diff --git a/client/tomcatconf/nonossComponentContext.xml.in b/client/tomcatconf/nonossComponentContext.xml.in
index 7dc331f1be8..6bf7e144ff9 100644
--- a/client/tomcatconf/nonossComponentContext.xml.in
+++ b/client/tomcatconf/nonossComponentContext.xml.in
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
   <bean id="vmwareContextFactory" class="com.cloud.hypervisor.vmware.resource.VmwareContextFactory" />
   <bean id="VmwareDatacenterDaoImpl" class="com.cloud.hypervisor.vmware.dao.VmwareDatacenterDaoImpl" />
   <bean id="VmwareDatacenterZoneMapDaoImpl" class="com.cloud.hypervisor.vmware.dao.VmwareDatacenterZoneMapDaoImpl" />
+  <bean id="LegacyZoneDaoImpl" class="com.cloud.hypervisor.vmware.dao.LegacyZoneDaoImpl" />
 
   <!--
     Nicira support components
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/LegacyZone.java b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/LegacyZone.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..535b6a7f99d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/LegacyZone.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+//Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+//or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+//distributed with this work for additional information
+//regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+//to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+//"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+//with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+//Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+//software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+//"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+//KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+//specific language governing permissions and limitations
+//under the License.
+
+package com.cloud.hypervisor.vmware;
+
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.InternalIdentity;
+
+public interface LegacyZone extends InternalIdentity {
+
+    long getId();
+
+    long getZoneId();
+
+}
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/LegacyZoneVO.java b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/LegacyZoneVO.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..390e56daf00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/LegacyZoneVO.java
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+//Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+//or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+//distributed with this work for additional information
+//regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+//to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+//"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+//with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+//Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+//software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+//"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+//KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+//specific language governing permissions and limitations
+//under the License.
+
+package com.cloud.hypervisor.vmware;
+
+import javax.persistence.Column;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.Table;
+
+import com.cloud.utils.NumbersUtil;
+
+/**
+* LegacyZoneVO contains id of CloudStack zone containing clusters from multiple VMware vCetners and/or VMware Datacenters.
+*/
+
+@Entity
+@Table(name="legacy_zones")
+public class LegacyZoneVO implements LegacyZone {
+
+    @Id
+    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
+    @Column(name = "id")
+    private long id;
+
+    @Column(name = "zone_id")
+    private long zoneId;
+
+    @Override
+    public long getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long getZoneId() {
+        return zoneId;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return NumbersUtil.hash(id);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        if (obj instanceof LegacyZoneVO) {
+            return ((LegacyZoneVO)obj).getId() == this.getId();
+        } else {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public LegacyZoneVO() {
+    }
+
+    public LegacyZoneVO(long zoneId) {
+        this.id = zoneId;
+    }
+
+    public LegacyZoneVO(long id, long zoneId) {
+        this.id = id;
+        this.zoneId = zoneId;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/VmwareServerDiscoverer.java b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/VmwareServerDiscoverer.java
index aec44b3c485..fa873741275 100755
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/VmwareServerDiscoverer.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/VmwareServerDiscoverer.java
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public class VmwareServerDiscoverer extends DiscovererBase implements
 		}
 
         Map<String, String> clusterDetails = _clusterDetailsDao.findDetails(clusterId);
-        boolean legacyZone = false;
+        boolean legacyZone = _vmwareMgr.isLegacyZone(dcId);
         //Check if NOT a legacy zone.
         if (!legacyZone) {
             String updatedInventoryPath = validateCluster(dcId, url, username, password);
@@ -455,15 +455,15 @@ public class VmwareServerDiscoverer extends DiscovererBase implements
 
         if (!vCenterHost.equalsIgnoreCase(url.getHost())) {
             msg = "This cluster " + clusterName + " belongs to vCenter " + url.getHost()
-                + " .But this zone is associated with VMware DC from vCenter " + vCenterHost
+                + ". But this zone is associated with VMware DC from vCenter " + vCenterHost
                 + ". Make sure the cluster being added belongs to vCenter " + vCenterHost
-                + " and DC " + vmwareDcNameFromDb;
+                + " and VMware DC " + vmwareDcNameFromDb;
             s_logger.error(msg);
             throw new DiscoveryException(msg);
         } else if (!vmwareDcNameFromDb.equalsIgnoreCase(vmwareDcNameFromApi)) {
             msg = "This cluster " + clusterName + " belongs to VMware DC " + vmwareDcNameFromApi
                 + " .But this zone is associated with VMware DC " + vmwareDcNameFromDb
-                + ". Make sure the cluster being added belongs to DC " + vmwareDcNameFromDb
+                + ". Make sure the cluster being added belongs to VMware DC " + vmwareDcNameFromDb
                 + " in vCenter " + vCenterHost;
             s_logger.error(msg);
             throw new DiscoveryException(msg);
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/dao/LegacyZoneDao.java b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/dao/LegacyZoneDao.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4a858f81363
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/dao/LegacyZoneDao.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+package com.cloud.hypervisor.vmware.dao;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import com.cloud.hypervisor.vmware.LegacyZoneVO;
+import com.cloud.utils.db.GenericDao;
+
+public interface LegacyZoneDao extends GenericDao<LegacyZoneVO, Long> {
+    /**
+     * @param id of zone
+     * @return zone id of legacy zone
+     */
+    LegacyZoneVO findByZoneId(String zoneId);
+
+    /**
+     * Lists all legacy CloudStack zones
+     * @return list of ids of legacy CloudStack zones
+     */
+    List<LegacyZoneVO> listAllLegacyZones();
+}
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/dao/LegacyZoneDaoImpl.java b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/dao/LegacyZoneDaoImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7d2d1285c13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/dao/LegacyZoneDaoImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+ // Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ // or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ // distributed with this work for additional information
+ // regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ // to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ // "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ // with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ //
+ //   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ //
+ // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ // software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ // "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ // KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ // specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ // under the License.
+
+ package com.cloud.hypervisor.vmware.dao;
+
+ import java.util.List;
+
+ import javax.ejb.Local;
+
+ import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+ import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+ import com.cloud.hypervisor.vmware.LegacyZoneVO;
+ import com.cloud.utils.db.DB;
+ import com.cloud.utils.db.GenericDaoBase;
+ import com.cloud.utils.db.SearchBuilder;
+ import com.cloud.utils.db.SearchCriteria;
+ import com.cloud.utils.db.SearchCriteria.Op;
+
+ @Component
+ @Local(value=LegacyZoneDao.class) @DB(txn=false)
+ public class LegacyZoneDaoImpl extends GenericDaoBase<LegacyZoneVO, Long> implements LegacyZoneDao {
+     protected static final Logger s_logger = Logger.getLogger(LegacyZoneDaoImpl.class);
+
+     final SearchBuilder<LegacyZoneVO> zoneSearch;
+     final SearchBuilder<LegacyZoneVO> fullTableSearch;
+
+     public LegacyZoneDaoImpl() {
+         super();
+
+         zoneSearch = createSearchBuilder();
+         zoneSearch.and("zoneId", zoneSearch.entity().getZoneId(), Op.EQ);
+         zoneSearch.done();
+
+         fullTableSearch = createSearchBuilder();
+         fullTableSearch.done();
+     }
+
+     @Override
+     public LegacyZoneVO findByZoneId(String zoneId) {
+         SearchCriteria<LegacyZoneVO> sc = zoneSearch.create();
+         sc.setParameters("zoneId", zoneId);
+         return findOneBy(sc);
+     }
+
+     @Override
+    public List<LegacyZoneVO> listAllLegacyZones() {
+        SearchCriteria<LegacyZoneVO> sc = fullTableSearch.create();
+        return search(sc, null);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/manager/VmwareManager.java b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/manager/VmwareManager.java
index fb6d3d6667f..45fd12b063f 100755
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/manager/VmwareManager.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/manager/VmwareManager.java
@@ -66,4 +66,6 @@ public interface VmwareManager {
     String getPrivateVSwitchName(long dcId, HypervisorType hypervisorType);
     
     public String getRootDiskController();
+
+    boolean isLegacyZone(long dcId);
 }
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/manager/VmwareManagerImpl.java b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/manager/VmwareManagerImpl.java
index 3718762834a..f33a614bfa6 100755
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/manager/VmwareManagerImpl.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/manager/VmwareManagerImpl.java
@@ -67,10 +67,12 @@ import com.cloud.host.Status;
 import com.cloud.host.dao.HostDao;
 import com.cloud.hypervisor.Hypervisor.HypervisorType;
 import com.cloud.hypervisor.dao.HypervisorCapabilitiesDao;
+import com.cloud.hypervisor.vmware.LegacyZoneVO;
 import com.cloud.hypervisor.vmware.VmwareCleanupMaid;
 import com.cloud.hypervisor.vmware.VmwareDatacenterService;
 import com.cloud.hypervisor.vmware.VmwareDatacenterVO;
 import com.cloud.hypervisor.vmware.VmwareDatacenterZoneMapVO;
+import com.cloud.hypervisor.vmware.dao.LegacyZoneDao;
 import com.cloud.hypervisor.vmware.dao.VmwareDatacenterDao;
 import com.cloud.hypervisor.vmware.dao.VmwareDatacenterZoneMapDao;
 import com.cloud.hypervisor.vmware.mo.CustomFieldConstants;
@@ -147,6 +149,7 @@ public class VmwareManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements VmwareManager, Vmw
     @Inject DataCenterDao _dcDao;
     @Inject VmwareDatacenterDao _vmwareDcDao;
     @Inject VmwareDatacenterZoneMapDao _vmwareDcZoneMapDao;
+    @Inject LegacyZoneDao _legacyZoneDao;
 
     String _mountParent;
     StorageLayer _storage;
@@ -1143,4 +1146,14 @@ public class VmwareManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements VmwareManager, Vmw
         }
         return uri;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isLegacyZone(long dcId) {
+        boolean isLegacyZone = false;
+        LegacyZoneVO legacyZoneVo = _legacyZoneDao.findById(dcId);
+        if (legacyZoneVo != null) {
+            isLegacyZone = true;
+        }
+        return isLegacyZone;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/test/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/VmwareDatacenterApiUnitTest.java b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/test/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/VmwareDatacenterApiUnitTest.java
index f0fb08e1419..08bad9f297e 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/test/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/VmwareDatacenterApiUnitTest.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/vmware/test/com/cloud/hypervisor/vmware/VmwareDatacenterApiUnitTest.java
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ import com.cloud.exception.ResourceInUseException;
 import com.cloud.host.dao.HostDao;
 import com.cloud.hypervisor.Hypervisor.HypervisorType;
 import com.cloud.hypervisor.dao.HypervisorCapabilitiesDao;
+import com.cloud.hypervisor.vmware.dao.LegacyZoneDao;
 import com.cloud.hypervisor.vmware.dao.VmwareDatacenterDao;
 import com.cloud.hypervisor.vmware.dao.VmwareDatacenterZoneMapDao;
 import com.cloud.hypervisor.vmware.manager.VmwareManager;
@@ -370,6 +371,11 @@ public class VmwareDatacenterApiUnitTest {
             return Mockito.mock(ClusterVSMMapDao.class);
         }
 
+        @Bean
+        public LegacyZoneDao legacyZoneDao() {
+            return Mockito.mock(LegacyZoneDao.class);
+        }
+
         @Bean
         public ConfigurationDao configurationDao() {
             return Mockito.mock(ConfigurationDao.class);