diff --git a/xCAT-UI/js/custom/zvm.js b/xCAT-UI/js/custom/zvm.js
index 9a6eac09b..ff826074e 100644
--- a/xCAT-UI/js/custom/zvm.js
+++ b/xCAT-UI/js/custom/zvm.js
@@ -194,11 +194,19 @@ zvmPlugin.prototype.loadServiceInventory = function(data) {
     var tabId = args[0].replace('out=', '');
     // Get node
     var node = args[1].replace('node=', '');
-    // Get node inventory
-    var inv = data.rsp[0].split(node + ':');
-
+    
     // Remove loader
     $('#' + tabId).find('img').remove();
+    
+    // Do not continue if error is found
+    if (data.rsp[0].indexOf('Error') > -1) {
+    	var warn = createWarnBar(data.rsp[0]);
+    	$('#' + tabId).append(warn);
+    	return;
+    }
+    
+    // Get node inventory
+    var inv = data.rsp[0].split(node + ':');
 
     // Create array of property keys
     var keys = new Array('userId', 'host', 'os', 'arch', 'hcp', 'priv', 'memory', 'proc', 'disk', 'nic');
@@ -738,13 +746,13 @@ zvmPlugin.prototype.loadClonePage = function(node) {
                     }
                     
                     // If an IP address range is given and the starting and ending index do not match
-                    if (ipRange && !(nodeStart == ipStart) || !(nodeEnd == ipEnd)) {
+                    if (ipRange && (!(nodeStart == ipStart) || !(nodeEnd == ipEnd))) {
                         errMsg = errMsg + 'The node range and IP address range does not match. ';
                         ready = false;
                     }
                     
                     // If a hostname range is given and the starting and ending index do not match
-                    if (hostnameRange && !(nodeStart == hostnameStart) || !(nodeEnd == hostnameEnd)) {
+                    if (hostnameRange && (!(nodeStart == hostnameStart) || !(nodeEnd == hostnameEnd))) {
                         errMsg = errMsg + 'The node range and hostname range does not match. ';
                         ready = false;
                     }
@@ -900,11 +908,19 @@ zvmPlugin.prototype.loadInventory = function(data) {
     var tabId = args[0].replace('out=', '');
     // Get node
     var node = args[1].replace('node=', '');
-    // Get node inventory
-    var inv = data.rsp[0].split(node + ':');
-
+    
     // Remove loader
     $('#' + tabId).find('img').remove();
+    
+    // Do not continue if error is found
+    if (data.rsp[0].indexOf('Error') > -1) {
+    	var warn = createWarnBar(data.rsp[0]);
+    	$('#' + tabId).append(warn);
+    	return;
+    }
+    
+    // Get node inventory
+    var inv = data.rsp[0].split(node + ':');  
 
     // Create status bar
     var statBarId = node + 'StatusBar';
@@ -979,7 +995,7 @@ zvmPlugin.prototype.loadInventory = function(data) {
     });
 
     // Align toggle link to the right
-    var toggleLnkDiv = $('<div class="toggle"></div>').css( {
+    var toggleLnkDiv = $('<div class="toggle"></div>').css({
         'text-align' : 'right'
     });
     toggleLnkDiv.append(toggleLink);
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/zvm.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/zvm.pm
index 3cc3147db..6b64afaeb 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/zvm.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/zvm.pm
@@ -1579,6 +1579,16 @@ sub inventoryVM {
 
     # Get inputs
     my ( $callback, $node, $args ) = @_;
+    
+    # Output string
+    my $str = "";
+    
+    # Check if node is pingable
+    if (`nodestat $node | egrep -i "noping"`) {
+    	$str = "$node: (Error) Host is unreachable";
+        xCAT::zvmUtils->printLn( $callback, "$str" );
+        return;
+    }
 
     # Get node properties from 'zvm' table
     my @propNames = ( 'hcp', 'userid' );
@@ -1598,10 +1608,7 @@ sub inventoryVM {
         return;
     }
     # Capitalize user ID
-    $userId =~ tr/a-z/A-Z/;
-
-    # Output string
-    my $str = "";
+    $userId =~ tr/a-z/A-Z/;   
 
     # Load VMCP module
     xCAT::zvmCPUtils->loadVmcp($node);