diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/volumes/test_attach_volume.py b/tempest/api/compute/volumes/test_attach_volume.py
index e9c8e30..37423a3 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/volumes/test_attach_volume.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/volumes/test_attach_volume.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import testtools
 
 from tempest.api.compute import base
+from tempest.common import compute
 from tempest.common.utils.linux import remote_client
 from tempest.common import waiters
 from tempest import config
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
 
 
 class AttachVolumeTestJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeTest):
+    max_microversion = '2.19'
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super(AttachVolumeTestJSON, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@
             self.volumes_client.wait_for_resource_deletion(self.volume['id'])
             self.volume = None
 
-    def _create_and_attach(self):
+    def _create_and_attach(self, shelve_server=False):
         # Start a server and wait for it to become ready
         self.admin_pass = self.image_ssh_password
         self.server = self.create_test_server(
@@ -81,6 +83,9 @@
         waiters.wait_for_volume_status(self.volumes_client,
                                        self.volume['id'], 'available')
 
+        if shelve_server:
+            compute.shelve_server(self.servers_client, self.server['id'])
+
         # Attach the volume to the server
         self.attachment = self.servers_client.attach_volume(
             self.server['id'],
@@ -152,3 +157,66 @@
         self.assertEqual(self.server['id'], body['serverId'])
         self.assertEqual(self.volume['id'], body['volumeId'])
         self.assertEqual(self.attachment['id'], body['id'])
+
+
+class AttachVolumeShelveTestJSON(AttachVolumeTestJSON):
+    """Testing volume with shelved instance.
+
+    This test checks the attaching and detaching volumes from
+    a shelved or shelved ofload instance.
+    """
+
+    min_microversion = '2.20'
+    max_microversion = 'latest'
+
+    def _unshelve_server_and_check_volumes(self, number_of_partition):
+        # Unshelve the instance and check that there are expected volumes
+        self.servers_client.unshelve_server(self.server['id'])
+        waiters.wait_for_server_status(self.servers_client,
+                                       self.server['id'],
+                                       'ACTIVE')
+        linux_client = remote_client.RemoteClient(
+            self.get_server_ip(self.server['id']),
+            self.image_ssh_user,
+            self.admin_pass,
+            self.validation_resources['keypair']['private_key'])
+
+        command = 'grep vd /proc/partitions | wc -l'
+        nb_partitions = linux_client.exec_command(command).strip()
+        self.assertEqual(number_of_partition, nb_partitions)
+
+    @test.idempotent_id('13a940b6-3474-4c3c-b03f-29b89112bfee')
+    @testtools.skipUnless(CONF.compute_feature_enabled.shelve,
+                          'Shelve is not available.')
+    @testtools.skipUnless(CONF.validation.run_validation,
+                          'SSH required for this test')
+    def test_attach_volume_shelved_or_offload_server(self):
+        self._create_and_attach(shelve_server=True)
+
+        # Unshelve the instance and check that there are two volumes
+        self._unshelve_server_and_check_volumes('2')
+
+        # Get Volume attachment of the server
+        volume_attachment = self.servers_client.show_volume_attachment(
+            self.server['id'],
+            self.attachment['id'])['volumeAttachment']
+        self.assertEqual(self.server['id'], volume_attachment['serverId'])
+        self.assertEqual(self.attachment['id'], volume_attachment['id'])
+        # Check the mountpoint is not None after unshelve server even in
+        # case of shelved_offloaded.
+        self.assertIsNotNone(volume_attachment['device'])
+
+    @test.idempotent_id('b54e86dd-a070-49c4-9c07-59ae6dae15aa')
+    @testtools.skipUnless(CONF.compute_feature_enabled.shelve,
+                          'Shelve is not available.')
+    @testtools.skipUnless(CONF.validation.run_validation,
+                          'SSH required for this test')
+    def test_detach_volume_shelved_or_offload_server(self):
+        self._create_and_attach(shelve_server=True)
+
+        # Detach the volume
+        self._detach(self.server['id'], self.volume['id'])
+        self.attachment = None
+
+        # Unshelve the instance and check that there is only one volume
+        self._unshelve_server_and_check_volumes('1')
diff --git a/tempest/lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_19/__init__.py b/tempest/lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_19/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_19/__init__.py
diff --git a/tempest/lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_19/servers.py b/tempest/lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_19/servers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..883839e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_19/servers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# Copyright 2016 NEC Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+import copy
+
+from tempest.lib.api_schema.response.compute.v2_1 import servers as serversv21
+from tempest.lib.api_schema.response.compute.v2_9 import servers as serversv29
+
+get_server = copy.deepcopy(serversv29.get_server)
+get_server['response_body']['properties']['server'][
+    'properties'].update({'description': {'type': ['string', 'null']}})
+get_server['response_body']['properties']['server'][
+    'required'].append('description')
+
+list_servers_detail = copy.deepcopy(serversv29.list_servers_detail)
+list_servers_detail['response_body']['properties']['servers']['items'][
+    'properties'].update({'description': {'type': ['string', 'null']}})
+list_servers_detail['response_body']['properties']['servers']['items'][
+    'required'].append('description')
+
+update_server = copy.deepcopy(serversv21.update_server)
+update_server['response_body']['properties']['server'][
+    'properties'].update({'description': {'type': ['string', 'null']}})
+update_server['response_body']['properties']['server'][
+    'required'].append('description')
+
+rebuild_server = copy.deepcopy(serversv21.rebuild_server)
+rebuild_server['response_body']['properties']['server'][
+    'properties'].update({'description': {'type': ['string', 'null']}})
+rebuild_server['response_body']['properties']['server'][
+    'required'].append('description')
+
+rebuild_server_with_admin_pass = copy.deepcopy(
+    serversv21.rebuild_server_with_admin_pass)
+rebuild_server_with_admin_pass['response_body']['properties']['server'][
+    'properties'].update({'description': {'type': ['string', 'null']}})
+rebuild_server_with_admin_pass['response_body']['properties']['server'][
+    'required'].append('description')
diff --git a/tempest/lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_9/__init__.py b/tempest/lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_9/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_9/__init__.py
diff --git a/tempest/lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_9/servers.py b/tempest/lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_9/servers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9b7249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_9/servers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Copyright 2016 NEC Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+import copy
+
+from tempest.lib.api_schema.response.compute.v2_1 import servers
+
+get_server = copy.deepcopy(servers.get_server)
+get_server['response_body']['properties']['server'][
+    'properties'].update({'locked': {'type': 'boolean'}})
+get_server['response_body']['properties']['server'][
+    'required'].append('locked')
+
+list_servers_detail = copy.deepcopy(servers.list_servers_detail)
+list_servers_detail['response_body']['properties']['servers']['items'][
+    'properties'].update({'locked': {'type': 'boolean'}})
+list_servers_detail['response_body']['properties']['servers']['items'][
+    'required'].append('locked')
diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/compute/servers_client.py b/tempest/lib/services/compute/servers_client.py
index a37f167..0472eda 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/services/compute/servers_client.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/services/compute/servers_client.py
@@ -20,11 +20,17 @@
 from six.moves.urllib import parse as urllib
 
 from tempest.lib.api_schema.response.compute.v2_1 import servers as schema
+from tempest.lib.api_schema.response.compute.v2_19 import servers as schemav219
+from tempest.lib.api_schema.response.compute.v2_9 import servers as schemav29
 from tempest.lib.common import rest_client
 from tempest.lib.services.compute import base_compute_client
 
 
 class ServersClient(base_compute_client.BaseComputeClient):
+    schema_versions_info = [
+        {'min': None, 'max': '2.8', 'schema': schema},
+        {'min': '2.9', 'max': '2.18', 'schema': schemav29},
+        {'min': '2.19', 'max': None, 'schema': schemav219}]
 
     def __init__(self, auth_provider, service, region,
                  enable_instance_password=True, **kwargs):
@@ -88,6 +94,7 @@
         post_body = json.dumps({'server': kwargs})
         resp, body = self.put("servers/%s" % server_id, post_body)
         body = json.loads(body)
+        schema = self.get_schema(self.schema_versions_info)
         self.validate_response(schema.update_server, resp, body)
         return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
@@ -95,6 +102,7 @@
         """Get server details."""
         resp, body = self.get("servers/%s" % server_id)
         body = json.loads(body)
+        schema = self.get_schema(self.schema_versions_info)
         self.validate_response(schema.get_server, resp, body)
         return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
@@ -114,6 +122,7 @@
         """
 
         url = 'servers'
+        schema = self.get_schema(self.schema_versions_info)
         _schema = schema.list_servers
 
         if detail:
@@ -209,6 +218,7 @@
         kwargs['imageRef'] = image_ref
         if 'disk_config' in kwargs:
             kwargs['OS-DCF:diskConfig'] = kwargs.pop('disk_config')
+        schema = self.get_schema(self.schema_versions_info)
         if self.enable_instance_password:
             rebuild_schema = schema.rebuild_server_with_admin_pass
         else: