diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_snapshots_actions.py b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_snapshots_actions.py
index cb55869..db026c1 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_snapshots_actions.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_snapshots_actions.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         super(SnapshotsActionsV2Test, cls).resource_setup()
 
         # Create a test shared volume for tests
-        vol_name = data_utils.rand_name(cls.__name__ + '-Volume-')
+        vol_name = data_utils.rand_name(cls.__name__ + '-Volume')
         cls.name_field = cls.special_fields['name_field']
         params = {cls.name_field: vol_name}
         cls.volume = \
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
                                                   'available')
 
         # Create a test shared snapshot for tests
-        snap_name = data_utils.rand_name(cls.__name__ + '-Snapshot-')
+        snap_name = data_utils.rand_name(cls.__name__ + '-Snapshot')
         params = {cls.name_field: snap_name}
         cls.snapshot = \
             cls.client.create_snapshot(cls.volume['id'], **params)
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_types.py b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_types.py
index 4669e0e..681a48a 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_types.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_types.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     def test_volume_crud_with_volume_type_and_extra_specs(self):
         # Create/update/get/delete volume with volume_type and extra spec.
         volume_types = list()
-        vol_name = data_utils.rand_name("volume-")
+        vol_name = data_utils.rand_name("volume")
         self.name_field = self.special_fields['name_field']
         proto = CONF.volume.storage_protocol
         vendor = CONF.volume.vendor_name
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
                        "vendor_name": vendor}
         # Create two volume_types
         for i in range(2):
-            vol_type_name = data_utils.rand_name("volume-type-")
+            vol_type_name = data_utils.rand_name("volume-type")
             vol_type = self.volume_types_client.create_volume_type(
                 vol_type_name,
                 extra_specs=extra_specs)
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     def test_volume_type_create_get_delete(self):
         # Create/get volume type.
         body = {}
-        name = data_utils.rand_name("volume-type-")
+        name = data_utils.rand_name("volume-type")
         proto = CONF.volume.storage_protocol
         vendor = CONF.volume.vendor_name
         extra_specs = {"storage_protocol": proto,
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
         # Create/get/delete encryption type.
         provider = "LuksEncryptor"
         control_location = "front-end"
-        name = data_utils.rand_name("volume-type-")
+        name = data_utils.rand_name("volume-type")
         body = self.volume_types_client.create_volume_type(name)
         self.addCleanup(self._delete_volume_type, body['id'])
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_types_extra_specs.py b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_types_extra_specs.py
index a1b80ce..f382a67 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_types_extra_specs.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_types_extra_specs.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     @classmethod
     def resource_setup(cls):
         super(VolumeTypesExtraSpecsV2Test, cls).resource_setup()
-        vol_type_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume-type-')
+        vol_type_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume-type')
         cls.volume_type = cls.volume_types_client.create_volume_type(
             vol_type_name)
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_types_extra_specs_negative.py b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_types_extra_specs_negative.py
index 1eed800..7775025 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_types_extra_specs_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_types_extra_specs_negative.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     @classmethod
     def resource_setup(cls):
         super(ExtraSpecsNegativeV2Test, cls).resource_setup()
-        vol_type_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume-type-')
+        vol_type_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume-type')
         cls.extra_specs = {"spec1": "val1"}
         cls.volume_type = cls.volume_types_client.create_volume_type(
             vol_type_name,
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volumes_actions.py b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volumes_actions.py
index 29de04d..1b69549 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volumes_actions.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volumes_actions.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         super(VolumesActionsV2Test, cls).resource_setup()
 
         # Create a test shared volume for tests
-        vol_name = utils.rand_name(cls.__name__ + '-Volume-')
+        vol_name = utils.rand_name(cls.__name__ + '-Volume')
         cls.name_field = cls.special_fields['name_field']
         params = {cls.name_field: vol_name}
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_actions.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_actions.py
index 7771300..3de5021 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_actions.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_actions.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         super(VolumesV2ActionsTest, cls).resource_setup()
 
         # Create a test shared instance
-        srv_name = data_utils.rand_name(cls.__name__ + '-Instance-')
+        srv_name = data_utils.rand_name(cls.__name__ + '-Instance')
         cls.server = cls.servers_client.create_server(srv_name,
                                                       cls.image_ref,
                                                       cls.flavor_ref)
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
         # it is shared with the other tests. After it is uploaded in Glance,
         # there is no way to delete it from Cinder, so we delete it from Glance
         # using the Glance image_client and from Cinder via tearDownClass.
-        image_name = data_utils.rand_name('Image-')
+        image_name = data_utils.rand_name('Image')
         body = self.client.upload_volume(self.volume['id'],
                                          image_name,
                                          CONF.volume.disk_format)
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_negative.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_negative.py
index b59a313..af6e24e 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_negative.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     def test_create_volume_with_invalid_size(self):
         # Should not be able to create volume with invalid size
         # in request
-        v_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume-')
+        v_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume')
         metadata = {'Type': 'work'}
         self.assertRaises(lib_exc.BadRequest, self.client.create_volume,
                           size='#$%', display_name=v_name, metadata=metadata)
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     def test_create_volume_with_out_passing_size(self):
         # Should not be able to create volume without passing size
         # in request
-        v_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume-')
+        v_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume')
         metadata = {'Type': 'work'}
         self.assertRaises(lib_exc.BadRequest, self.client.create_volume,
                           size='', display_name=v_name, metadata=metadata)
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     @test.idempotent_id('41331caa-eaf4-4001-869d-bc18c1869360')
     def test_create_volume_with_size_zero(self):
         # Should not be able to create volume with size zero
-        v_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume-')
+        v_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume')
         metadata = {'Type': 'work'}
         self.assertRaises(lib_exc.BadRequest, self.client.create_volume,
                           size='0', display_name=v_name, metadata=metadata)
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     @test.idempotent_id('8b472729-9eba-446e-a83b-916bdb34bef7')
     def test_create_volume_with_size_negative(self):
         # Should not be able to create volume with size negative
-        v_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume-')
+        v_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume')
         metadata = {'Type': 'work'}
         self.assertRaises(lib_exc.BadRequest, self.client.create_volume,
                           size='-1', display_name=v_name, metadata=metadata)
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     @test.idempotent_id('10254ed8-3849-454e-862e-3ab8e6aa01d2')
     def test_create_volume_with_nonexistent_volume_type(self):
         # Should not be able to create volume with non-existent volume type
-        v_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume-')
+        v_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume')
         metadata = {'Type': 'work'}
         self.assertRaises(lib_exc.NotFound, self.client.create_volume,
                           size='1', volume_type=str(uuid.uuid4()),
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     @test.idempotent_id('0c36f6ae-4604-4017-b0a9-34fdc63096f9')
     def test_create_volume_with_nonexistent_snapshot_id(self):
         # Should not be able to create volume with non-existent snapshot
-        v_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume-')
+        v_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume')
         metadata = {'Type': 'work'}
         self.assertRaises(lib_exc.NotFound, self.client.create_volume,
                           size='1', snapshot_id=str(uuid.uuid4()),
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
     @test.idempotent_id('47c73e08-4be8-45bb-bfdf-0c4e79b88344')
     def test_create_volume_with_nonexistent_source_volid(self):
         # Should not be able to create volume with non-existent source volume
-        v_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume-')
+        v_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume')
         metadata = {'Type': 'work'}
         self.assertRaises(lib_exc.NotFound, self.client.create_volume,
                           size='1', source_volid=str(uuid.uuid4()),
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
     @test.attr(type=['negative', 'gate'])
     @test.idempotent_id('0186422c-999a-480e-a026-6a665744c30c')
     def test_update_volume_with_nonexistent_volume_id(self):
-        v_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume-')
+        v_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume')
         metadata = {'Type': 'work'}
         self.assertRaises(lib_exc.NotFound, self.client.update_volume,
                           volume_id=str(uuid.uuid4()), display_name=v_name,
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
     @test.attr(type=['negative', 'gate'])
     @test.idempotent_id('e66e40d6-65e6-4e75-bdc7-636792fa152d')
     def test_update_volume_with_invalid_volume_id(self):
-        v_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume-')
+        v_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume')
         metadata = {'Type': 'work'}
         self.assertRaises(lib_exc.NotFound, self.client.update_volume,
                           volume_id='#$%%&^&^', display_name=v_name,
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
     @test.attr(type=['negative', 'gate'])
     @test.idempotent_id('72aeca85-57a5-4c1f-9057-f320f9ea575b')
     def test_update_volume_with_empty_volume_id(self):
-        v_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume-')
+        v_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume')
         metadata = {'Type': 'work'}
         self.assertRaises(lib_exc.NotFound, self.client.update_volume,
                           volume_id='', display_name=v_name,
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
     @test.idempotent_id('f5e56b0a-5d02-43c1-a2a7-c9b792c2e3f6')
     @test.services('compute')
     def test_attach_volumes_with_nonexistent_volume_id(self):
-        srv_name = data_utils.rand_name('Instance-')
+        srv_name = data_utils.rand_name('Instance')
         server = self.servers_client.create_server(srv_name,
                                                    self.image_ref,
                                                    self.flavor_ref)
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
     @test.attr(type=['negative', 'gate'])
     @test.idempotent_id('0f4aa809-8c7b-418f-8fb3-84c7a5dfc52f')
     def test_list_volumes_with_nonexistent_name(self):
-        v_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume-')
+        v_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume')
         params = {self.name_field: v_name}
         fetched_volume = self.client.list_volumes(params)
         self.assertEqual(0, len(fetched_volume))
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
     @test.attr(type=['negative', 'gate'])
     @test.idempotent_id('9ca17820-a0e7-4cbd-a7fa-f4468735e359')
     def test_list_volumes_detail_with_nonexistent_name(self):
-        v_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume-')
+        v_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume')
         params = {self.name_field: v_name}
         fetched_volume = \
             self.client.list_volumes_with_detail(params)
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_snapshots.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_snapshots.py
index 955fbcf..2b6339a 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_snapshots.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_snapshots.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     def test_snapshot_create_with_volume_in_use(self):
         # Create a snapshot when volume status is in-use
         # Create a test instance
-        server_name = data_utils.rand_name('instance-')
+        server_name = data_utils.rand_name('instance')
         server = self.servers_client.create_server(server_name,
                                                    self.image_ref,
                                                    self.flavor_ref)
diff --git a/tempest/scenario/test_volume_boot_pattern.py b/tempest/scenario/test_volume_boot_pattern.py
index 35ac42b..3e259b0 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/test_volume_boot_pattern.py
+++ b/tempest/scenario/test_volume_boot_pattern.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
         return ssh_client.exec_command('cat /tmp/text')
 
     def _write_text(self, ssh_client):
-        text = data_utils.rand_name('text-')
+        text = data_utils.rand_name('text')
         ssh_client.exec_command('echo "%s" > /tmp/text; sync' % (text))
 
         return self._get_content(ssh_client)
diff --git a/tempest/stress/actions/volume_attach_verify.py b/tempest/stress/actions/volume_attach_verify.py
index 0baf2de..c8d9f06 100644
--- a/tempest/stress/actions/volume_attach_verify.py
+++ b/tempest/stress/actions/volume_attach_verify.py
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
 
     def _create_sec_group(self):
         sec_grp_cli = self.manager.security_groups_client
-        s_name = data_utils.rand_name('sec_grp-')
-        s_description = data_utils.rand_name('desc-')
+        s_name = data_utils.rand_name('sec_grp')
+        s_description = data_utils.rand_name('desc')
         self.sec_grp = sec_grp_cli.create_security_group(s_name,
                                                          s_description)
         create_rule = sec_grp_cli.create_security_group_rule