diff --git a/XSConsoleData.py b/XSConsoleData.py
index 22925f7..5a96df0 100644
--- a/XSConsoleData.py
+++ b/XSConsoleData.py
@@ -26,6 +26,23 @@
 from XSConsoleState import *
 from XSConsoleUtils import *
 
+# PR #22: Add py3-compatible wrapper for commands.getstatusoutput() to keep the code base functional:
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 0):
+    getoutput = subprocess.getoutput
+    getstatusoutput = subprocess.getstatusoutput
+
+else:
+    import commands
+
+    getoutput = commands.getoutput
+
+    def getstatusoutput(command):
+        """getstatusoutput with status = exit code, compatible with Python3 getstatusoutput()"""
+
+        status, output = commands.getstatusoutput(command)
+        return os.WEXITSTATUS(status), output  # https://github.com/benjaminp/six/issues/207
+
+
 class DataMethod:
     def __init__(self, inSend, inName):
         self.send = inSend
@@ -98,31 +115,31 @@ def Create(self):
         self.ReadTimezones()
         self.ReadKeymaps()
 
-        (status, output) = subprocess.getstatusoutput("dmidecode")
+        (status, output) = getstatusoutput("dmidecode")
         if status != 0:
             # Use test dmidecode file if there's no real output
-            (status, output) = subprocess.getstatusoutput("/bin/cat ./dmidecode.txt")
+            (status, output) = getstatusoutput("/bin/cat ./dmidecode.txt")
 
         if status == 0:
             self.ScanDmiDecode(output.split("\n"))
 
-        (status, output) = subprocess.getstatusoutput("/sbin/lspci -m")
+        (status, output) = getstatusoutput("/sbin/lspci -m")
         if status != 0:
-            (status, output) = subprocess.getstatusoutput("/usr/bin/lspci -m")
+            (status, output) = getstatusoutput("/usr/bin/lspci -m")
 
         if status == 0:
             self.ScanLspci(output.split("\n"))
 
         if os.path.isfile("/usr/bin/ipmitool"):
-            (status, output) = subprocess.getstatusoutput("/usr/bin/ipmitool mc info")
+            (status, output) = getstatusoutput("/usr/bin/ipmitool mc info")
             if status == 0:
                 self.ScanIpmiMcInfo(output.split("\n"))
 
-        (status, output) = subprocess.getstatusoutput("/bin/cat /etc/xensource-inventory")
+        (status, output) = getstatusoutput("/bin/cat /etc/xensource-inventory")
         if status == 0:
             self.ScanInventory(output.split("\n"))
 
-        (status, output) = subprocess.getstatusoutput("/usr/bin/openssl x509 -in %s/xapi-ssl.pem -fingerprint -noout" % (Config.Inst().XCPConfigDir()))
+        (status, output) = getstatusoutput("/usr/bin/openssl x509 -in %s/xapi-ssl.pem -fingerprint -noout" % (Config.Inst().XCPConfigDir()))
         if status == 0:
             fp = output.split("=")
             if len(fp) >= 2:
@@ -454,22 +471,22 @@ def LoggingDestinationSet(self, inDestination):
         self.session.xenapi.host.syslog_reconfigure(self.host.opaqueref())
 
     def UpdateFromResolveConf(self):
-        (status, output) = subprocess.getstatusoutput("/usr/bin/grep -v \"^;\" /etc/resolv.conf")
+        (status, output) = getstatusoutput("/usr/bin/grep -v \"^;\" /etc/resolv.conf")
         if status == 0:
             self.ScanResolvConf(output.split("\n"))
 
     def UpdateFromSysconfig(self):
-        (status, output) = subprocess.getstatusoutput("/bin/cat /etc/sysconfig/network")
+        (status, output) = getstatusoutput("/bin/cat /etc/sysconfig/network")
         if status == 0:
             self.ScanSysconfigNetwork(output.split("\n"))
 
     def UpdateFromHostname(self):
-        (status, output) = subprocess.getstatusoutput("/bin/cat /etc/hostname")
+        (status, output) = getstatusoutput("/bin/cat /etc/hostname")
         if status == 0:
             self.ScanHostname(output.split("\n"))
 
     def UpdateFromNTPConf(self):
-        (status, output) = subprocess.getstatusoutput("/bin/cat /etc/chrony.conf")
+        (status, output) = getstatusoutput("/bin/cat /etc/chrony.conf")
         if status == 0:
             self.ScanNTPConf(output.split("\n"))
 
@@ -477,7 +494,7 @@ def StringToBool(self, inString):
         return inString.lower().startswith('true')
 
     def RootLabel(self):
-        output = subprocess.getoutput('/bin/cat /proc/cmdline')
+        output = getoutput('/bin/cat /proc/cmdline')
         match = re.search(r'root=\s*LABEL\s*=\s*(\S+)', output)
         if match:
             retVal = match.group(1)
@@ -675,7 +692,7 @@ def ScanIpmiMcInfo(self, inLines):
                 self.data['bmc']['version'] = match.group(1)
 
     def ScanService(self, service):
-        (status, output) = subprocess.getstatusoutput("systemctl is-enabled %s" % (service,))
+        (status, output) = getstatusoutput("systemctl is-enabled %s" % (service,))
         self.data['chkconfig'][service] = status == 0
 
     def ScanResolvConf(self, inLines):
@@ -779,7 +796,7 @@ def TimezoneSet(self, inTimezone):
             cfg.write('/etc/sysconfig/clock')
 
     def CurrentTimeString(self):
-        return subprocess.getoutput('/bin/date -R')
+        return getoutput('/bin/date -R')
 
     def ReadKeymaps(self):
         self.data['keyboard'] = {
@@ -811,7 +828,7 @@ def KeymapSet(self, inKeymap):
 
         keymapParam = ShellUtils.MakeSafeParam(inKeymap)
         # Load the keymap now
-        status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput('/bin/loadkeys "'+keymapParam+'"')
+        status, output = getstatusoutput('/bin/loadkeys "'+keymapParam+'"')
         if status != 0:
             raise Exception(output)
 
@@ -914,7 +931,7 @@ def ReconfigureManagement(self, inPIF, inMode,  inIP,  inNetmask,  inGateway, in
             self.RequireSession()
             self.session.xenapi.PIF.reconfigure_ip(inPIF['opaqueref'],  inMode,  inIP,  inNetmask,  inGateway, FirstValue(inDNS, ''))
             self.session.xenapi.host.management_reconfigure(inPIF['opaqueref'])
-            status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput('%s host-signal-networking-change' % (Config.Inst().XECLIPath()))
+            status, output = getstatusoutput('%s host-signal-networking-change' % (Config.Inst().XECLIPath()))
             if status != 0:
                 raise Exception(output)
         finally:
@@ -1090,32 +1107,32 @@ def StartXAPI(self):
             State.Inst().SaveIfRequired()
 
     def EnableService(self, service):
-        status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput("systemctl enable %s" % (service,))
+        status, output = getstatusoutput("systemctl enable %s" % (service,))
         if status != 0:
             raise Exception(output)
 
     def DisableService(self, service):
-        status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput("systemctl disable %s" % (service,))
+        status, output = getstatusoutput("systemctl disable %s" % (service,))
         if status != 0:
             raise Exception(output)
 
     def RestartService(self, service):
-        status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput("systemctl restart %s" % (service,))
+        status, output = getstatusoutput("systemctl restart %s" % (service,))
         if status != 0:
             raise Exception(output)
 
     def StartService(self, service):
-        status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput("systemctl start %s" % (service,))
+        status, output = getstatusoutput("systemctl start %s" % (service,))
         if status != 0:
             raise Exception(output)
 
     def StopService(self, service):
-        status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput("systemctl stop %s" % (service,))
+        status, output = getstatusoutput("systemctl stop %s" % (service,))
         if status != 0:
             raise Exception(output)
 
     def NTPStatus(self):
-        status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput("/usr/bin/ntpstat")
+        status, output = getstatusoutput("/usr/bin/ntpstat")
         return output
 
     def SetVerboseBoot(self, inVerbose):
@@ -1124,7 +1141,7 @@ def SetVerboseBoot(self, inVerbose):
         else:
             name = 'quiet'
 
-        status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput(
+        status, output = getstatusoutput(
             "(export TERM=xterm && /opt/xensource/libexec/set-boot " + name + ")")
         if status != 0:
             raise Exception(output)
diff --git a/XSConsoleDataUtils.py b/XSConsoleDataUtils.py
index 76d60b0..92d6aaf 100644
--- a/XSConsoleDataUtils.py
+++ b/XSConsoleDataUtils.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def DeviceList(cls, inWritableOnly):
     @classmethod
     def SRDeviceList(self):
         retVal= []
-        status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput("/opt/xensource/libexec/list_local_disks")
+        status, output = getstatusoutput("/opt/xensource/libexec/list_local_disks")
         if status == 0:
             regExp = re.compile(r"\s*\(\s*'([^']*)'\s*,\s*'([^']*)'\s*,\s*'([^']*)'\s*,\s*'([^']*)'\s*,\s*'([^']*)'\s*\)")
             for line in output.split("\n"):
@@ -168,18 +168,18 @@ def USBFormat(self, inVDI):
                 if e.errno != errno.EINTR: # Loop if EINTR
                     raise
 
-        status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput('/bin/sync')
+        status, output = getstatusoutput('/bin/sync')
 
         if status != 0:
             raise Exception(output)
 
         # Format the new partition with VFAT
-        status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput("/sbin/mkfs.vfat -n 'XenServer Backup' -F 32 '" +partitionName + "' 2>&1")
+        status, output = getstatusoutput("/sbin/mkfs.vfat -n 'XenServer Backup' -F 32 '" +partitionName + "' 2>&1")
 
         if status != 0:
             raise Exception(output)
 
-        status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput('/bin/sync')
+        status, output = getstatusoutput('/bin/sync')
 
         if status != 0:
             raise Exception(output)
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ def __init__(self, inVDI, inMode = None):
             FileUtils.AssertSafePath(self.mountDev)
             self.mountPoint = tempfile.mkdtemp(".xsconsole")
 
-            status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput("/bin/mount -t auto -o " + self.mode + ' ' +self.mountDev+" "+self.mountPoint + " 2>&1")
+            status, output = getstatusoutput("/bin/mount -t auto -o " + self.mode + ' ' +self.mountDev+" "+self.mountPoint + " 2>&1")
             if status != 0:
                 try:
                     self.Unmount()
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ def HandleMountFailure(self, inOutput):
             raise Exception(inOutput)
 
         realDevice = FileUtils.DeviceFromVDI(self.vdi)
-        status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput("/sbin/fdisk -l '" +realDevice+"'")
+        status, output = getstatusoutput("/sbin/fdisk -l '" +realDevice+"'")
         if status != 0:
             raise Exception(output)
 
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ def Scan(self, inRegExp = None, inNumToReturn = None):
     def Unmount(self):
         status = 0
         if self.mountedVBD:
-            status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput("/bin/umount '"+self.mountPoint +  "' 2>&1")
+            status, output = getstatusoutput("/bin/umount '"+self.mountPoint +  "' 2>&1")
             os.rmdir(self.mountPoint)
             self.mountedVBD = False
         if self.pluggedVBD:
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ def __init__(self, inVDI, inMode = None):
             FileUtils.AssertSafePath(self.mountDev)
             self.mountPoint = tempfile.mkdtemp(".xsconsole")
 
-            status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput("/bin/mount -t auto -o " + self.mode + ' ' +self.mountDev+" "+self.mountPoint + " 2>&1")
+            status, output = getstatusoutput("/bin/mount -t auto -o " + self.mode + ' ' +self.mountDev+" "+self.mountPoint + " 2>&1")
             if status != 0:
                 try:
                     self.Unmount()
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ def HandleMountFailure(self, inStatus, inOutput):
         # Entered after self.Unmount has run
         if self.vdi['SR']['type'] != 'udev' or self.vdi['SR']['content_type'] != 'disk':
             # Take special action for USB devices only, i.e. don't reformat SCSI disks, etc.
-            if inStatus == 8192: # Return code for empty CD drive
+            if inStatus == 32: # 32 is the mount(8) return code for mount failure, assuming empty CD drive
                 raise Exception(Lang("Drive is empty"))
             raise Exception(inOutput)
 
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ def HandleMountFailure(self, inStatus, inOutput):
             raise Exception(inOutput)
 
         realDevice = FileUtils.DeviceFromVDI(self.vdi)
-        status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput("/sbin/fdisk -l '" +realDevice+"'")
+        status, output = getstatusoutput("/sbin/fdisk -l '" +realDevice+"'")
         if status != 0:
             raise Exception(output)
 
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ def Scan(self, inRegExp = None, inNumToReturn = None):
     def Unmount(self):
         status = 0
         if self.mountedVDI:
-            status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput("/bin/umount '"+self.mountPoint +  "' 2>&1")
+            status, output = getstatusoutput("/bin/umount '"+self.mountPoint +  "' 2>&1")
             os.rmdir(self.mountPoint)
             self.mountedVDI = False
             XSLog('Unmounted '+self.mountPoint)
diff --git a/plugins-base/XSFeatureDRBackup.py b/plugins-base/XSFeatureDRBackup.py
index e9350c6..55b2f2c 100644
--- a/plugins-base/XSFeatureDRBackup.py
+++ b/plugins-base/XSFeatureDRBackup.py
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     raise Exception("This script is a plugin for xsconsole and cannot run independently")
 
-import subprocess
-
 from XSConsoleStandard import *
 
 class DRBackupDialogue(SRDialogue):
@@ -38,8 +36,7 @@ def DoAction(self, inSR):
             sr_uuid = inSR['uuid']
             command = "%s/xe-backup-metadata -n -u %s" % (Config.Inst().HelperPath(), sr_uuid)
 
-            status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput(command)
-            status = os.WEXITSTATUS(status)
+            status, output = getstatusoutput(command)
             initalize_vdi = ""
             if status == 3:
                initalize_vdi = "-c"
@@ -48,7 +45,7 @@ def DoAction(self, inSR):
 
             Layout.Inst().TransientBanner(Lang("Backing up metadata... This may take several minutes."))
             command = "%s/xe-backup-metadata %s -u %s" % (Config.Inst().HelperPath(), initalize_vdi, sr_uuid)
-            status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput(command)
+            status, output = getstatusoutput(command)
             if status == 0:
                 Layout.Inst().PushDialogue(InfoDialogue(Lang("Backup Successful"), output))
             else:
diff --git a/plugins-base/XSFeatureDRRestore.py b/plugins-base/XSFeatureDRRestore.py
index a8aedb6..2fa6b8e 100644
--- a/plugins-base/XSFeatureDRRestore.py
+++ b/plugins-base/XSFeatureDRRestore.py
@@ -92,8 +92,7 @@ def HandleMethodChoice(self, inChoice, dryRun):
               dry_flag=""
             Layout.Inst().TransientBanner(Lang("Restoring VM Metadata.  This may take a few minutes..."))
             command = "%s/xe-restore-metadata -y %s -u %s -x %s -d %s -m %s" % (Config.Inst().HelperPath(), dry_flag, self.sr_uuid, self.vdi_uuid, self.chosen_date, chosen_mode)
-            status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput(command)
-            status = os.WEXITSTATUS(status)
+            status, output = getstatusoutput(command)
             Layout.Inst().PopDialogue()
             if status == 0:
                 Layout.Inst().PushDialogue(InfoDialogue(Lang("Metadata Restore Succeeded: ") + output))
diff --git a/plugins-base/XSFeatureSRCreate.py b/plugins-base/XSFeatureSRCreate.py
index c29d258..f8c1a13 100644
--- a/plugins-base/XSFeatureSRCreate.py
+++ b/plugins-base/XSFeatureSRCreate.py
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     raise Exception("This script is a plugin for xsconsole and cannot run independently")
 
-import subprocess
-
 from XSConsoleStandard import *
 import xml.dom.minidom
 
@@ -1288,7 +1286,7 @@ def CommitNFS_ATTACH(self):
         'user')
 
     def CommitNFS_ISO_ATTACH(self):
-        self.srParams['uuid'] = subprocess.getoutput('/usr/bin/uuidgen')
+        self.srParams['uuid'] = getoutput('/usr/bin/uuidgen')
         self.CommitAttach(self.srTypes['NFS_ISO'], { # device_config
             'location':self.srParams['server']+':'+self.srParams['serverpath'],
             'options':self.srParams['options']
@@ -1300,7 +1298,7 @@ def CommitNFS_ISO_ATTACH(self):
         )
 
     def CommitCIFS_ISO_ATTACH(self):
-        self.srParams['uuid'] = subprocess.getoutput('/usr/bin/uuidgen')
+        self.srParams['uuid'] = getoutput('/usr/bin/uuidgen')
         deviceConfig = {
             'location':'//'+self.srParams['server']+'/'+self.srParams['serverpath'],
             'type':'cifs',
diff --git a/plugins-base/XSFeatureSaveBugReport.py b/plugins-base/XSFeatureSaveBugReport.py
index cc9e3dc..06a7c4c 100644
--- a/plugins-base/XSFeatureSaveBugReport.py
+++ b/plugins-base/XSFeatureSaveBugReport.py
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     raise Exception("This script is a plugin for xsconsole and cannot run independently")
 
-import subprocess
-
 from XSConsoleStandard import *
 
 class SaveBugReportDialogue(FileDialogue):
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ def DoAction(self):
                 file = open(filename, "w")
                 # xen-bugtool requires a value for $USER
                 command = "( export USER=root && /usr/sbin/xen-bugtool --yestoall --silent --output=tar --outfd="+str(file.fileno()) + ' )'
-                status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput(command)
+                status, output = getstatusoutput(command)
                 file.close()
 
                 if status != 0:
diff --git a/plugins-base/XSFeatureUploadBugReport.py b/plugins-base/XSFeatureUploadBugReport.py
index 6d3b8f5..d243f95 100644
--- a/plugins-base/XSFeatureUploadBugReport.py
+++ b/plugins-base/XSFeatureUploadBugReport.py
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     raise Exception("This script is a plugin for xsconsole and cannot run independently")
 
-import subprocess
-
 from XSConsoleStandard import *
 
 class UploadBugReportDialogue(InputDialogue):
@@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ def HandleCommit(self, inValues):
         if proxy != '':
             command += " http_proxy='"+proxy+"'"
 
-        status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput(command)
+        status, output = getstatusoutput(command)
 
         if status != 0:
             XSLogError('Upload bugreport failed', output) # Error output can be verbose, so syslog only
diff --git a/plugins-oem/XSFeatureOEMBackup.py b/plugins-oem/XSFeatureOEMBackup.py
index 800a6ae..334181c 100644
--- a/plugins-oem/XSFeatureOEMBackup.py
+++ b/plugins-oem/XSFeatureOEMBackup.py
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     raise Exception("This script is a plugin for xsconsole and cannot run independently")
 
-import subprocess
-
 from XSConsoleStandard import *
 
 class OEMBackupDialogue(FileDialogue):
@@ -70,7 +68,7 @@ def DoCommit(self):
                 filename = self.vdiMount.MountedPath(self.filename)
                 FileUtils.AssertSafePath(filename)
                 command = "/opt/xensource/bin/xe host-backup file-name='"+filename+"' host="+hostRef
-                status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput(command)
+                status, output = getstatusoutput(command)
 
                 if status != 0:
                     raise Exception(output)
diff --git a/plugins-oem/XSFeatureOEMRestore.py b/plugins-oem/XSFeatureOEMRestore.py
index 68a44b6..39770d2 100644
--- a/plugins-oem/XSFeatureOEMRestore.py
+++ b/plugins-oem/XSFeatureOEMRestore.py
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     raise Exception("This script is a plugin for xsconsole and cannot run independently")
 
-import subprocess
-
 from XSConsoleStandard import *
 
 class OEMRestoreDialogue(FileDialogue):
@@ -60,7 +58,7 @@ def DoAction(self):
                 filename = self.vdiMount.MountedPath(self.filename)
                 FileUtils.AssertSafePath(filename)
                 command = "/opt/xensource/bin/xe host-restore file-name='"+filename+"' host="+hostRef
-                status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput(command)
+                status, output = getstatusoutput(command)
 
                 if status != 0:
                     raise Exception(output)
diff --git a/plugins-oem/XSFeatureUpdate.py b/plugins-oem/XSFeatureUpdate.py
index b820ea1..538c1f6 100644
--- a/plugins-oem/XSFeatureUpdate.py
+++ b/plugins-oem/XSFeatureUpdate.py
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     raise Exception("This script is a plugin for xsconsole and cannot run independently")
 
-import subprocess
-
 from XSConsoleStandard import *
 
 class UpdateDialogue(FileDialogue):
@@ -60,7 +58,7 @@ def DoAction(self):
                 filename = self.vdiMount.MountedPath(self.filename)
                 FileUtils.AssertSafePath(filename)
                 command = "/opt/xensource/bin/xe update-upload file-name='"+filename+"' host-uuid="+hostRef
-                status, output = subprocess.getstatusoutput(command)
+                status, output = getstatusoutput(command)
 
                 if status != 0:
                     raise Exception(output)