diff --git a/include/LibVirtDriver.h b/include/LibVirtDriver.h
index 274cda090e..f700ba4986 100644
--- a/include/LibVirtDriver.h
+++ b/include/LibVirtDriver.h
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ public:
     ~LibVirtDriver(){};
 
 private:
+    static const char * vmware_vnm_name;
+    
     int deployment_description(
         const VirtualMachine *  vm,
         const string&           file_name) const
diff --git a/src/vmm/LibVirtDriverVMware.cc b/src/vmm/LibVirtDriverVMware.cc
index ad415ee4bf..7069d9b882 100644
--- a/src/vmm/LibVirtDriverVMware.cc
+++ b/src/vmm/LibVirtDriverVMware.cc
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #include <libgen.h>
 
+/* ************************************************************************** */
+/* Virtual Network :: Database Access Functions                               */
+/* ************************************************************************** */
+
+const char * LibVirtDriver::vmware_vnm_name = "vmware";
+
 int LibVirtDriver::deployment_description_vmware(
         const VirtualMachine *  vm,
         const string&           file_name) const
diff --git a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vmware/vmwarerc b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vmware/vmwarerc
index 14185b95f8..16b448fa48 100644
--- a/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vmware/vmwarerc
+++ b/src/vmm_mad/remotes/vmware/vmwarerc
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@
 :password:
 
 # VMotion configuration attributes
-:datacenter:
+:datacenter: "ha-datacenter"
 :vcenter:
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