diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/StorageManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/StorageManagerImpl.java
index 59c83edda15..9321585725c 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/StorageManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/StorageManagerImpl.java
@@ -1789,9 +1789,9 @@ public class StorageManagerImpl implements StorageManager, StorageService, Manag
                 }
                 return new Pair<Long, Answer[]>(hostId, answers.toArray(new Answer[answers.size()]));
             } catch (AgentUnavailableException e) {
-                s_logger.debug("Unable to send storage pool command to " + pool, e);
+                s_logger.debug("Unable to send storage pool command to " + pool + " via " + hostId, e);
             } catch (OperationTimedoutException e) {
-                s_logger.debug("Unable to send storage pool command to " + pool, e);
+                s_logger.debug("Unable to send storage pool command to " + pool + " via " + hostId, e);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/snapshot/SnapshotManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/snapshot/SnapshotManagerImpl.java
index 430fe3ed012..72d2fb5aa06 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/snapshot/SnapshotManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/snapshot/SnapshotManagerImpl.java
@@ -216,6 +216,10 @@ public class SnapshotManagerImpl implements SnapshotManager, SnapshotService, Ma
                 if (result.second().getResult()) {
                     return result.second();
                 }
+                if (s_logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                    s_logger.debug("The result for " + cmd.getClass().getName() + " is " + result.second().getDetails() + " through " + result.first());
+                }
+                hostIdsToAvoid.add(result.first());
             } catch (StorageUnavailableException e1) {
                 s_logger.warn("Storage unavailable ", e1);
                 return null;
@@ -225,7 +229,11 @@ public class SnapshotManagerImpl implements SnapshotManager, SnapshotService, Ma
                 Thread.sleep(_pauseInterval * 1000);
             } catch (InterruptedException e) {
             }
+            
+            s_logger.debug("Retrying...");
         }
+        
+        s_logger.warn("After " + _totalRetries + " retries, the command " + cmd.getClass().getName() + " did not succeed.");
 
         return null;
     }