diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 8fec4fcf09..f36dd83661 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@ NETWORK_VCENTER_FILES="src/vnm_mad/remotes/vcenter/pre \
                        src/vnm_mad/remotes/vcenter/clean \
                        src/vnm_mad/remotes/vcenter/update_sg"
 
-NETWORK_ELASTIC_FILES="src/vnm_mad/remotes/elastic/Elastic.rb \
+NETWORK_ELASTIC_FILES="src/vnm_mad/remotes/elastic/elastic.rb \
                        src/vnm_mad/remotes/elastic/clean \
                        src/vnm_mad/remotes/elastic/post \
                        src/vnm_mad/remotes/elastic/pre \
diff --git a/share/oneprovision/provisions/hybrid+_firecracker/provisions/common.d/defaults.yml b/share/oneprovision/provisions/hybrid+_firecracker/provisions/common.d/defaults.yml
index 4496bf4bd2..6a56a62cef 100644
--- a/share/oneprovision/provisions/hybrid+_firecracker/provisions/common.d/defaults.yml
+++ b/share/oneprovision/provisions/hybrid+_firecracker/provisions/common.d/defaults.yml
@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@
 defaults:
   configuration:
     oneprovision_hypervisor: 'firecracker'
+
+    # required for copying recovery VM snaphosts to the replica host
+    opennebula_ssh_deploy_private_key: true
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/elastic/clean b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/elastic/clean
index e3831b74aa..6cb9cd9e58 100755
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/elastic/clean
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/elastic/clean
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ $LOAD_PATH << File.dirname(__FILE__)
 $LOAD_PATH << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..')
 $LOAD_PATH << LIB_LOCATION + '/oneprovision/lib'
 
-require 'Elastic'
+require 'elastic'
+require 'CommandManager'
 
 template64 = STDIN.read
 hostname   = ARGV[0]
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ begin
 
     drv.unassign
 
-    drv.run_hooks(ARGV, template64) if drv.deactivate == 0
+    drv.run_hooks_remote(ARGV, template64) if drv.deactivate == 0
 rescue StandardError => e
     OpenNebula.log_error(e.message)
     OpenNebula.log_error(e.backtrace)
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/elastic/Elastic.rb b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/elastic/elastic.rb
similarity index 100%
rename from src/vnm_mad/remotes/elastic/Elastic.rb
rename to src/vnm_mad/remotes/elastic/elastic.rb
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/elastic/post b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/elastic/post
index 425e790b26..99d3efed07 100755
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/elastic/post
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/elastic/post
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ $LOAD_PATH << File.dirname(__FILE__)
 $LOAD_PATH << File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..')
 $LOAD_PATH << LIB_LOCATION + '/oneprovision/lib'
 
-require 'Elastic'
+require 'elastic'
 
 template64 = STDIN.read
 
diff --git a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/lib/vnm_driver.rb b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/lib/vnm_driver.rb
index 23540b4ddc..6fc4f28bb5 100644
--- a/src/vnm_mad/remotes/lib/vnm_driver.rb
+++ b/src/vnm_mad/remotes/lib/vnm_driver.rb
@@ -316,6 +316,16 @@ module VNMMAD
             0
         end
 
+        def run_hooks_remote(args, stdin)
+            hostname = args[0]
+
+            cmd = "run-parts #{$PROGRAM_NAME}.d".gsub('/var/lib/one/remotes',
+                                                      '/var/tmp/one')
+            args.each {|arg| cmd << " --arg=\"#{arg}\"" }
+
+            SSHCommand.run(cmd, hostname, nil, stdin, 60)
+        end
+
         private
 
         # returns files sorted alphabetically