE \
-                    /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/HOST)
+                    /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/BRIDGE_LIST)
 
 SRC="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
-DST_HOST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+BRIDGE_LIST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+
+DST_HOST=`get_destination_host $ID`
 
 if [ -z "$DST_HOST" ]; then
-    error_message "Datastore template missing 'HOST' attribute."
+    error_message "Datastore template missing 'BRIDGE_LIST' attribute."
     exit -1
 fi
 
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/libfs.sh b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/libfs.sh
index 5b35d2bfaf..6320b6c555 100644
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/libfs.sh
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/libfs.sh
@@ -211,7 +211,14 @@ function check_restricted {
 #   @return host to be used as bridge
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 function get_destination_host {
-	HOSTS_ARRAY=($BRIDGE_LIST)
-    ARRAY_INDEX=`expr $1 % ${#HOSTS_ARRAY[@]}`
-	echo ${HOSTS_ARRAY[$ARRAY_INDEX]}
+    HOSTS_ARRAY=($BRIDGE_LIST)
+    N_HOSTS=${#HOSTS_ARRAY[@]}
+
+    if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+        ARRAY_INDEX=$(($1 % ${N_HOSTS}))
+    else
+        ARRAY_INDEX=$((RANDOM % ${N_HOSTS}))
+    fi
+
+    echo ${HOSTS_ARRAY[$ARRAY_INDEX]}
 }
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/lvm/clone b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/lvm/clone
index 7c99033e47..545b74eb6e 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/lvm/clone
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/lvm/clone
@@ -45,19 +45,21 @@ unset i j XPATH_ELEMENTS
 while IFS= read -r -d '' element; do
     XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]="$element"
 done < <($XPATH     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/BASE_PATH \
-                    /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/HOST \
+                    /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/BRIDGE_LIST \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/VG_NAME \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/IMAGE/PATH \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/IMAGE/SIZE)
 
 BASE_PATH="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
-DST_HOST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+BRIDGE_LIST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 VG_NAME="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]:-$VG_NAME}"
 SRC="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 SIZE="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 
+DST_HOST=`get_destination_host $ID`
+
 if [ -z "$DST_HOST" ]; then
-    error_message "Datastore template missing 'HOST' attribute."
+    error_message "Datastore template missing 'BRIDGE_LIST' attribute."
     exit -1
 fi
 
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/lvm/cp b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/lvm/cp
index 5ed8ab9561..3e4b5ed059 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/lvm/cp
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/lvm/cp
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ SHA1="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 NO_DECOMPRESS="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 LIMIT_TRANSFER_BW="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 
-DST_HOST=`get_destination_host $IMAGE_ID`
+DST_HOST=`get_destination_host $ID`
 
 if [ -z "$DST_HOST" ]; then
     error_message "Datastore template missing 'BRIDGE_LIST' attribute."
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/lvm/mkfs b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/lvm/mkfs
index 3f28dcef97..b73db0ba2b 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/lvm/mkfs
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/lvm/mkfs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ while IFS= read -r -d '' element; do
 done < <($XPATH     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/BASE_PATH \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/RESTRICTED_DIRS \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/SAFE_DIRS \
-                    /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/HOST \
+                    /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/BRIDGE_LIST \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/VG_NAME \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/IMAGE/FSTYPE \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/IMAGE/SIZE)
@@ -57,13 +57,15 @@ done < <($XPATH     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/BASE_PATH \
 BASE_PATH="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 RESTRICTED_DIRS="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 SAFE_DIRS="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
-DST_HOST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+BRIDGE_LIST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 VG_NAME="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]:-$VG_NAME}"
 FSTYPE="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 SIZE="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 
+DST_HOST=`get_destination_host $ID`
+
 if [ -z "$DST_HOST" ]; then
-    error_message "Datastore template missing 'HOST' attribute."
+    error_message "Datastore template missing 'BRIDGE_LIST' attribute."
     exit -1
 fi
 
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/lvm/monitor b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/lvm/monitor
index f67557ae3b..f431e09690 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/lvm/monitor
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/lvm/monitor
@@ -45,14 +45,16 @@ unset i j XPATH_ELEMENTS
 
 while IFS= read -r -d '' element; do
     XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]="$element"
-done < <($XPATH     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/HOST \
+done < <($XPATH     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/BRIDGE_LIST \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/VG_NAME)
 
-HOST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+BRIDGE_LIST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 VG_NAME="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]:-$VG_NAME}"
 
+HOST=`get_destination_host`
+
 if [ -z "$HOST" ]; then
-    error_message "Datastore template missing 'HOST' attribute."
+    error_message "Datastore template missing 'BRIDGE_LIST' attribute."
     exit -1
 fi
 # ------------ Compute datastore usage -------------
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/lvm/rm b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/lvm/rm
index 7543df6e5d..95d3ed0798 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/lvm/rm
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/lvm/rm
@@ -45,13 +45,15 @@ unset i j XPATH_ELEMENTS
 while IFS= read -r -d '' element; do
     XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]="$element"
 done < <($XPATH     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/IMAGE/SOURCE \
-                    /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/HOST)
+                    /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/BRIDGE_LIST)
 
 SRC="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
-DST_HOST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+BRIDGE_LIST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+
+DST_HOST=`get_destination_host $ID`
 
 if [ -z "$DST_HOST" ]; then
-    error_message "Datastore template missing 'HOST' attribute."
+    error_message "Datastore template missing 'BRIDGE_LIST' attribute."
     exit -1
 fi
 
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmfs/clone b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmfs/clone
index 030db731b9..33ce380dbd 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmfs/clone
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmfs/clone
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ ID=$2
 
 XPATH="${DRIVER_PATH}/../xpath.rb -b $DRV_ACTION"
 
-unset i XPATH_ELEMENTS
+unset i j XPATH_ELEMENTS
 
 while IFS= read -r -d '' element; do
     XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]="$element"
@@ -58,15 +58,13 @@ done < <($XPATH     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/BASE_PATH \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/BRIDGE_LIST \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/ID \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/IMAGE/PATH \
-                    /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/IMAGE/ID \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/IMAGE/TYPE)
 
-BASE_PATH="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[0]}"
-BRIDGE_LIST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[1]}"
-DS_ID="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[2]}"
-SRC="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[3]}"
-IMAGE_ID="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[4]}"
-IMAGE_TYPE="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[5]}"
+BASE_PATH="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+BRIDGE_LIST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+DS_ID="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+SRC="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+IMAGE_TYPE="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -83,7 +81,12 @@ DST=`generate_image_path`
 SRC_FOLDER=`basename $SRC`
 DST_FOLDER=`basename $DST`
 
-DST_HOST=`get_destination_host $IMAGE_ID`
+DST_HOST=`get_destination_host $ID`
+
+if [ -z "$DST_HOST" ]; then
+    error_message "Datastore template missing 'BRIDGE_LIST' attribute."
+    exit -1
+fi
 
 set_up_datastore "$BASE_PATH" "$RESTRICTED_DIRS" "$SAFE_DIRS"
 
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmfs/cp b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmfs/cp
index 6bfd79ccaa..59209e1adc 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmfs/cp
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmfs/cp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ UTILS_PATH="${DRIVER_PATH}/.."
 
 XPATH="$UTILS_PATH/xpath.rb -b $DRV_ACTION"
 
-unset i XPATH_ELEMENTS
+unset i j XPATH_ELEMENTS
 
 while IFS= read -r -d '' element; do
     XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]="$element"
@@ -60,24 +60,22 @@ done < <($XPATH     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/BASE_PATH \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/IMAGE/PATH \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/IMAGE/TEMPLATE/MD5 \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/IMAGE/TEMPLATE/SHA1 \
-                    /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/IMAGE/ID \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/IMAGE/TYPE \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/NO_DECOMPRESS \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/LIMIT_TRANSFER_BW)
 
-BASE_PATH="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[0]}"
-DS_ID="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[1]}"
-RESTRICTED_DIRS="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[2]}"
-SAFE_DIRS="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[3]}"
-BRIDGE_LIST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[4]}"
-TMP_DIR="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[5]:-$DS_TMP_DIR}"
-SRC="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[6]}"
-MD5="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[7]}"
-SHA1="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[8]}"
-IMAGE_ID="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[9]}"
-IMAGE_TYPE="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[10]}"
-NO_DECOMPRESS="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[11]}"
-LIMIT_TRANSFER_BW="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[12]}"
+BASE_PATH="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+DS_ID="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+RESTRICTED_DIRS="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+SAFE_DIRS="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+BRIDGE_LIST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+TMP_DIR="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]:-$DS_TMP_DIR}"
+SRC="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+MD5="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+SHA1="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+IMAGE_TYPE="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+NO_DECOMPRESS="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+LIMIT_TRANSFER_BW="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Set up datastore & transfer folder
@@ -92,7 +90,12 @@ LIMIT_TRANSFER_BW="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[12]}"
 DST=`generate_image_path`
 
 DST_FOLDER=`basename $DST`
-DST_HOST=`get_destination_host $IMAGE_ID`
+DST_HOST=`get_destination_host $ID`
+
+if [ -z "$DST_HOST" ]; then
+    error_message "Datastore template missing 'BRIDGE_LIST' attribute."
+    exit -1
+fi
 
 set_up_datastore "$BASE_PATH" "$RESTRICTED_DIRS" "$SAFE_DIRS"
 
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmfs/mkfs b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmfs/mkfs
index 5697461183..054c203d8d 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmfs/mkfs
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmfs/mkfs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ ID=$2
 
 XPATH="${DRIVER_PATH}/../xpath.rb -b $DRV_ACTION"
 
-unset i XPATH_ELEMENTS
+unset i j XPATH_ELEMENTS
 
 while IFS= read -r -d '' element; do
     XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]="$element"
@@ -55,17 +55,15 @@ done < <($XPATH     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/BASE_PATH \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/BRIDGE_LIST \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/ID \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/IMAGE/FSTYPE \
-                    /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/IMAGE/SIZE \
-                    /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/IMAGE/ID)
+                    /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/IMAGE/SIZE)
 
-BASE_PATH="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[0]}"
-RESTRICTED_DIRS="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[1]}"
-SAFE_DIRS="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[2]}"
-BRIDGE_LIST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[3]}"
-DS_ID="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[4]}"
-FSTYPE="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[5]}"
-SIZE="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[6]}"
-IMAGE_ID="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[7]}"
+BASE_PATH="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+RESTRICTED_DIRS="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+SAFE_DIRS="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+BRIDGE_LIST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+DS_ID="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+FSTYPE="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+SIZE="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Set up datastore
@@ -78,7 +76,12 @@ IMAGE_ID="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[7]}"
 
 DST=`generate_image_path`
 DST_FOLDER=`basename $DST`
-DST_HOST=`get_destination_host $IMAGE_ID`
+DST_HOST=`get_destination_host $ID`
+
+if [ -z "$DST_HOST" ]; then
+    error_message "Datastore template missing 'BRIDGE_LIST' attribute."
+    exit -1
+fi
 
 set_up_datastore "$BASE_PATH" "$RESTRICTED_DIRS" "$SAFE_DIRS"
 
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmfs/monitor b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmfs/monitor
index 9b48554127..c335f3fadd 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmfs/monitor
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmfs/monitor
@@ -50,7 +50,12 @@ done < <($XPATH     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/BASE_PATH \
 BASE_PATH="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[0]}"
 BRIDGE_LIST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[1]}"
 
-HOST=`get_destination_host $ID`
+HOST=`get_destination_host`
+
+if [ -z "$HOST" ]; then
+    error_message "Datastore template missing 'BRIDGE_LIST' attribute."
+    exit -1
+fi
 
 # ------------ Compute datastore usage -------------
 
diff --git a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmfs/rm b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmfs/rm
index 2749f73bfd..c353211ab6 100755
--- a/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmfs/rm
+++ b/src/datastore_mad/remotes/vmfs/rm
@@ -44,19 +44,17 @@ ID=$2
 
 XPATH="${DRIVER_PATH}/../xpath.rb -b $DRV_ACTION"
 
-unset i XPATH_ELEMENTS
+unset i j XPATH_ELEMENTS
 
 while IFS= read -r -d '' element; do
     XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]="$element"
 done < <($XPATH     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/IMAGE/SOURCE \
                     /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/ID \
-                    /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/BRIDGE_LIST \
-                    /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/IMAGE/ID)
+                    /DS_DRIVER_ACTION_DATA/DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/BRIDGE_LIST)
 
-SRC="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[0]}"
-DS_ID="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[1]}"
-BRIDGE_LIST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[2]}"
-IMAGE_ID="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[3]}"
+SRC="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+DS_ID="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
+BRIDGE_LIST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[j++]}"
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #  Set up datastore
@@ -67,7 +65,13 @@ IMAGE_ID="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[3]}"
 #  DST_HOST is the host to make the transfers (from BRIDGE_LIST)
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-DST_HOST=`get_destination_host $IMAGE_ID`
+DST_HOST=`get_destination_host $ID`
+
+if [ -z "$DST_HOST" ]; then
+    error_message "Datastore template missing 'BRIDGE_LIST' attribute."
+    exit -1
+fi
+
 SRC_FOLDER=`basename $SRC`
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/tm_mad/ceph/clone b/src/tm_mad/ceph/clone
index 995f541744..df419ff8ba 100755
--- a/src/tm_mad/ceph/clone
+++ b/src/tm_mad/ceph/clone
@@ -36,31 +36,8 @@ fi
 DRIVER_PATH=$(dirname $0)
 
 source $TMCOMMON
-source ${DRIVER_PATH}/../../datastore/ceph/ceph.conf
 
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Get Image information
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-DISK_ID=$(echo "$DST_PATH" | $AWK -F. '{print $NF}')
-
-XPATH="${DRIVER_PATH}/../../datastore/xpath.rb --stdin"
-
-unset i XPATH_ELEMENTS
-
-while IFS= read -r -d '' element; do
-    XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]="$element"
-done < <(onedatastore show -x $DS_ID | $XPATH \
-                    /DATASTORE/TEMPLATE/HOST)
-
-unset i
-
-CEPH_HOST="${XPATH_ELEMENTS[i++]}"
-
-if [ -z "$CEPH_HOST" ]; then
-    error_message "Datastore template missing 'HOST' attribute."
-    exit -1
-fi
+DST_HOST=`arg_host $DST`
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Compute the destination image name
@@ -75,6 +52,6 @@ RBD_DST="${SRC_PATH}-${VM_ID}-${DISK_ID}"
 # Clone the image
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-ssh_exec_and_log "$CEPH_HOST" "$RBD copy $SRC_PATH $RBD_DST" \
-        "Error cloning $SRC_PATH to $RBD_DST in $CEPH_HOST"
+ssh_exec_and_log "$DST_HOST" "$RBD copy $SRC_PATH $RBD_DST" \
+        "Error cloning $SRC_PATH to $RBD_DST in $DST_HOST"
 exit 0