diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/xenserver/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xenserver/resource/CitrixResourceBase.java b/plugins/hypervisors/xenserver/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xenserver/resource/CitrixResourceBase.java
index 6d777e4f5ff..a4aa4b6ae56 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/xenserver/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xenserver/resource/CitrixResourceBase.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/xenserver/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/xenserver/resource/CitrixResourceBase.java
@@ -571,9 +571,17 @@ public abstract class CitrixResourceBase implements ServerResource, HypervisorRe
     @Override
     public ExecutionResult createFileInVR(String routerIp, String path, String filename, String content) {
         Connection conn = getConnection();
-        String rc = callHostPlugin(conn, "vmops", "createFileInDomr", "domrip", routerIp, "filepath", path + filename, "filecontents", content);
-        s_logger.debug ("VR Config file " + filename + " got created in VR with ip " + routerIp + " with content \n" + content);
-        // Fail case would be start with "fail#"
+        String hostPath = "/tmp/";
+
+        s_logger.debug("Copying VR with ip " + routerIp +" config file into host "+ _host.ip );
+        try {
+            SshHelper.scpTo(_host.ip, 22, _username, null, _password.peek(), hostPath, content.getBytes(), filename, null);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            s_logger.warn("scp VR config file into host " + _host.ip + " failed with exception " + e.getMessage().toString());
+        }
+
+        String rc = callHostPlugin(conn, "vmops", "createFileInDomr", "domrip", routerIp, "srcfilepath", hostPath + filename, "dstfilepath", path);
+        s_logger.debug ("VR Config file " + filename + " got created in VR, ip " + routerIp + " with content \n" + content);
         return new ExecutionResult(rc.startsWith("succ#"), rc.substring(5));
     }
 
diff --git a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/vmops b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/vmops
index 62a60bb0657..a73084a6af8 100755
--- a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/vmops
+++ b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/vmops
@@ -204,20 +204,17 @@ def createFile(session, args):
 
 @echo
 def createFileInDomr(session, args):
-    file_path = args['filepath']
-    file_contents = args['filecontents']
+    src_filepath = args['srcfilepath']
+    dst_path = args['dstfilepath']
     domrip = args['domrip']
+    txt=""
     try:
-        tmpfile = util.pread2(['mktemp']).strip()
-        f = open(tmpfile, "w")
-        f.write(file_contents)
-        f.close()
-        target = "root@" + domrip + ":" + file_path
-        txt = util.pread2(['scp','-P','3922','-q','-o','StrictHostKeyChecking=no','-i','/root/.ssh/id_rsa.cloud',tmpfile, target])
-        util.pread2(['rm',tmpfile])
+        target = "root@" + domrip + ":" + dst_path
+        txt = util.pread2(['scp','-P','3922','-q','-o','StrictHostKeyChecking=no','-i','/root/.ssh/id_rsa.cloud',src_filepath, target])
+        util.pread2(['rm',src_filepath])
         txt = 'succ#' + txt
     except:
-        logging.debug("failed to create file " + file_path + " in VR, contain: " + file_contents)
+        logging.debug("failed to copy file " + src_filepath + " from host to VR with ip " + domrip)
         txt = 'fail#' + txt
     return txt
 
@@ -1486,8 +1483,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                             "destroy_network_rules_for_vm":destroy_network_rules_for_vm, 
                             "default_network_rules_systemvm":default_network_rules_systemvm, 
                             "network_rules_vmSecondaryIp":network_rules_vmSecondaryIp,
-                            "get_rule_logs_for_vms":get_rule_logs_for_vms, 
-			    "add_to_VCPUs_params_live":add_to_VCPUs_params_live,
+                            "get_rule_logs_for_vms":get_rule_logs_for_vms,
+                            "add_to_VCPUs_params_live":add_to_VCPUs_params_live,
                             "setLinkLocalIP":setLinkLocalIP,
                             "cleanup_rules":cleanup_rules,
                             "createFileInDomr":createFileInDomr,