diff --git a/lib/fog/aws/storage.rb b/lib/fog/aws/storage.rb
index 576fed37f..5d511d1f7 100644
--- a/lib/fog/aws/storage.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/aws/storage.rb
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ module Fog
             @scheme = endpoint.scheme
           else
             options[:region] ||= 'us-east-1'
+            @region = options[:region]
             @host = options[:host] || case options[:region]
             when 'us-east-1'
               's3.amazonaws.com'
diff --git a/lib/fog/vsphere/compute.rb b/lib/fog/vsphere/compute.rb
index 92c3b630b..f75bab8b8 100644
--- a/lib/fog/vsphere/compute.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/vsphere/compute.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ module Fog
       request :vm_reconfig_hardware
       request :vm_reconfig_memory
       request :vm_reconfig_cpus
+      request :vm_config_vnc
 
       module Shared
 
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@ module Fog
           :tools_state => 'guest.toolsStatus',
           :tools_version => 'guest.toolsVersionStatus',
           :is_a_template => 'config.template',
+          :memory_mb => 'config.hardware.memoryMB',
+          :cpus   => 'config.hardware.numCPU',
         }
 
         # Utility method to convert a VMware managed object into an attribute hash.
@@ -65,8 +68,8 @@ module Fog
           # API. The hypervisor name and mac_addresses attributes may not be available
           # so we need catch any exceptions thrown during lookup and set them to nil.
           #
-          # The use of the "tap" method here is a convience, it allows us to update the
-          # hash object without expliclty returning the hash at the end of the method.
+          # The use of the "tap" method here is a convenience, it allows us to update the
+          # hash object without explicitly returning the hash at the end of the method.
           Hash[ATTR_TO_PROP.map { |k,v| [k.to_s, props[v]] }].tap do |attrs|
             attrs['id'] ||= vm_mob_ref._ref
             attrs['mo_ref'] = vm_mob_ref._ref
diff --git a/lib/fog/vsphere/models/compute/server.rb b/lib/fog/vsphere/models/compute/server.rb
index fd0aeac5b..ddef26e21 100644
--- a/lib/fog/vsphere/models/compute/server.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/vsphere/models/compute/server.rb
@@ -34,26 +34,31 @@ module Fog
         attribute :connection_state
         attribute :mo_ref
         attribute :path
+        attribute :memory_mb
+        attribute :cpus
 
         def vm_reconfig_memory(options = {})
           requires :instance_uuid, :memory
           connection.vm_reconfig_memory('instance_uuid' => instance_uuid, 'memory' => memory)
         end
+
         def vm_reconfig_cpus(options = {})
           requires :instance_uuid, :cpus
           connection.vm_reconfig_cpus('instance_uuid' => instance_uuid, 'cpus' => cpus)
         end
+
         def vm_reconfig_hardware(options = {})
           requires :instance_uuid, :hardware_spec
           connection.vm_reconfig_hardware('instance_uuid' => instance_uuid, 'hardware_spec' => hardware_spec)
         end
+
         def start(options = {})
           requires :instance_uuid
           connection.vm_power_on('instance_uuid' => instance_uuid)
         end
 
         def stop(options = {})
-          options = { :force => false }.merge(options)
+          options = { :force => !tools_installed? }.merge(options)
           requires :instance_uuid
           connection.vm_power_off('instance_uuid' => instance_uuid, 'force' => options[:force])
         end
@@ -82,6 +87,7 @@ module Fog
           new_vm.connection = self.connection
           new_vm
         end
+
         def clone(options = {})
           requires :name, :path
           # Convert symbols to strings
@@ -100,6 +106,30 @@ module Fog
           new_vm
         end
 
+        def ready?
+          power_state == "poweredOn"
+        end
+
+        def tools_installed?
+          tools_state != "toolsNotInstalled"
+        end
+
+        # defines VNC attributes on the hypervisor
+        def config_vnc(options = {})
+          requires :instance_uuid
+          connection.vm_config_vnc(options.merge('instance_uuid' => instance_uuid))
+        end
+
+        # returns a hash of VNC attributes required for connection
+        def vnc
+          requires :instance_uuid
+          connection.vm_get_vnc(instance_uuid)
+        end
+
+        def memory
+          memory_mb * 1024 * 1024
+        end
+
       end
 
     end
diff --git a/lib/fog/vsphere/requests/compute/vm_config_vnc.rb b/lib/fog/vsphere/requests/compute/vm_config_vnc.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8be88395c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/fog/vsphere/requests/compute/vm_config_vnc.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+module Fog
+  module Compute
+    class Vsphere
+      class Real
+        def vm_config_vnc(options = { })
+          raise ArgumentError, "instance_uuid is a required parameter" unless options.has_key? 'instance_uuid'
+
+          search_filter = { :uuid => options['instance_uuid'], 'vmSearch' => true, 'instanceUuid' => true }
+          vm_mob_ref    = @connection.searchIndex.FindAllByUuid(search_filter).first
+          task          = vm_mob_ref.ReconfigVM_Task(:spec => {
+            :extraConfig => [
+              { :key => 'RemoteDisplay.vnc.enabled',  :value => options[:enabled] ? 'true' : 'false' },
+              { :key => 'RemoteDisplay.vnc.password', :value => options[:password].to_s },
+              { :key => 'RemoteDisplay.vnc.port',     :value => options[:port].to_s || '5910' }
+            ]
+          })
+          task.wait_for_completion
+          { 'task_state' => task.info.state }
+        end
+
+        # return a hash of VNC attributes required to view the console
+        def vm_get_vnc uuid
+
+          search_filter = { :uuid => uuid, 'vmSearch' => true, 'instanceUuid' => true }
+          vm = @connection.searchIndex.FindAllByUuid(search_filter).first
+          Hash[vm.config.extraConfig.map do |config|
+            if config.key =~ /^RemoteDisplay\.vnc\.(\w+)$/
+              [$1.to_sym, config.value]
+            end
+          end.compact]
+        end
+
+      end
+
+      class Mock
+        def vm_config_vnc(options = { })
+          raise ArgumentError, "instance_uuid is a required parameter" unless options.has_key? 'instance_uuid'
+          { 'task_state' => 'success' }
+        end
+
+        def vm_get_vnc uuid
+          {:password => 'secret', :port => '5900', :enabled => 'true'}
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/tests/vsphere/requests/compute/vm_config_vnc_tests.rb b/tests/vsphere/requests/compute/vm_config_vnc_tests.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9350d069d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vsphere/requests/compute/vm_config_vnc_tests.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Shindo.tests('Fog::Compute[:vsphere] | vm_config_vnc request', ['vsphere']) do
+
+  compute = Fog::Compute[:vsphere]
+
+  reconfig_target = '50137835-88a1-436e-768e-9b2677076e67'
+  vnc_spec = {:port => '5900', :password => 'ssaaa', :enabled => 'true'}
+
+  tests('The response should') do
+    response = compute.vm_config_vnc('instance_uuid' => reconfig_target).merge(vnc_spec)
+    test('be a kind of Hash') { response.kind_of? Hash }
+    test('should have a task_state key') { response.has_key? 'task_state' }
+  end
+
+  tests('VNC attrs response should') do
+    response = compute.vm_get_vnc(reconfig_target)
+    test('be a kind of Hash') { response.kind_of? Hash }
+    test('should have a port key') { response.has_key? :port }
+  end
+end