diff --git a/build/build-cloud.xml b/build/build-cloud.xml
index 85550a3dd3f..9c0202bf89d 100755
--- a/build/build-cloud.xml
+++ b/build/build-cloud.xml
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
       <fileset dir="${deps.dir}">
         <include name="log4j-1.2.15.jar" />
         <include name="apache-log4j-extras-1.0.jar" />
-        <include name="gson-1.5.jar" />
+        <include name="gson.jar" />
       </fileset>
     </copy>
 
diff --git a/build/package.xml b/build/package.xml
index 31aee189c73..5bc293f05e5 100755
--- a/build/package.xml
+++ b/build/package.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         <include name="cloud-ws-commons-util-1.0.2.jar" />
         <include name="cloud-log4j.jar" />
         <include name="cloud-apache-log4j-extras-1.0.jar" />
-        <include name="cloud-gson-1.3.jar" />
+        <include name="cloud-gson.jar" />
         <include name="cloud-commons-httpclient-3.1.jar" />
         <include name="cloud-commons-logging-1.1.1.jar" />
         <include name="cloud-commons-collections-3.2.1.jar" />
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
         <include name="cloud-ws-commons-util-1.0.2.jar" />
         <include name="cloud-log4j.jar" />
         <include name="cloud-apache-log4j-extras-1.0.jar" />
-        <include name="cloud-gson-1.3.jar" />
+        <include name="cloud-gson.jar" />
         <include name="cloud-commons-httpclient-3.1.jar" />
         <include name="cloud-commons-logging-1.1.1.jar" />
         <include name="cloud-commons-collections-3.2.1.jar" />
diff --git a/core/src/com/cloud/agent/api/ModifyStoragePoolCommand.java b/core/src/com/cloud/agent/api/ModifyStoragePoolCommand.java
index 5941b1b5471..5d8ca2ae545 100644
--- a/core/src/com/cloud/agent/api/ModifyStoragePoolCommand.java
+++ b/core/src/com/cloud/agent/api/ModifyStoragePoolCommand.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class ModifyStoragePoolCommand extends Command {
     
     public ModifyStoragePoolCommand(boolean add, StoragePoolVO pool, String localPath) {
     	this.add = add;
-    	this.pool = pool;
+    	this.pool = new StoragePoolVO(pool);
         this.localPath = localPath;
 
     }
diff --git a/core/src/com/cloud/agent/api/StartRouterCommand.java b/core/src/com/cloud/agent/api/StartRouterCommand.java
index c4d3fed8325..3afc6b4e0ec 100755
--- a/core/src/com/cloud/agent/api/StartRouterCommand.java
+++ b/core/src/com/cloud/agent/api/StartRouterCommand.java
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import com.cloud.storage.VolumeVO;
 import com.cloud.vm.DomainRouter;
-import com.cloud.vm.DomainRouterVO;
 import com.cloud.vm.DomainRouter.Role;
+import com.cloud.vm.DomainRouterVO;
 
 
 public class StartRouterCommand extends AbstractStartCommand {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class StartRouterCommand extends AbstractStartCommand {
             String routerName, String[] storageIps, List<VolumeVO> vols, boolean mirroredVols, 
             String guestOSDescription, String mgmtHost) {
         super(routerName, storageIps, vols, mirroredVols);
-        this.router = router;
+        this.router = new DomainRouterVO(router);
         this.networkRateMbps = networkRateMbps;
         this.networkRateMulticastMbps = networkRateMulticastMbps;
         this.guestOSDescription = guestOSDescription;
diff --git a/core/src/com/cloud/agent/api/StartSecStorageVmCommand.java b/core/src/com/cloud/agent/api/StartSecStorageVmCommand.java
index f356b0d60d2..089281add4a 100644
--- a/core/src/com/cloud/agent/api/StartSecStorageVmCommand.java
+++ b/core/src/com/cloud/agent/api/StartSecStorageVmCommand.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class StartSecStorageVmCommand extends AbstractStartCommand {
     
 	protected StartSecStorageVmCommand() {
 	}
-	
+
     public StartSecStorageVmCommand(int networkRateMbps, int networkRateMulticastMbps, int proxyCmdPort, 
             SecondaryStorageVmVO secStorageVm, String vmName, String storageHost,
     		List<VolumeVO> vols, String mgmtHost, int mgmtPort, boolean sslCopy, String guestOSDescription) {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class StartSecStorageVmCommand extends AbstractStartCommand {
         this.networkRateMbps = networkRateMbps;
         this.networkRateMulticastMbps = networkRateMulticastMbps;
     	this.proxyCmdPort = proxyCmdPort;
-    	this.secStorageVm = secStorageVm;
+    	this.secStorageVm = new SecondaryStorageVmVO(secStorageVm);
 
     	this.mgmt_host = mgmtHost;
     	this.mgmt_port = mgmtPort;
diff --git a/core/src/com/cloud/agent/transport/ArrayTypeAdaptor.java b/core/src/com/cloud/agent/transport/ArrayTypeAdaptor.java
index fdabc6fb666..40c6bf8bb25 100755
--- a/core/src/com/cloud/agent/transport/ArrayTypeAdaptor.java
+++ b/core/src/com/cloud/agent/transport/ArrayTypeAdaptor.java
@@ -22,10 +22,9 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Array;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 import com.cloud.agent.api.Command;
-import com.cloud.storage.VolumeVO;
 import com.cloud.utils.exception.CloudRuntimeException;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
@@ -33,19 +32,18 @@ import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
 import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext;
 import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer;
 import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
-import com.google.gson.JsonPrimitive;
 import com.google.gson.JsonSerializationContext;
 import com.google.gson.JsonSerializer;
-import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
 
 public class ArrayTypeAdaptor<T> implements JsonDeserializer<T[]>, JsonSerializer<T[]> {
 
 	static final GsonBuilder s_gBuilder;
     static {
-        s_gBuilder = new GsonBuilder();
-        final Type listType = new TypeToken<List<VolumeVO>>() {}.getType();
-        s_gBuilder.registerTypeAdapter(listType, new VolListTypeAdaptor());
+        s_gBuilder = Request.initBuilder();
+//        final Type listType = new TypeToken<List<VolumeVO>>() {}.getType();
+//        s_gBuilder.registerTypeAdapter(listType, new VolListTypeAdaptor());
     }
 	
 	
@@ -53,35 +51,39 @@ public class ArrayTypeAdaptor<T> implements JsonDeserializer<T[]>, JsonSerialize
     public ArrayTypeAdaptor() {
     }
 
+    @Override
     public JsonElement serialize(T[] src, Type typeOfSrc, JsonSerializationContext context) {
         Gson gson = s_gBuilder.create();
         JsonArray array = new JsonArray();
         for (T cmd : src) {
-            String result = gson.toJson(cmd);
-            array.add(new JsonPrimitive(cmd.getClass().getName().substring(s_pkg.length())));
-            array.add(new JsonPrimitive(result));
+            JsonObject obj = new JsonObject();
+            obj.add(cmd.getClass().getName().substring(s_pkg.length()), gson.toJsonTree(cmd));
+            array.add(obj);
         }
 
         return array;
     }
 
+    @Override
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public T[] deserialize(JsonElement json, Type typeOfT, JsonDeserializationContext context)
             throws JsonParseException {
         JsonArray array = json.getAsJsonArray();
         Iterator<JsonElement> it = array.iterator();
         ArrayList<T> cmds = new ArrayList<T>();
-        Gson gson = Request.initBuilder().create();
+        Gson gson = s_gBuilder.create();
         while (it.hasNext()) {
-            JsonElement element = it.next();
-            String name = s_pkg + element.getAsString();
+            JsonObject element = (JsonObject)it.next();
+            Map.Entry<String, JsonElement> entry = element.entrySet().iterator().next();
+            
+            String name = s_pkg + entry.getKey();
             Class<?> clazz;
             try {
                 clazz = Class.forName(name);
             } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
                 throw new CloudRuntimeException("can't find " + name);
             }
-            T cmd = (T)gson.fromJson(it.next().getAsString(), clazz);
+            T cmd = (T)gson.fromJson(entry.getValue(), clazz);
             cmds.add(cmd);
         }
         Class<?> type = ((Class<?>)typeOfT).getComponentType();
diff --git a/core/src/com/cloud/storage/StoragePoolVO.java b/core/src/com/cloud/storage/StoragePoolVO.java
index f15be056f97..a2b9cf3c640 100644
--- a/core/src/com/cloud/storage/StoragePoolVO.java
+++ b/core/src/com/cloud/storage/StoragePoolVO.java
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ public class StoragePoolVO implements StoragePool {
     private Long clusterId;
     
     
+    @Override
     public Long getClusterId() {
         return clusterId;
     }
@@ -195,6 +196,10 @@ public class StoragePoolVO implements StoragePool {
         this.setStatus(Status.Up);
     }
     
+    public StoragePoolVO(StoragePoolVO that) {
+        this(that.id, that.name, that.uuid, that.poolType, that.dataCenterId, that.podId, that.availableBytes, that.capacityBytes, that.hostAddress, that.port, that.path);
+    }
+    
     public StoragePoolVO(StoragePoolType type, String hostAddress, int port, String path) {
         this.poolType = type;
         this.hostAddress = hostAddress;
@@ -224,6 +229,7 @@ public class StoragePoolVO implements StoragePool {
         this.uuid = uuid;
     }
     
+    @Override
     public int getPort() {
         return port;
     }
@@ -257,7 +263,8 @@ public class StoragePoolVO implements StoragePool {
         return null;
     }
 
-	public Long getPodId() {
+	@Override
+    public Long getPodId() {
 		return podId;
 	}
 	
diff --git a/core/src/com/cloud/vm/DomainRouterVO.java b/core/src/com/cloud/vm/DomainRouterVO.java
index a191836dbe9..34e173dbdab 100755
--- a/core/src/com/cloud/vm/DomainRouterVO.java
+++ b/core/src/com/cloud/vm/DomainRouterVO.java
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ public class DomainRouterVO extends VMInstanceVO implements DomainRouter {
     @Enumerated(EnumType.STRING)
     private Role role = Role.DHCP_FIREWALL_LB_PASSWD_USERDATA;
     
+    public DomainRouterVO(DomainRouterVO that) {
+        this(that.id, that.serviceOfferingId, that.instanceName, that.privateMacAddress, that.privateIpAddress, that.privateNetmask, that.templateId, that.guestOSId, that.guestMacAddress, that.guestIpAddress, that.guestNetmask, that.accountId, that.domainId, that.publicMacAddress, that.publicIpAddress, that.publicNetmask, that.vlanDbId, that.vlanId, that.podId, that.dataCenterId, that.ramSize, that.gateway, that.domain, that.dns1, that.dns2);
+        this.vnet = that.vnet;
+    }
+    
     public DomainRouterVO(long id,
                           long serviceOfferingId,
                           String name,
diff --git a/core/src/com/cloud/vm/SecondaryStorageVmVO.java b/core/src/com/cloud/vm/SecondaryStorageVmVO.java
index a97f690638e..5afb42c8633 100644
--- a/core/src/com/cloud/vm/SecondaryStorageVmVO.java
+++ b/core/src/com/cloud/vm/SecondaryStorageVmVO.java
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ import javax.persistence.PrimaryKeyJoinColumn;
 import javax.persistence.Table;
 import javax.persistence.Temporal;
 import javax.persistence.TemporalType;
-
-import com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachine.Type;
 
 /**
  * SecondaryStorageVmVO domain object
@@ -87,7 +85,9 @@ public class SecondaryStorageVmVO extends VMInstanceVO implements SecondaryStora
     
     @Temporal(TemporalType.TIMESTAMP)
     @Column(name="last_update", updatable=true, nullable=true)
-    private Date lastUpdateTime;
+    private Date lastUpdateTime;
+    
+    
     
     public SecondaryStorageVmVO(long id, long serviceOfferingId, String name, long templateId, long guestOSId, long dataCenterId, 
     							long domainId, long accountId) {
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ public class SecondaryStorageVmVO extends VMInstanceVO implements SecondaryStora
     	this.ramSize = ramSize;
     	this.setGuid(guid);
     	this.nfsShare = nfsShare;
+    }
+    
+    public SecondaryStorageVmVO(SecondaryStorageVmVO that) {
+        this(that.id, that.serviceOfferingId, that.instanceName, that.guestMacAddress, that.guestIpAddress, that.guestNetmask, that.privateMacAddress, that.privateIpAddress, that.privateNetmask, that.templateId, that.guestOSId, that.publicMacAddress, that.publicIpAddress, that.publicNetmask, that.vlanDbId, that.vlanId, that.podId, that.dataCenterId, that.domainId, that.accountId, that.gateway, that.hostId, that.dns1, that.dns2, that.domain, that.ramSize, that.guid, that.nfsShare);
     }
     
     protected SecondaryStorageVmVO() {
diff --git a/core/src/com/cloud/vm/VMInstanceVO.java b/core/src/com/cloud/vm/VMInstanceVO.java
index 07e8e1c16a7..8bfa0906c36 100644
--- a/core/src/com/cloud/vm/VMInstanceVO.java
+++ b/core/src/com/cloud/vm/VMInstanceVO.java
@@ -47,20 +47,20 @@ public class VMInstanceVO implements VirtualMachine, FiniteStateObject<State, Vi
     @Id
     @TableGenerator(name="vm_instance_sq", table="sequence", pkColumnName="name", valueColumnName="value", pkColumnValue="vm_instance_seq", allocationSize=1)
     @Column(name="id", updatable=false, nullable = false)
-	private long id;
+	protected long id;
 
     @Column(name="name", updatable=false, nullable=false, length=255)
-	private String hostName = null;
+	protected String hostName = null;
 
     @Column(name="vnc_password", updatable=true, nullable=false, length=255)
-    String vncPassword;
+    protected String vncPassword;
     
     @Column(name="proxy_id", updatable=true, nullable=true)
-    Long proxyId;
+    protected Long proxyId;
     
     @Temporal(TemporalType.TIMESTAMP)
     @Column(name="proxy_assign_time", updatable=true, nullable=true)
-    Date proxyAssignTime;
+    protected Date proxyAssignTime;
 
     /**
      * Note that state is intentionally missing the setter.  Any updates to
@@ -70,72 +70,72 @@ public class VMInstanceVO implements VirtualMachine, FiniteStateObject<State, Vi
     @Enumerated(value=EnumType.STRING)
     @StateMachine(state=State.class, event=Event.class)
     @Column(name="state", updatable=true, nullable=false, length=32)
-    private State state = null;
+    protected State state = null;
 
     @Column(name="private_ip_address", updatable=true)
-	private String privateIpAddress;
+	protected String privateIpAddress;
 
     @Column(name="instance_name", updatable=true, nullable=false)
-    private String instanceName;
+    protected String instanceName;
 
     @Column(name="vm_template_id", updatable=false, nullable=true, length=17)
-	private Long templateId = new Long(-1);
+	protected Long templateId = new Long(-1);
 
     @Column(name="guest_os_id", nullable=false, length=17)
-    private long guestOSId;
+    protected long guestOSId;
     
     @Column(name="host_id", updatable=true, nullable=true)
-	private Long hostId;
+	protected Long hostId;
     
     @Column(name="last_host_id", updatable=true, nullable=true)
-    private Long lastHostId;
+    protected Long lastHostId;
 
     @Column(name="pod_id", updatable=true, nullable=false)
-    private Long podId;
+    protected Long podId;
 
     @Column(name="private_mac_address", updatable=true, nullable=true)
-    String privateMacAddress;
+    protected String privateMacAddress;
 
     @Column(name="private_netmask")
-    private String privateNetmask;
+    protected String privateNetmask;
 
     @Column(name="data_center_id", updatable=true, nullable=false)
-    long dataCenterId;
+    protected long dataCenterId;
 
     @Column(name="type", updatable=false, nullable=false, length=32)
     @Enumerated(value=EnumType.STRING)
-    Type type;
+    protected Type type;
 
     @Column(name="ha_enabled", updatable=true, nullable=true)
-    boolean haEnabled;
+    protected boolean haEnabled;
     
     @Column(name="mirrored_vols", updatable=true, nullable=true)
-    boolean mirroredVols;
+    protected boolean mirroredVols;
 
     @Column(name="update_count", updatable = true, nullable=false)
-    long updated;	// This field should be updated everytime the state is updated.  There's no set method in the vo object because it is done with in the dao code.
+    protected long updated;	// This field should be updated everytime the state is updated.  There's no set method in the vo object because it is done with in the dao code.
     
     @Column(name=GenericDao.CREATED_COLUMN)
-    Date created;
+    protected Date created;
     
     @Column(name=GenericDao.REMOVED_COLUMN)
-    Date removed;
+    protected Date removed;
     
     @Column(name="update_time", updatable=true)
     @Temporal(value=TemporalType.TIMESTAMP)
-    Date updateTime;
+    protected Date updateTime;
     
     @Column(name="domain_id")
-    long domainId;
+    protected long domainId;
     
     @Column(name="account_id")
-    long accountId;
+    protected long accountId;
     
     @Column(name="service_offering_id")
-    long serviceOfferingId;
+    protected long serviceOfferingId;
     
     @Column(name="reservation_id")
-    String reservationId;
+    protected String reservationId;
     
     public VMInstanceVO(long id,
                         long serviceOfferingId,
diff --git a/deps/cloud-gson-1.3.jar b/deps/cloud-gson-1.3.jar
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