diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/snapshot/SnapshotManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/snapshot/SnapshotManagerImpl.java
index 7e571fa49ff..fb7bb279e0d 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/snapshot/SnapshotManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/snapshot/SnapshotManagerImpl.java
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 
 package com.cloud.storage.snapshot;
 
-import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
-import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -111,8 +109,6 @@ import com.cloud.vm.dao.UserVmDao;
 @Local(value={SnapshotManager.class, SnapshotService.class})
 public class SnapshotManagerImpl implements SnapshotManager, SnapshotService, Manager {
     private static final Logger s_logger = Logger.getLogger(SnapshotManagerImpl.class);
-    private static final String GET_LAST_ID = "SELECT id FROM cloud.snapshots ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1";
-    private static final String UPDATE_SNAPSHOT_SEQ = "UPDATE cloud.sequence SET value=? WHERE name='snapshots_seq'";
 
     @Inject protected HostDao _hostDao;
     @Inject protected UserVmDao _vmDao;
@@ -1150,40 +1146,6 @@ public class SnapshotManagerImpl implements SnapshotManager, SnapshotService, Ma
         return  _snapshotDao.getNextInSequence(Long.class, "id");
     }
     
-    private Long _getLastId() {
-        Transaction txn = Transaction.open(Transaction.CLOUD_DB);
-        PreparedStatement pstmt = null;
-        String sql = GET_LAST_ID;
-        try {
-            pstmt = txn.prepareAutoCloseStatement(sql);
-            ResultSet rs = pstmt.executeQuery();
-            if (rs.next()) {
-                return Long.valueOf(rs.getLong(1));
-            }
-        } catch (Exception ex) {
-            s_logger.error("error getting last id", ex);
-        }
-        return 1l;
-    }
-
-    private void _updateSnapshotSeq(Long seq) {
-        Transaction txn = Transaction.open(Transaction.CLOUD_DB);
-        try {
-            txn.start();
-            String sql = UPDATE_SNAPSHOT_SEQ;
-            PreparedStatement pstmt = null;
-            pstmt = txn.prepareAutoCloseStatement(sql);
-            pstmt.setLong(1, seq.longValue());
-            pstmt.execute();
-            txn.commit();
-        } catch (Exception ex) {
-            txn.rollback();
-            String msg = "error seting snapshots_seq to " + seq;
-            s_logger.error(msg, ex);
-            throw new CloudRuntimeException(msg, ex);
-        }
-    }
-
 	@Override
     public boolean configure(String name, Map<String, Object> params) throws ConfigurationException {
         _name = name;
@@ -1203,14 +1165,6 @@ public class SnapshotManagerImpl implements SnapshotManager, SnapshotService, Ma
         _totalRetries = NumbersUtil.parseInt(configDao.getValue("total.retries"), 4);
         _pauseInterval = 2*NumbersUtil.parseInt(configDao.getValue("ping.interval"), 60);
         
-        Long lastId = _getLastId();
-        if ( lastId == null ) {
-            String msg = "Can not get last id of snapshots";
-            s_logger.error(msg);
-            throw new CloudRuntimeException(msg);
-        }
-        s_logger.info("Set shapshot sequence to " + (lastId + 1));
-        _updateSnapshotSeq( lastId + 1 );
         s_logger.info("Snapshot Manager is configured.");
 
         return true;
diff --git a/setup/db/data-21to22.sql b/setup/db/data-21to22.sql
index 7fcc35e36a8..5a7f82136be 100644
--- a/setup/db/data-21to22.sql
+++ b/setup/db/data-21to22.sql
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ INSERT INTO vm_template (id, unique_name, name, public, created, type, hvm, bits
 Update configuration set name='storage.max.volume.size' where name='max.volume.size.mb';
 INSERT INTO sequence (name, value)
     VALUES ('snapshots_seq', '1')
+UPDATE cloud.sequence SET value=IF((SELECT COUNT(*) FROM cloud.snapshots)  > 0, (SELECT max(id) FROM cloud.snapshots) + 1, 1) WHERE name='snapshots_seq'
 
 COMMIT;
diff --git a/setup/db/data-22beta1to22beta2.sql b/setup/db/data-22beta1to22beta2.sql
index f52a94b3651..1d082a6fd8d 100644
--- a/setup/db/data-22beta1to22beta2.sql
+++ b/setup/db/data-22beta1to22beta2.sql
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 INSERT INTO sequence (name, value)
     VALUES ('snapshots_seq', '1')
+UPDATE cloud.sequence SET value=IF((SELECT COUNT(*) FROM cloud.snapshots)  > 0, (SELECT max(id) FROM cloud.snapshots) + 1, 1) WHERE name='snapshots_seq'