CLOUDSTACK-1744: It's due to db upgrade issue. On master, deploydb will upgrade db to 4.2, which will update vm_template's image_data_store_id, while deploydb-simulator adds a new column in vm_template table, which doesn't set image_data_store_id, thus causing NPE.

sudison · sudison · commit 33937c980eaa · 2013-03-21T18:25:02.000-07:00
diff --git a/setup/db/templates.simulator.sql b/setup/db/templates.simulator.sql
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
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-INSERT INTO `cloud`.`vm_template` (id, uuid, unique_name, name, public, created, type, hvm, bits, account_id, url, checksum, enable_password, display_text, format, guest_os_id, featured, cross_zones, hypervisor_type)
-    VALUES (10, UUID(), 'simulator-domR', 'SystemVM Template (simulator)', 0, now(), 'SYSTEM', 0, 64, 1, 'http://nfs1.lab.vmops.com/templates/routing/debian/latest/systemvm.vhd.bz2', '', 0, 'SystemVM Template (simulator)', 'VHD', 15, 0, 1, 'Simulator');
-INSERT INTO `cloud`.`vm_template` (id, uuid, unique_name, name, public, created, type, hvm, bits, account_id, url, checksum, enable_password, display_text,  format, guest_os_id, featured, cross_zones, hypervisor_type)
-    VALUES (11, UUID(), 'simulator-Centos', 'CentOS 5.3(64-bit) no GUI (Simulator)', 1, now(), 'BUILTIN', 0, 64, 1, 'http://nfs1.lab.vmops.com/templates/centos53-x86_64/latest/f59f18fb-ae94-4f97-afd2-f84755767aca.vhd.bz2', '', 0, 'CentOS 5.3(64-bit) no GUI (Simulator)', 'VHD', 11, 1, 1, 'Simulator');
+INSERT INTO `cloud`.`vm_template` (id, uuid, unique_name, name, public, created, type, hvm, bits, account_id, url, checksum, enable_password, display_text, format, guest_os_id, featured, cross_zones, hypervisor_type, image_data_store_id)
+    VALUES (10, UUID(), 'simulator-domR', 'SystemVM Template (simulator)', 0, now(), 'SYSTEM', 0, 64, 1, 'http://nfs1.lab.vmops.com/templates/routing/debian/latest/systemvm.vhd.bz2', '', 0, 'SystemVM Template (simulator)', 'VHD', 15, 0, 1, 'Simulator', 1);
+INSERT INTO `cloud`.`vm_template` (id, uuid, unique_name, name, public, created, type, hvm, bits, account_id, url, checksum, enable_password, display_text,  format, guest_os_id, featured, cross_zones, hypervisor_type, image_data_store_id)
+    VALUES (11, UUID(), 'simulator-Centos', 'CentOS 5.3(64-bit) no GUI (Simulator)', 1, now(), 'BUILTIN', 0, 64, 1, 'http://nfs1.lab.vmops.com/templates/centos53-x86_64/latest/f59f18fb-ae94-4f97-afd2-f84755767aca.vhd.bz2', '', 0, 'CentOS 5.3(64-bit) no GUI (Simulator)', 'VHD', 11, 1, 1, 'Simulator', 1);
