diff --git a/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/functions/CheckSshDaemonIsRunning.java b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/main/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/functions/CheckSshDaemonIsRunning.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to jclouds, Inc. (jclouds) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  jclouds licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.jclouds.virtualbox.functions;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Throwables.propagate;
+import static org.jclouds.compute.options.RunScriptOptions.Builder.wrapInInitScript;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import javax.annotation.Resource;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+
+import org.jclouds.compute.ComputeServiceContext;
+import org.jclouds.compute.reference.ComputeServiceConstants;
+import org.jclouds.logging.Logger;
+import org.jclouds.ssh.SshException;
+import org.jclouds.virtualbox.domain.ErrorCode;
+import org.virtualbox_4_1.IMachine;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
+
+/**
+ * Starts a machine using launchMachine() with the provided type and
+ * environment.
+ * <p/>
+ * Note that launchMachine() may throw VBoxException with the following error
+ * codes:
+ * <p/>
+ * VBOX_E_UNEXPECTED: Virtual machine not registered. VBOX_E_INVALIDARG: Invalid
+ * session type type. VBOX_E_OBJECT_NOT_FOUND: No machine matching machineId
+ * found. VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE: Session already open or being opened.
+ * VBOX_E_IPRT_ERROR: Launching process for machine failed. VBOX_E_VM_ERROR:
+ * Failed to assign machine to session.
+ * 
+ * @author Andrea Turli
+ * @see ErrorCode
+ */
+public class CheckSshDaemonIsRunning implements Predicate<IMachine> {
+
+	@Resource
+	@Named(ComputeServiceConstants.COMPUTE_LOGGER)
+	protected Logger logger = Logger.NULL;
+
+	private final ComputeServiceContext context;
+	private final String nodeId;
+
+	public CheckSshDaemonIsRunning(ComputeServiceContext context, String nodeId) {
+		this.context = context;
+		this.nodeId = nodeId;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean apply(@Nullable IMachine machine) {
+		boolean sshDeamonIsRunning = false;
+		while (!sshDeamonIsRunning) {
+			try {
+				if (context.getComputeService()
+						.runScriptOnNode(nodeId, "id", wrapInInitScript(false))
+						.getExitCode() == 0) {
+					logger.debug("Got response from ssh daemon.");
+					sshDeamonIsRunning = true;
+				}
+			} catch (SshException e) {
+				logger.debug("No response from ssh daemon...");
+				propagate(e);
+			}
+		}
+		return sshDeamonIsRunning;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/test/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/functions/CheckSshDaemonIsRunningLiveTest.java b/sandbox-apis/virtualbox/src/test/java/org/jclouds/virtualbox/functions/CheckSshDaemonIsRunningLiveTest.java
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+package org.jclouds.virtualbox.functions;
+
+import static org.jclouds.virtualbox.experiment.TestUtils.computeServiceForLocalhostAndGuest;
+import static org.jclouds.virtualbox.util.MachineUtils.applyForMachine;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.jclouds.compute.ComputeServiceContext;
+import org.jclouds.domain.Credentials;
+import org.jclouds.net.IPSocket;
+import org.jclouds.predicates.InetSocketAddressConnect;
+import org.jclouds.predicates.RetryablePredicate;
+import org.jclouds.virtualbox.BaseVirtualBoxClientLiveTest;
+import org.jclouds.virtualbox.domain.ExecutionType;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+import org.virtualbox_4_1.IMachine;
+import org.virtualbox_4_1.VirtualBoxManager;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
+
+@Test(groups = "live", singleThreaded = true, testName = "IsoToIMachineLiveTest")
+public class CheckSshDaemonIsRunningLiveTest extends BaseVirtualBoxClientLiveTest {
+	
+   private boolean forceOverwrite = true;
+   private String vmId = "jclouds-image-iso-1";
+   private String osTypeId = "";
+   private String controllerIDE = "IDE Controller";
+   private String diskFormat = "";
+   private String adminDisk = "testadmin.vdi";
+   private String guestId = "guest";
+   private String hostId = "host";
+
+   private String vmName = "jclouds-image-virtualbox-iso-to-machine-test";
+   private String isoName = "ubuntu-11.04-server-i386.iso";
+   
+  @Test
+  public void testCheckSshDaemonIsRunning() {
+     VirtualBoxManager manager = (VirtualBoxManager) context.getProviderSpecificContext().getApi();
+     ComputeServiceContext localHostContext =
+             computeServiceForLocalhostAndGuest(hostId, "localhost", guestId, "localhost", new Credentials("toor", "password"));
+
+     IMachine nodeWithSshDaemonRunning = getNodeWithSshDaemonRunning(manager, localHostContext);
+     ensureMachineIsLaunched(vmName);
+     new CheckSshDaemonIsRunning(localHostContext, guestId).apply(nodeWithSshDaemonRunning);
+  }
+
+  private IMachine getNodeWithSshDaemonRunning(VirtualBoxManager manager, ComputeServiceContext localHostContext) {
+     try {
+        Predicate<IPSocket> socketTester = new RetryablePredicate<IPSocket>(new InetSocketAddressConnect(), 10, 1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+        return new IsoToIMachine(manager, adminDisk, diskFormat,
+                vmName, osTypeId, vmId, forceOverwrite,
+                controllerIDE, localHostContext, hostId, guestId, socketTester,
+                "127.0.0.1", 8080).apply(isoName);
+     } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
+        // already created
+        return manager.getVBox().findMachine(vmName);
+     }
+  }
+  
+  private void ensureMachineIsLaunched(String vmName) {
+     applyForMachine(manager, vmName, new LaunchMachineIfNotAlreadyRunning(manager, ExecutionType.GUI, ""));
+  }
+  
+}
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