diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_agents.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_agents.py
index 2bd15ac..fce6550 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_agents.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_agents.py
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
     """
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(AgentsAdminTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(AgentsAdminTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.os_adm.agents_client
 
     def setUp(self):
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_aggregates.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_aggregates.py
index e3b0151..32521e4 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_aggregates.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_aggregates.py
@@ -30,9 +30,13 @@
     _host_key = 'OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host'
 
     @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(AggregatesAdminTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
+        cls.client = cls.os_adm.aggregates_client
+
+    @classmethod
     def resource_setup(cls):
         super(AggregatesAdminTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
-        cls.client = cls.os_adm.aggregates_client
         cls.aggregate_name_prefix = 'test_aggregate_'
         cls.az_name_prefix = 'test_az_'
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_aggregates_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_aggregates_negative.py
index 25a2f7a..24236f4 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_aggregates_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_aggregates_negative.py
@@ -28,10 +28,14 @@
     """
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(AggregatesAdminNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(AggregatesAdminNegativeTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.os_adm.aggregates_client
         cls.user_client = cls.aggregates_client
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(AggregatesAdminNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
         cls.aggregate_name_prefix = 'test_aggregate_'
         cls.az_name_prefix = 'test_az_'
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_availability_zone.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_availability_zone.py
index 9d24b00..eadc15a 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_availability_zone.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_availability_zone.py
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
     _api_version = 2
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(AZAdminV2TestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(AZAdminV2TestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.availability_zone_admin_client
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_availability_zone_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_availability_zone_negative.py
index 69bee39..d6e577e 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_availability_zone_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_availability_zone_negative.py
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
     """
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(AZAdminNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(AZAdminNegativeTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.non_adm_client = cls.availability_zone_client
 
     @test.attr(type=['negative', 'gate'])
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_fixed_ips.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_fixed_ips.py
index 820b9b0..acfd659 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_fixed_ips.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_fixed_ips.py
@@ -23,12 +23,20 @@
 class FixedIPsTestJson(base.BaseV2ComputeAdminTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(FixedIPsTestJson, cls).resource_setup()
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(FixedIPsTestJson, cls).skip_checks()
         if CONF.service_available.neutron:
             msg = ("%s skipped as neutron is available" % cls.__name__)
             raise cls.skipException(msg)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(FixedIPsTestJson, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.os_adm.fixed_ips_client
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(FixedIPsTestJson, cls).resource_setup()
         server = cls.create_test_server(wait_until='ACTIVE')
         server = cls.servers_client.get_server(server['id'])
         for ip_set in server['addresses']:
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_fixed_ips_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_fixed_ips_negative.py
index 39ceda3..052ed71 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_fixed_ips_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_fixed_ips_negative.py
@@ -24,13 +24,21 @@
 class FixedIPsNegativeTestJson(base.BaseV2ComputeAdminTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(FixedIPsNegativeTestJson, cls).resource_setup()
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(FixedIPsNegativeTestJson, cls).skip_checks()
         if CONF.service_available.neutron:
             msg = ("%s skipped as neutron is available" % cls.__name__)
             raise cls.skipException(msg)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(FixedIPsNegativeTestJson, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.os_adm.fixed_ips_client
         cls.non_admin_client = cls.fixed_ips_client
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(FixedIPsNegativeTestJson, cls).resource_setup()
         server = cls.create_test_server(wait_until='ACTIVE')
         server = cls.servers_client.get_server(server['id'])
         for ip_set in server['addresses']:
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors.py
index cd3a4f1..72f73a3 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors.py
@@ -28,14 +28,22 @@
     """
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(FlavorsAdminTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(FlavorsAdminTestJSON, cls).skip_checks()
         if not test.is_extension_enabled('OS-FLV-EXT-DATA', 'compute'):
             msg = "OS-FLV-EXT-DATA extension not enabled."
             raise cls.skipException(msg)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(FlavorsAdminTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.os_adm.flavors_client
         cls.user_client = cls.os.flavors_client
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(FlavorsAdminTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+
         cls.flavor_name_prefix = 'test_flavor_'
         cls.ram = 512
         cls.vcpus = 1
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors_access.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors_access.py
index aaa96ac..4558db2 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors_access.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors_access.py
@@ -26,14 +26,21 @@
     """
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(FlavorsAccessTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(FlavorsAccessTestJSON, cls).skip_checks()
         if not test.is_extension_enabled('OS-FLV-EXT-DATA', 'compute'):
             msg = "OS-FLV-EXT-DATA extension not enabled."
             raise cls.skipException(msg)
 
-        # Compute admin flavor client
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(FlavorsAccessTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.os_adm.flavors_client
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(FlavorsAccessTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+
         # Non admin tenant ID
         cls.tenant_id = cls.flavors_client.tenant_id
         # Compute admin tenant ID
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors_access_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors_access_negative.py
index 9c55143..f38e3c7 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors_access_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors_access_negative.py
@@ -29,13 +29,21 @@
     """
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(FlavorsAccessNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(FlavorsAccessNegativeTestJSON, cls).skip_checks()
         if not test.is_extension_enabled('OS-FLV-EXT-DATA', 'compute'):
             msg = "OS-FLV-EXT-DATA extension not enabled."
             raise cls.skipException(msg)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(FlavorsAccessNegativeTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.os_adm.flavors_client
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(FlavorsAccessNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+
         cls.tenant_id = cls.flavors_client.tenant_id
         cls.flavor_name_prefix = 'test_flavor_access_'
         cls.ram = 512
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors_extra_specs.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors_extra_specs.py
index 5847a64..2bf793c 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors_extra_specs.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors_extra_specs.py
@@ -27,13 +27,20 @@
     """
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(FlavorsExtraSpecsTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(FlavorsExtraSpecsTestJSON, cls).skip_checks()
         if not test.is_extension_enabled('OS-FLV-EXT-DATA', 'compute'):
             msg = "OS-FLV-EXT-DATA extension not enabled."
             raise cls.skipException(msg)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(FlavorsExtraSpecsTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.os_adm.flavors_client
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(FlavorsExtraSpecsTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
         flavor_name = data_utils.rand_name('test_flavor')
         ram = 512
         vcpus = 1
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors_extra_specs_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors_extra_specs_negative.py
index a802736..7998c3d 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors_extra_specs_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors_extra_specs_negative.py
@@ -29,13 +29,21 @@
     """
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(FlavorsExtraSpecsNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(FlavorsExtraSpecsNegativeTestJSON, cls).skip_checks()
         if not test.is_extension_enabled('OS-FLV-EXT-DATA', 'compute'):
             msg = "OS-FLV-EXT-DATA extension not enabled."
             raise cls.skipException(msg)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(FlavorsExtraSpecsNegativeTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.os_adm.flavors_client
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(FlavorsExtraSpecsNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+
         flavor_name = data_utils.rand_name('test_flavor')
         ram = 512
         vcpus = 1
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors_negative.py
index 0104ee6..9fc60ea 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_flavors_negative.py
@@ -36,14 +36,21 @@
     """
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(FlavorsAdminNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(FlavorsAdminNegativeTestJSON, cls).skip_checks()
         if not test.is_extension_enabled('OS-FLV-EXT-DATA', 'compute'):
             msg = "OS-FLV-EXT-DATA extension not enabled."
             raise cls.skipException(msg)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(FlavorsAdminNegativeTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.os_adm.flavors_client
         cls.user_client = cls.os.flavors_client
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(FlavorsAdminNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
         cls.flavor_name_prefix = 'test_flavor_'
         cls.ram = 512
         cls.vcpus = 1
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_floating_ips_bulk.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_floating_ips_bulk.py
index 7ca081a..3c5f507 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_floating_ips_bulk.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_floating_ips_bulk.py
@@ -31,9 +31,13 @@
     """
 
     @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(FloatingIPsBulkAdminTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
+        cls.client = cls.os_adm.floating_ips_client
+
+    @classmethod
     def resource_setup(cls):
         super(FloatingIPsBulkAdminTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
-        cls.client = cls.os_adm.floating_ips_client
         cls.ip_range = CONF.compute.floating_ip_range
         cls.verify_unallocated_floating_ip_range(cls.ip_range)
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hosts.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hosts.py
index bef5d1f..e525358 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hosts.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hosts.py
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
     """
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(HostsAdminTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(HostsAdminTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.os_adm.hosts_client
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hosts_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hosts_negative.py
index 1ecd14f..ea553fd 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hosts_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hosts_negative.py
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
     """
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(HostsAdminNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(HostsAdminNegativeTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.os_adm.hosts_client
         cls.non_admin_client = cls.os.hosts_client
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hypervisor.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hypervisor.py
index c65bded..5e83e95 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hypervisor.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hypervisor.py
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
     """
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(HypervisorAdminTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(HypervisorAdminTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.os_adm.hypervisor_client
 
     def _list_hypervisors(self):
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hypervisor_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hypervisor_negative.py
index 8c967de..bbb9112 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hypervisor_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_hypervisor_negative.py
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
     """
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(HypervisorAdminNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(HypervisorAdminNegativeTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.os_adm.hypervisor_client
         cls.non_adm_client = cls.hypervisor_client
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_instance_usage_audit_log.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_instance_usage_audit_log.py
index 1a86b2d..6565810 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_instance_usage_audit_log.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_instance_usage_audit_log.py
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 class InstanceUsageAuditLogTestJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeAdminTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(InstanceUsageAuditLogTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(InstanceUsageAuditLogTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.adm_client = cls.os_adm.instance_usages_audit_log_client
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_instance_usage_audit_log_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_instance_usage_audit_log_negative.py
index b1be1ed..e9f3371 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_instance_usage_audit_log_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_instance_usage_audit_log_negative.py
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 class InstanceUsageAuditLogNegativeTestJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeAdminTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(InstanceUsageAuditLogNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(InstanceUsageAuditLogNegativeTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.adm_client = cls.os_adm.instance_usages_audit_log_client
 
     @test.attr(type=['negative', 'gate'])
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_migrations.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_migrations.py
index 67e4fe3..3c31e77 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_migrations.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_migrations.py
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 class MigrationsAdminTest(base.BaseV2ComputeAdminTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(MigrationsAdminTest, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(MigrationsAdminTest, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.os_adm.migrations_client
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_networks.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_networks.py
index fa72c01..c20d483 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_networks.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_networks.py
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
     """
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(NetworksTest, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(NetworksTest, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.os_adm.networks_client
 
     @test.idempotent_id('d206d211-8912-486f-86e2-a9d090d1f416')
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_quotas.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_quotas.py
index 35e682e..6b6db47 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_quotas.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_quotas.py
@@ -34,9 +34,13 @@
         super(QuotasAdminTestJSON, self).setUp()
 
     @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(QuotasAdminTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
+        cls.adm_client = cls.os_adm.quotas_client
+
+    @classmethod
     def resource_setup(cls):
         super(QuotasAdminTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
-        cls.adm_client = cls.os_adm.quotas_client
 
         # NOTE(afazekas): these test cases should always create and use a new
         # tenant most of them should be skipped if we can't do that
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_quotas_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_quotas_negative.py
index 323b0cb..9b87bfc 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_quotas_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_quotas_negative.py
@@ -27,12 +27,15 @@
     force_tenant_isolation = True
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(QuotasAdminNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(QuotasAdminNegativeTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.os.quotas_client
         cls.adm_client = cls.os_adm.quotas_client
         cls.sg_client = cls.security_groups_client
 
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(QuotasAdminNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
         # NOTE(afazekas): these test cases should always create and use a new
         # tenant most of them should be skipped if we can't do that
         cls.demo_tenant_id = cls.client.tenant_id
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_security_groups.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_security_groups.py
index 19f5b8c..58b5669 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_security_groups.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_security_groups.py
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 class SecurityGroupsTestAdminJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeAdminTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(SecurityGroupsTestAdminJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(SecurityGroupsTestAdminJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.adm_client = cls.os_adm.security_groups_client
         cls.client = cls.security_groups_client
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_servers.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_servers.py
index adeb64b..e2e1665 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_servers.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_servers.py
@@ -28,12 +28,16 @@
     _host_key = 'OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host'
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(ServersAdminTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(ServersAdminTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.os_adm.servers_client
         cls.non_admin_client = cls.servers_client
         cls.flavors_client = cls.os_adm.flavors_client
 
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(ServersAdminTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+
         cls.s1_name = data_utils.rand_name('server')
         server = cls.create_test_server(name=cls.s1_name,
                                         wait_until='ACTIVE')
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_servers_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_servers_negative.py
index 46de5f7..a9cb2ee 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_servers_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_servers_negative.py
@@ -33,11 +33,15 @@
     """
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(ServersAdminNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(ServersAdminNegativeTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.os_adm.servers_client
         cls.non_adm_client = cls.servers_client
         cls.flavors_client = cls.os_adm.flavors_client
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(ServersAdminNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
         cls.tenant_id = cls.client.tenant_id
 
         cls.s1_name = data_utils.rand_name('server')
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_services.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_services.py
index a6f79aa..932a74e 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_services.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_services.py
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
     """
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(ServicesAdminTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(ServicesAdminTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.os_adm.services_client
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_services_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_services_negative.py
index f97b343..2d4ec51 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_services_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_services_negative.py
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
     """
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(ServicesAdminNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(ServicesAdminNegativeTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.os_adm.services_client
         cls.non_admin_client = cls.services_client
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_simple_tenant_usage.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_simple_tenant_usage.py
index be62b1d..cf7b672 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_simple_tenant_usage.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_simple_tenant_usage.py
@@ -23,10 +23,14 @@
 class TenantUsagesTestJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeAdminTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(TenantUsagesTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(TenantUsagesTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.adm_client = cls.os_adm.tenant_usages_client
         cls.client = cls.os.tenant_usages_client
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(TenantUsagesTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
         cls.tenant_id = cls.client.tenant_id
 
         # Create a server in the demo tenant
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_simple_tenant_usage_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_simple_tenant_usage_negative.py
index 38657a4..a83d727 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_simple_tenant_usage_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_simple_tenant_usage_negative.py
@@ -23,11 +23,14 @@
 class TenantUsagesNegativeTestJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeAdminTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(TenantUsagesNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(TenantUsagesNegativeTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.adm_client = cls.os_adm.tenant_usages_client
         cls.client = cls.os.tenant_usages_client
-        cls.identity_client = cls._get_identity_admin_client()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(TenantUsagesNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
         now = datetime.datetime.now()
         cls.start = cls._parse_strtime(now - datetime.timedelta(days=1))
         cls.end = cls._parse_strtime(now + datetime.timedelta(days=1))
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/flavors/test_flavors.py b/tempest/api/compute/flavors/test_flavors.py
index b9056c7..8a66282 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/flavors/test_flavors.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/flavors/test_flavors.py
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
     _min_ram = 'minRam'
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(FlavorsV2TestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(FlavorsV2TestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.flavors_client
 
     @test.attr(type='smoke')
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_image_metadata.py b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_image_metadata.py
index 8193a55..6844038 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_image_metadata.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_image_metadata.py
@@ -26,14 +26,21 @@
 class ImagesMetadataTestJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(ImagesMetadataTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(ImagesMetadataTestJSON, cls).skip_checks()
         if not CONF.service_available.glance:
             skip_msg = ("%s skipped as glance is not available" % cls.__name__)
             raise cls.skipException(skip_msg)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(ImagesMetadataTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.glance_client = cls.os.image_client
         cls.client = cls.images_client
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(ImagesMetadataTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
         cls.image_id = None
 
         name = data_utils.rand_name('image')
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_image_metadata_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_image_metadata_negative.py
index d181ed9..9f1c21a 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_image_metadata_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_image_metadata_negative.py
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 class ImagesMetadataTestJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(ImagesMetadataTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(ImagesMetadataTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.images_client
 
     @test.attr(type=['negative', 'gate'])
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images.py b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images.py
index 396d629..c29c40d 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images.py
@@ -23,17 +23,19 @@
 class ImagesTestJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(ImagesTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(ImagesTestJSON, cls).skip_checks()
         if not CONF.service_available.glance:
             skip_msg = ("%s skipped as glance is not available" % cls.__name__)
             raise cls.skipException(skip_msg)
-
         if not CONF.compute_feature_enabled.snapshot:
             skip_msg = ("%s skipped as instance snapshotting is not supported"
                         % cls.__name__)
             raise cls.skipException(skip_msg)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(ImagesTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.images_client
         cls.servers_client = cls.servers_client
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_negative.py
index ee52f37..85243f5 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_negative.py
@@ -25,17 +25,19 @@
 class ImagesNegativeTestJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(ImagesNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(ImagesNegativeTestJSON, cls).skip_checks()
         if not CONF.service_available.glance:
             skip_msg = ("%s skipped as glance is not available" % cls.__name__)
             raise cls.skipException(skip_msg)
-
         if not CONF.compute_feature_enabled.snapshot:
             skip_msg = ("%s skipped as instance snapshotting is not supported"
                         % cls.__name__)
             raise cls.skipException(skip_msg)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(ImagesNegativeTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.images_client
         cls.servers_client = cls.servers_client
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_oneserver.py b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_oneserver.py
index abdeb18..337d5d1 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_oneserver.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_oneserver.py
@@ -47,9 +47,8 @@
             self.__class__.server_id = self.rebuild_server(self.server_id)
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(ImagesOneServerTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
-        cls.client = cls.images_client
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(ImagesOneServerTestJSON, cls).skip_checks()
         if not CONF.service_available.glance:
             skip_msg = ("%s skipped as glance is not available" % cls.__name__)
             raise cls.skipException(skip_msg)
@@ -59,6 +58,14 @@
                         % cls.__name__)
             raise cls.skipException(skip_msg)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(ImagesOneServerTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
+        cls.client = cls.images_client
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(ImagesOneServerTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
         server = cls.create_test_server(wait_until='ACTIVE')
         cls.server_id = server['id']
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_oneserver_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_oneserver_negative.py
index f6a4aec..a50a09d 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_oneserver_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_oneserver_negative.py
@@ -56,9 +56,8 @@
         self.__class__.server_id = self.rebuild_server(self.server_id)
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(ImagesOneServerNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
-        cls.client = cls.images_client
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(ImagesOneServerNegativeTestJSON, cls).skip_checks()
         if not CONF.service_available.glance:
             skip_msg = ("%s skipped as glance is not available" % cls.__name__)
             raise cls.skipException(skip_msg)
@@ -68,6 +67,14 @@
                         % cls.__name__)
             raise cls.skipException(skip_msg)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(ImagesOneServerNegativeTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
+        cls.client = cls.images_client
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(ImagesOneServerNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
         server = cls.create_test_server(wait_until='ACTIVE')
         cls.server_id = server['id']
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_list_image_filters.py b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_list_image_filters.py
index 6176d85..36b9a46 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_list_image_filters.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_list_image_filters.py
@@ -32,14 +32,22 @@
 class ListImageFiltersTestJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(ListImageFiltersTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(ListImageFiltersTestJSON, cls).skip_checks()
         if not CONF.service_available.glance:
             skip_msg = ("%s skipped as glance is not available" % cls.__name__)
             raise cls.skipException(skip_msg)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(ListImageFiltersTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.images_client
         cls.glance_client = cls.os.image_client
 
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(ListImageFiltersTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+
         def _create_image():
             name = data_utils.rand_name('image')
             body = cls.glance_client.create_image(name=name,
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_list_image_filters_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_list_image_filters_negative.py
index e5418ad..d660e2b 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_list_image_filters_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_list_image_filters_negative.py
@@ -25,11 +25,15 @@
 class ListImageFiltersNegativeTestJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(ListImageFiltersNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(ListImageFiltersNegativeTestJSON, cls).skip_checks()
         if not CONF.service_available.glance:
             skip_msg = ("%s skipped as glance is not available" % cls.__name__)
             raise cls.skipException(skip_msg)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(ListImageFiltersNegativeTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.images_client
 
     @test.attr(type=['negative', 'gate'])
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_list_images.py b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_list_images.py
index 36451ec..7a7a363 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_list_images.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_list_images.py
@@ -23,11 +23,15 @@
 class ListImagesTestJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(ListImagesTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(ListImagesTestJSON, cls).skip_checks()
         if not CONF.service_available.glance:
             skip_msg = ("%s skipped as glance is not available" % cls.__name__)
             raise cls.skipException(skip_msg)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(ListImagesTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.images_client
 
     @test.attr(type='smoke')
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/keypairs/test_keypairs.py b/tempest/api/compute/keypairs/test_keypairs.py
index 972f0de..d7c6f0b 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/keypairs/test_keypairs.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/keypairs/test_keypairs.py
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
     _api_version = 2
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(KeyPairsV2TestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(KeyPairsV2TestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.keypairs_client
 
     def _delete_keypair(self, keypair_name):
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/keypairs/test_keypairs_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/keypairs/test_keypairs_negative.py
index e63f3c7..71e2bd7 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/keypairs/test_keypairs_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/keypairs/test_keypairs_negative.py
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 class KeyPairsNegativeTestJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(KeyPairsNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(KeyPairsNegativeTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.keypairs_client
 
     def _create_keypair(self, keypair_name, pub_key=None):
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_availability_zone.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_availability_zone.py
index 5962042..f3650ac 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_availability_zone.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_availability_zone.py
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
     _api_version = 2
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(AZV2TestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(AZV2TestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.availability_zone_client
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_create_server.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_create_server.py
index 14eb536..03008f3 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_create_server.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_create_server.py
@@ -31,8 +31,18 @@
     disk_config = 'AUTO'
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
+    def setup_credentials(cls):
         cls.prepare_instance_network()
+        super(ServersTestJSON, cls).setup_credentials()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(ServersTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
+        cls.client = cls.servers_client
+        cls.network_client = cls.os.network_client
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
         super(ServersTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
         cls.meta = {'hello': 'world'}
         cls.accessIPv4 = '1.1.1.1'
@@ -41,8 +51,6 @@
         file_contents = 'This is a test file.'
         personality = [{'path': '/test.txt',
                        'contents': base64.b64encode(file_contents)}]
-        cls.client = cls.servers_client
-        cls.network_client = cls.os.network_client
         disk_config = cls.disk_config
         cls.server_initial = cls.create_test_server(name=cls.name,
                                                     meta=cls.meta,
@@ -194,9 +202,9 @@
     disk_config = 'AUTO'
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
+    def setup_clients(cls):
         cls.prepare_instance_network()
-        super(ServersWithSpecificFlavorTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+        super(ServersWithSpecificFlavorTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.flavor_client = cls.os_adm.flavors_client
         cls.client = cls.servers_client
 
@@ -277,8 +285,8 @@
     disk_config = 'MANUAL'
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(ServersTestManualDisk, cls).skip_checks()
         if not CONF.compute_feature_enabled.disk_config:
             msg = "DiskConfig extension not enabled."
             raise cls.skipException(msg)
-        super(ServersTestManualDisk, cls).resource_setup()
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_delete_server.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_delete_server.py
index 6155958..7160265 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_delete_server.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_delete_server.py
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
     # for preventing "Quota exceeded for instances"
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(DeleteServersTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(DeleteServersTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.servers_client
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@
     # for preventing "Quota exceeded for instances".
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(DeleteServersAdminTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(DeleteServersAdminTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.non_admin_client = cls.servers_client
         cls.admin_client = cls.os_adm.servers_client
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_disk_config.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_disk_config.py
index a15a9b7..c4cb2bd 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_disk_config.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_disk_config.py
@@ -25,12 +25,20 @@
 class ServerDiskConfigTestJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(ServerDiskConfigTestJSON, cls).skip_checks()
         if not CONF.compute_feature_enabled.disk_config:
             msg = "DiskConfig extension not enabled."
             raise cls.skipException(msg)
-        super(ServerDiskConfigTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(ServerDiskConfigTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.os.servers_client
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(ServerDiskConfigTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
         server = cls.create_test_server(wait_until='ACTIVE')
         cls.server_id = server['id']
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_instance_actions.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_instance_actions.py
index b00221c..c804170 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_instance_actions.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_instance_actions.py
@@ -20,9 +20,13 @@
 class InstanceActionsTestJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeTest):
 
     @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(InstanceActionsTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
+        cls.client = cls.servers_client
+
+    @classmethod
     def resource_setup(cls):
         super(InstanceActionsTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
-        cls.client = cls.servers_client
         server = cls.create_test_server(wait_until='ACTIVE')
         cls.request_id = server.response['x-compute-request-id']
         cls.server_id = server['id']
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_instance_actions_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_instance_actions_negative.py
index a0064b2..2eb46f5 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_instance_actions_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_instance_actions_negative.py
@@ -23,9 +23,13 @@
 class InstanceActionsNegativeTestJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeTest):
 
     @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(InstanceActionsNegativeTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
+        cls.client = cls.servers_client
+
+    @classmethod
     def resource_setup(cls):
         super(InstanceActionsNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
-        cls.client = cls.servers_client
         server = cls.create_test_server(wait_until='ACTIVE')
         cls.server_id = server['id']
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_list_servers_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_list_servers_negative.py
index 7837ac1..1c466c5 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_list_servers_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_list_servers_negative.py
@@ -24,9 +24,13 @@
     force_tenant_isolation = True
 
     @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(ListServersNegativeTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
+        cls.client = cls.servers_client
+
+    @classmethod
     def resource_setup(cls):
         super(ListServersNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
-        cls.client = cls.servers_client
 
         # The following servers are created for use
         # by the test methods in this class. These
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_actions.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_actions.py
index ce3772f..2f657c9 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_actions.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_actions.py
@@ -53,10 +53,14 @@
         super(ServerActionsTestJSON, self).tearDown()
 
     @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(ServerActionsTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
+        cls.client = cls.servers_client
+
+    @classmethod
     def resource_setup(cls):
         cls.prepare_instance_network()
         super(ServerActionsTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
-        cls.client = cls.servers_client
         cls.server_id = cls.rebuild_server(None)
 
     @test.idempotent_id('6158df09-4b82-4ab3-af6d-29cf36af858d')
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_group.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_group.py
index ac04feb..d1c6256 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_group.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_group.py
@@ -28,12 +28,20 @@
     It also adds the tests for list and get details of server-groups
     """
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(ServerGroupTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(ServerGroupTestJSON, cls).skip_checks()
         if not test.is_extension_enabled('os-server-groups', 'compute'):
             msg = "os-server-groups extension is not enabled."
             raise cls.skipException(msg)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(ServerGroupTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.servers_client
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(ServerGroupTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
         server_group_name = data_utils.rand_name('server-group')
         cls.policy = ['affinity']
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_metadata.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_metadata.py
index 4a14228..3bdd380 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_metadata.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_metadata.py
@@ -20,10 +20,14 @@
 class ServerMetadataTestJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(ServerMetadataTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(ServerMetadataTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.servers_client
         cls.quotas = cls.quotas_client
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(ServerMetadataTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
         server = cls.create_test_server(meta={}, wait_until='ACTIVE')
         cls.server_id = server['id']
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_metadata_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_metadata_negative.py
index 19913d9..833832e 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_metadata_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_metadata_negative.py
@@ -23,10 +23,14 @@
 class ServerMetadataNegativeTestJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(ServerMetadataNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(ServerMetadataNegativeTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.servers_client
         cls.quotas = cls.quotas_client
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(ServerMetadataNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
         cls.tenant_id = cls.client.tenant_id
         server = cls.create_test_server(meta={}, wait_until='ACTIVE')
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_password.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_password.py
index 57fa408..a82fddf 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_password.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_password.py
@@ -21,9 +21,13 @@
 class ServerPasswordTestJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeTest):
 
     @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(ServerPasswordTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
+        cls.client = cls.servers_client
+
+    @classmethod
     def resource_setup(cls):
         super(ServerPasswordTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
-        cls.client = cls.servers_client
         cls.server = cls.create_test_server(wait_until="ACTIVE")
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_personality.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_personality.py
index b08dbf1..dbfee8f 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_personality.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_personality.py
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 class ServerPersonalityTestJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(ServerPersonalityTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(ServerPersonalityTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.servers_client
         cls.user_client = cls.limits_client
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_servers.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_servers.py
index 624d9c2..8668d1a 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_servers.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_servers.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 class ServersTestJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(ServersTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(ServersTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.servers_client
 
     def tearDown(self):
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_servers_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_servers_negative.py
index dd82893..e696c6b 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_servers_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_servers_negative.py
@@ -41,11 +41,19 @@
         super(ServersNegativeTestJSON, self).tearDown()
 
     @classmethod
+    def setup_credentials(cls):
+        super(ServersNegativeTestJSON, cls).setup_credentials()
+        cls.alt_os = clients.Manager(cls.isolated_creds.get_alt_creds())
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(ServersNegativeTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
+        cls.client = cls.servers_client
+        cls.alt_client = cls.alt_os.servers_client
+
+    @classmethod
     def resource_setup(cls):
         super(ServersNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
-        cls.client = cls.servers_client
-        cls.alt_os = clients.Manager(cls.isolated_creds.get_alt_creds())
-        cls.alt_client = cls.alt_os.servers_client
         server = cls.create_test_server(wait_until='ACTIVE')
         cls.server_id = server['id']
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/test_live_block_migration.py b/tempest/api/compute/test_live_block_migration.py
index d2221e1..c3f91ee 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/test_live_block_migration.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/test_live_block_migration.py
@@ -27,12 +27,15 @@
     _host_key = 'OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host'
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(LiveBlockMigrationTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
-
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(LiveBlockMigrationTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.admin_hosts_client = cls.os_adm.hosts_client
         cls.admin_servers_client = cls.os_adm.servers_client
 
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(LiveBlockMigrationTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+
         cls.created_server_ids = []
 
     def _get_compute_hostnames(self):
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/test_live_block_migration_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/test_live_block_migration_negative.py
index bed53d6..1a4e0c6 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/test_live_block_migration_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/test_live_block_migration_negative.py
@@ -27,10 +27,14 @@
     _host_key = 'OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host'
 
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(LiveBlockMigrationNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(LiveBlockMigrationNegativeTestJSON, cls).skip_checks()
         if not CONF.compute_feature_enabled.live_migration:
             raise cls.skipException("Live migration is not enabled")
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(LiveBlockMigrationNegativeTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.admin_hosts_client = cls.os_adm.hosts_client
         cls.admin_servers_client = cls.os_adm.servers_client
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/test_networks.py b/tempest/api/compute/test_networks.py
index c30beb7..2279723 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/test_networks.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/test_networks.py
@@ -21,10 +21,14 @@
 
 class NetworksTestJSON(base.BaseV2ComputeTest):
     @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(NetworksTestJSON, cls).skip_checks()
         if CONF.service_available.neutron:
             raise cls.skipException('nova-network is not available.')
-        super(NetworksTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(NetworksTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
         cls.client = cls.os.networks_client
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/test_quotas.py b/tempest/api/compute/test_quotas.py
index 1df67d9..86bf5fa 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/test_quotas.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/test_quotas.py
@@ -26,9 +26,13 @@
         super(QuotasTestJSON, self).setUp()
 
     @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(QuotasTestJSON, cls).setup_clients()
+        cls.client = cls.quotas_client
+
+    @classmethod
     def resource_setup(cls):
         super(QuotasTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
-        cls.client = cls.quotas_client
         cls.tenant_id = cls.client.tenant_id
         cls.user_id = cls.client.user_id
         cls.default_quota_set = set(('injected_file_content_bytes',