diff --git a/core/src/com/cloud/agent/api/storage/CreateCommand.java b/core/src/com/cloud/agent/api/storage/CreateCommand.java
index 99c3d3051c5..ab370027c8d 100644
--- a/core/src/com/cloud/agent/api/storage/CreateCommand.java
+++ b/core/src/com/cloud/agent/api/storage/CreateCommand.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ public class CreateCommand extends Command {
     private DiskCharacteristics diskCharacteristics;
     private String templateUrl;
     private long size;
+    private String instanceName;
     
     protected CreateCommand() {
         super();
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ public class CreateCommand extends Command {
         this.pool = new StoragePoolTO(pool);
         this.templateUrl = null;
         this.size = size;
+        this.instanceName = vm.getInstanceName();
     }
     
     @Override
@@ -89,4 +91,8 @@ public class CreateCommand extends Command {
     public long getSize(){
     	return this.size;
     }
+    
+    public String getInstanceName() {
+    	return instanceName;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/setup/db/templates.vmware.sql b/setup/db/templates.vmware.sql
index 4ba86696071..bfffd2666d8 100644
--- a/setup/db/templates.vmware.sql
+++ b/setup/db/templates.vmware.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+INSERT INTO `cloud`.`vm_template` (id, unique_name, name, public, created, type, hvm, bits, account_id, url, checksum, enable_password, display_text,  format, guest_os_id, featured, cross_zones)
+    VALUES (2, 'blank', 'BlankVM', 1, now(), 'ext3', 0, 32, 1, 'http://nfs1.lab.vmops.com/templates/vmware/blankvm.tar.bz2', '3eff7ce3d25cf9433efde8b245c63fcb', 0, 'BlankVM', 'VMDK', 47, 1, 1);
+
 INSERT INTO `cloud`.`guest_os_category` (id, name) VALUES (1, 'Windows');
 INSERT INTO `cloud`.`guest_os_category` (id, name) VALUES (2, 'Linux');
 INSERT INTO `cloud`.`guest_os_category` (id, name) VALUES (3, 'Novell Netware');