diff --git a/src/scheduler/include/sched/types.h b/src/scheduler/include/sched/types.h
index 959e592b..2b3e6ea7 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/include/sched/types.h
+++ b/src/scheduler/include/sched/types.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "kvmgr.h"
 #include "typemap.h"
 #include "xce/types.h"
+#include "zarray.h"
 
 typedef void* host_selection_t;
 
@@ -54,10 +55,10 @@ typedef struct {
 } xce_sched_job_t;
 
 typedef struct {
-    char*      name;
-    uint32_t   status;
-    xce_val_t* res_avail;  /* resources in worker */
-    xce_val_t* res_in_use; /* used resources in worker */
+    char*    name;
+    uint32_t status;
+    zarray_t resvals;
+    zarray_t resInUse;
 } xce_sched_worker_t;
 
 extern xce_sched_job_t*     make_sched_job(void*, xce_job_t*);
@@ -70,4 +71,5 @@ extern void                 kill_sched_queue(void*);
 extern void                 kill_sched_worker(void*);
 extern void                 kill_sched_user(void*);
 extern void                 kill_sched_project(void*);
+extern void                 kill_sched_resval(xce_val_t*);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/scheduler/include/scheduler.h b/src/scheduler/include/scheduler.h
index f386594e..560b554e 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/include/scheduler.h
+++ b/src/scheduler/include/scheduler.h
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ typedef struct {
     kvmgr_t           plugins;
     dataq_t*          pend_updates[2];
     resmgr_t          resmgr;
+    zarray_t          sharedInst;
     kvmgr_t           jobs;
     kvmgr_t           queues;
     kvmgr_t           workers;
diff --git a/src/scheduler/src/schedobj.c b/src/scheduler/src/schedobj.c
index ae1c3a87..cdc8eeff 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/src/schedobj.c
+++ b/src/scheduler/src/schedobj.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+#include "controller.capnp.h"
 #include "sched/types.h"
 #include "scheduler.h"
 #include "xce/types.h"
@@ -75,6 +76,15 @@ void kill_sched_worker(void* arg)
     }
 }
 
+void kill_sched_resval(xce_val_t* val)
+{
+    if (val == NULL) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    free_Value(val);
+}
+
 xce_sched_worker_t* make_sched_worker(void* arg, xce_worker_t* w)
 {
     xce_scheduler_t*    sched  = (xce_scheduler_t*)arg;
@@ -91,6 +101,9 @@ xce_sched_worker_t* make_sched_worker(void* arg, xce_worker_t* w)
 
     worker->name   = strdup(w->name);
     worker->status = w->status;
+
+    zarray_init(&(worker->resvals), 128, (zarray_item_killer_t)kill_sched_resval);
+    zarray_init(&(worker->resInUse), 128, (zarray_item_killer_t)kill_sched_resval);
     /* FIXME: */
 
     return worker;
@@ -125,4 +138,3 @@ xce_sched_project_t* make_sched_project(void* arg, char* name)
 
     return project;
 }
-
diff --git a/src/scheduler/src/scheduler.c b/src/scheduler/src/scheduler.c
index 3a3f227b..8d6f4c4a 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/src/scheduler.c
+++ b/src/scheduler/src/scheduler.c
@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ int sched_init(xce_scheduler_t* sched, xce_client_config_t* config,
     kvmgr_init(&(sched->projects), string_hash_key, 8, 8,
                (zarray_item_killer_t)kill_sched_project);
 
+    zarray_init(&(sched->sharedInst), 128,
+                (zarray_item_killer_t)kill_sched_resval);
+
     sched_register_plugins(sched);
 
     rc = xcecli_ctx_init(&(sched->apictx), config);