diff --git a/tcp_tests/helpers/utils.py b/tcp_tests/helpers/utils.py
index 129c06a..28314f6 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/helpers/utils.py
+++ b/tcp_tests/helpers/utils.py
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
     shutil.rmtree(dirpath)
 
 
-def retry(tries_number=3, exception=Exception):
+def retry(tries_number=2, exception=Exception):
     def _retry(func):
         assert tries_number >= 1, 'ERROR! @retry is called with no tries!'
 
diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/common-services/virtual-mcp10-ovs-common-services.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/common-services/virtual-mcp10-ovs-common-services.yaml
index 3cf252a..1d228ff 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/common-services/virtual-mcp10-ovs-common-services.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/common-services/virtual-mcp10-ovs-common-services.yaml
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@keepalived:cluster' state.sls keepalived -b 1
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 10, delay: 10}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
   skip_fail: true
 
 - description: Check the VIP
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@keepalived:cluster' cmd.run 'ip a | grep 172.16.10.2' | grep -B1 172.16.10.2
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 
@@ -21,21 +21,21 @@
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@glusterfs:server' state.sls glusterfs.server.service
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Setup glusterfs on primary controller
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@glusterfs:server' state.sls glusterfs.server.setup -b 1
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Check the gluster status
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@glusterfs:server' cmd.run 'gluster peer status; gluster volume status' -b 1
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 
@@ -43,35 +43,35 @@
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@rabbitmq:server' state.sls rabbitmq
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Check the rabbitmq status
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@rabbitmq:server' cmd.run 'rabbitmqctl cluster_status'
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Install Galera on first server
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@galera:master' state.sls galera
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Install Galera on other servers
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@galera:slave' state.sls galera
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Check mysql status
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@galera:*' mysql.status | grep -A1 -e "wsrep_incoming_addresses\|wsrep_cluster_size"
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: true
 
 
@@ -79,26 +79,26 @@
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@haproxy:proxy' state.sls haproxy
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Check haproxy status
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@haproxy:proxy' service.status haproxy
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Restart rsyslog
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@haproxy:proxy' service.restart rsyslog
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Install memcached on all controllers
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@memcached:server' state.sls memcached
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/openstack/virtual-mcp10-ovs-openstack.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/openstack/virtual-mcp10-ovs-openstack.yaml
index 4a39fcb..9be7e06 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/openstack/virtual-mcp10-ovs-openstack.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/openstack/virtual-mcp10-ovs-openstack.yaml
@@ -6,21 +6,21 @@
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@keystone:server' state.sls keystone.server -b 1
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Populate keystone services/tenants/admins
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@keystone:client' state.sls keystone.client
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Check keystone service-list
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@keystone:server' cmd.run '. /root/keystonerc; keystone service-list'
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 
@@ -28,28 +28,28 @@
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
      -C 'I@glance:server' state.sls glance -b 1
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Configure glusterfs.client on all controllers
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@glance:server' state.sls glusterfs.client
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Update fernet tokens for keystone server
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@keystone:server' state.sls keystone.server -b 1
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Check glance image-list
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@keystone:server' cmd.run '. /root/keystonerc; glance image-list'
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 
@@ -57,14 +57,14 @@
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@nova:controller' state.sls nova -b 1
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Check nova service-list
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@keystone:server' cmd.run '. /root/keystonerc; nova service-list'
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 
@@ -72,14 +72,14 @@
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@cinder:controller' state.sls cinder -b 1
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Check cinder list
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@keystone:server' cmd.run '. /root/keystonerc; cinder list'
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 
@@ -87,14 +87,14 @@
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@neutron:server' state.sls neutron -b 1
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Check neutron agent-list
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@keystone:server' cmd.run '. /root/keystonerc; neutron agent-list'
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 
@@ -102,14 +102,14 @@
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@heat:server' state.sls heat -b 1
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Check heat service
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@keystone:server' cmd.run '. /root/keystonerc; heat resource-type-list'
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 
@@ -117,14 +117,14 @@
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@horizon:server' state.sls horizon
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: true
 
 - description: Deploy nginx proxy
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@nginx:server' state.sls nginx
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: true
 
 
@@ -133,13 +133,13 @@
 - description: Apply formulas for compute node
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False 'cmp*' state.apply
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: true
 
 - description: Re-apply(as in doc) formulas for compute node
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False 'cmp*' state.apply
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: true
 
 - description: Check IP on computes
diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/salt/virtual-mcp10-ovs-salt.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/salt/virtual-mcp10-ovs-salt.yaml
index 198cac7..425c0d3 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/salt/virtual-mcp10-ovs-salt.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/salt/virtual-mcp10-ovs-salt.yaml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
      salt-call --no-color grains.items;
      salt-call --no-color pillar.data;
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 # Prepare salt services and nodes settings
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@salt:master' state.sls linux,openssh;
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Run 'reclass' formula on cfg01
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
     -C 'I@salt:master' cmd.run "sed -i 's/PasswordAuthentication no/PasswordAuthentication
     yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config && service ssh restart";
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Run 'salt' formula on cfg01
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
     -C 'I@salt:master' state.sls salt.master.service;
     salt-call --no-color state.sls salt.master,salt.api,salt.minion.ca -l info;
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: true
 
 - description: Accept salt keys from all the nodes
@@ -163,25 +163,25 @@
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False
     -C 'I@salt:master' state.sls reclass
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Refresh pillars on all minions
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False '*' saltutil.refresh_pillar
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Sync all salt resources
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False '*' saltutil.sync_all
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Show  reclass-salt --top
   cmd: salt-call --no-color state.sls salt.minion.cert -l info
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False '*' state.sls
     linux
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 5, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Configure openssh on all nodes
@@ -213,37 +213,37 @@
     -C '* and not cfg*' cmd.run "sed -i 's/PasswordAuthentication no/PasswordAuthentication
     yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config && service ssh restart"
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: '*Workaround* for the bug https://mirantis.jira.com/browse/PROD-8021'
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False '*' cmd.run 'apt-get
     -y install linux-image-extra-$(uname -r)'
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Configure salt.minion on controllers
-  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False '*' state.sls salt.minion
+  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False '*' state.sls salt
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Check salt minion versions on slaves
   cmd: salt '*' test.version
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
 - description: Check salt minion versions on slaves
   cmd: salt '*' state.show_top
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 3, delay: 5}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
-- description: Configure ntp on controllers
+- description: Configure ntp on nodes
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False '*' state.sls ntp
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
-  retry: {count: 5, delay: 10}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 10}
   skip_fail: false