diff --git a/client/tomcatconf/applicationContext.xml.in b/client/tomcatconf/applicationContext.xml.in
index 206d890c531..2c2031f8d09 100644
--- a/client/tomcatconf/applicationContext.xml.in
+++ b/client/tomcatconf/applicationContext.xml.in
@@ -780,6 +780,8 @@
   <bean id="volumeManagerImpl" class="com.cloud.storage.VolumeManagerImpl" />
   <bean id="ClassicalPrimaryDataStoreProvider" class="org.apache.cloudstack.storage.datastore.provider.CloudStackPrimaryDataStoreProviderImpl" />
 
+  <bean id="VirtualMachinePowerStateSyncImpl" class="com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachinePowerStateSyncImpl" />
+
 
 <!--=======================================================================================================-->
 <!--                                                                                                       -->
@@ -791,6 +793,7 @@
   <!-- Async management -->
   <bean id="asyncJobDaoImpl" class="com.cloud.async.dao.AsyncJobDaoImpl" />
   <bean id="asyncJobJoinDaoImpl" class="com.cloud.api.query.dao.AsyncJobJoinDaoImpl" />
+  <bean id="asyncJobJournalDaoImpl" class="com.cloud.async.dao.AsyncJobJournalDaoImpl" />
   <bean id="asyncJobManagerImpl" class="com.cloud.async.AsyncJobManagerImpl">
     <property name="defaultDispatcher" value="ApiAsyncJobDispatcher" />
   </bean>
@@ -805,6 +808,8 @@
     <property name="name" value="VmWorkJobDispatcher" />
   </bean>
 
+  <bean id="vmWorkJobDaoImpl" class="com.cloud.vm.VmWorkJobDaoImpl" />  
+
   <!--
     Baremetal components
   -->
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/consoleproxy/ConsoleProxyManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/consoleproxy/ConsoleProxyManagerImpl.java
index 7ee889b1c6e..a9b62e24a40 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/consoleproxy/ConsoleProxyManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/consoleproxy/ConsoleProxyManagerImpl.java
@@ -2053,6 +2053,7 @@ public class ConsoleProxyManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements ConsoleProxy
 	    	_itMgr.processVmStartWork(vm, ((VmWorkStart)work).getParams(), 
 	    		user, account,  ((VmWorkStart)work).getPlan());
     	} catch(Exception e) {
+    		s_logger.error("Exception in process VM-start work", e);
     		String result = SerializerHelper.toObjectSerializedString(e);
     		AsyncJobExecutionContext.getCurrentExecutionContext().completeAsyncJob(AsyncJobResult.STATUS_FAILED, 0, result);
     	}
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/secondary/SecondaryStorageManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/secondary/SecondaryStorageManagerImpl.java
index 170e4bf0d39..49d29fc3519 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/secondary/SecondaryStorageManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/secondary/SecondaryStorageManagerImpl.java
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ import com.cloud.agent.api.check.CheckSshCommand;
 import com.cloud.agent.api.to.NicTO;
 import com.cloud.agent.api.to.VirtualMachineTO;
 import com.cloud.agent.manager.Commands;
+import com.cloud.async.AsyncJobExecutionContext;
+import com.cloud.async.AsyncJobResult;
 import com.cloud.capacity.dao.CapacityDao;
 import com.cloud.cluster.ClusterManager;
 import com.cloud.cluster.ManagementServerNode;
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ import com.cloud.configuration.Config;
 import com.cloud.configuration.ZoneConfig;
 import com.cloud.configuration.dao.ConfigurationDao;
 import com.cloud.consoleproxy.ConsoleProxyManager;
+import com.cloud.dao.EntityManager;
 import com.cloud.dc.DataCenter;
 import com.cloud.dc.DataCenter.NetworkType;
 import com.cloud.dc.DataCenterVO;
@@ -93,6 +96,7 @@ import com.cloud.resource.ResourceManager;
 import com.cloud.resource.ResourceStateAdapter;
 import com.cloud.resource.ServerResource;
 import com.cloud.resource.UnableDeleteHostException;
+import com.cloud.serializer.SerializerHelper;
 import com.cloud.service.ServiceOfferingVO;
 import com.cloud.service.dao.ServiceOfferingDao;
 import com.cloud.storage.SnapshotVO;
@@ -109,8 +113,10 @@ import com.cloud.storage.swift.SwiftManager;
 import com.cloud.storage.template.TemplateConstants;
 import com.cloud.user.Account;
 import com.cloud.user.AccountService;
+import com.cloud.user.AccountVO;
 import com.cloud.user.User;
 import com.cloud.user.UserContext;
+import com.cloud.user.UserVO;
 import com.cloud.utils.DateUtil;
 import com.cloud.utils.NumbersUtil;
 import com.cloud.utils.Pair;
@@ -137,6 +143,7 @@ import com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachineGuru;
 import com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachineManager;
 import com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachineName;
 import com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachineProfile;
+import com.cloud.vm.VmWorkStart;
 import com.cloud.vm.dao.SecondaryStorageVmDao;
 import com.cloud.vm.dao.UserVmDetailsDao;
 import com.cloud.vm.dao.VMInstanceDao;
@@ -250,6 +257,9 @@ public class SecondaryStorageManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements Secondar
     private SystemVmLoadScanner<Long> _loadScanner;
     private Map<Long, ZoneHostInfo> _zoneHostInfoMap; // map <zone id, info about running host in zone>
 
+    @Inject
+    EntityManager _entityMgr;
+    
     private final GlobalLock _allocLock = GlobalLock.getInternLock(getAllocLockName());
 
     public SecondaryStorageManagerImpl() {
@@ -1476,10 +1486,25 @@ public class SecondaryStorageManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements Secondar
 	
     @Override
     public void vmWorkStart(VmWork work) {
+    	assert(work instanceof VmWorkStart);
+    	
+    	SecondaryStorageVmVO vm = findById(work.getVmId());
+    	
+    	UserVO user = _entityMgr.findById(UserVO.class, work.getUserId());
+    	AccountVO account = _entityMgr.findById(AccountVO.class, work.getAccountId());
+    	
+    	try {
+	    	_itMgr.processVmStartWork(vm, ((VmWorkStart)work).getParams(), 
+	    		user, account, ((VmWorkStart)work).getPlan());
+    	} catch(Exception e) {
+    		s_logger.error("Exception in process VM-start work", e);
+    		String result = SerializerHelper.toObjectSerializedString(e);
+    		AsyncJobExecutionContext.getCurrentExecutionContext().completeAsyncJob(AsyncJobResult.STATUS_FAILED, 0, result);
+    	}
     }
     
     @Override
     public void vmWorkStop(VmWork work) {
+    	// TODO
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/dao/VMInstanceDaoImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/dao/VMInstanceDaoImpl.java
index 254c9654a0d..bb159a4f27d 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/dao/VMInstanceDaoImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/dao/VMInstanceDaoImpl.java
@@ -390,7 +390,6 @@ public class VMInstanceDaoImpl extends GenericDaoBase<VMInstanceVO, Long> implem
     	ub.set(vmi, "hostId", newHostId);
     	ub.set(vmi, "podIdToDeployIn", vmi.getPodIdToDeployIn());
     	ub.set(vmi, _updateTimeAttr, new Date());
-    	ub.set(vmi,  "lastEvent", event);
 
     	int result = update(vmi, sc);
     	if (result == 0 && s_logger.isDebugEnabled()) {