diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_multi_backend.py b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_multi_backend.py
index 769f5e0..db2aab5 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_multi_backend.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_multi_backend.py
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@
     _interface = "json"
 
     @classmethod
-    @test.safe_setup
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(VolumeMultiBackendTest, cls).setUpClass()
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(VolumeMultiBackendTest, cls).resource_setup()
         if not CONF.volume_feature_enabled.multi_backend:
             raise cls.skipException("Cinder multi-backend feature disabled")
 
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@
             self.volume['id'], 'available')
 
     @classmethod
-    def tearDownClass(cls):
+    def resource_cleanup(cls):
         # volumes deletion
         vid_prefix = getattr(cls, 'volume_id_list_with_prefix', [])
         for volume_id in vid_prefix:
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@
         for volume_type_id in volume_type_id_list:
             cls.client.delete_volume_type(volume_type_id)
 
-        super(VolumeMultiBackendTest, cls).tearDownClass()
+        super(VolumeMultiBackendTest, cls).resource_cleanup()
 
     @test.attr(type='smoke')
     def test_backend_name_reporting(self):
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_snapshots_actions.py b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_snapshots_actions.py
index abbe1e9..720734b 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_snapshots_actions.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_snapshots_actions.py
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@
     _interface = "json"
 
     @classmethod
-    @test.safe_setup
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(SnapshotsActionsTest, cls).setUpClass()
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(SnapshotsActionsTest, cls).resource_setup()
         cls.client = cls.snapshots_client
 
         # Create admin volume client
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@
                                             'available')
 
     @classmethod
-    def tearDownClass(cls):
+    def resource_cleanup(cls):
         # Delete the test snapshot
         cls.client.delete_snapshot(cls.snapshot['id'])
         cls.client.wait_for_resource_deletion(cls.snapshot['id'])
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@
         cls.volumes_client.delete_volume(cls.volume['id'])
         cls.volumes_client.wait_for_resource_deletion(cls.volume['id'])
 
-        super(SnapshotsActionsTest, cls).tearDownClass()
+        super(SnapshotsActionsTest, cls).resource_cleanup()
 
     def tearDown(self):
         # Set snapshot's status to available after test
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_quotas.py b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_quotas.py
index fa3b667..7e24fa4 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_quotas.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_quotas.py
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
     force_tenant_isolation = True
 
     @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(VolumeQuotasAdminTestJSON, cls).setUpClass()
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(VolumeQuotasAdminTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
         cls.admin_volume_client = cls.os_adm.volumes_client
         cls.demo_tenant_id = cls.isolated_creds.get_primary_creds().tenant_id
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_quotas_negative.py b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_quotas_negative.py
index 515024f..60a0adb 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_quotas_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_quotas_negative.py
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@
     force_tenant_isolation = True
 
     @classmethod
-    @test.safe_setup
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(VolumeQuotasNegativeTestJSON, cls).setUpClass()
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(VolumeQuotasNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
         demo_user = cls.isolated_creds.get_primary_creds()
         cls.demo_tenant_id = demo_user.tenant_id
         cls.shared_quota_set = {'gigabytes': 3, 'volumes': 1, 'snapshots': 1}
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_services.py b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_services.py
index 4a68e05..7820148 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_services.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_services.py
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
     _interface = "json"
 
     @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(VolumesServicesTestJSON, cls).setUpClass()
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(VolumesServicesTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
         cls.client = cls.os_adm.volume_services_client
         _, cls.services = cls.client.list_services()
         cls.host_name = cls.services[0]['host']
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 c682866..2d72dd2 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_types_extra_specs.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volume_types_extra_specs.py
@@ -22,15 +22,15 @@
     _interface = "json"
 
     @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(VolumeTypesExtraSpecsTest, cls).setUpClass()
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(VolumeTypesExtraSpecsTest, cls).resource_setup()
         vol_type_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume-type-')
         _, cls.volume_type = cls.client.create_volume_type(vol_type_name)
 
     @classmethod
-    def tearDownClass(cls):
+    def resource_cleanup(cls):
         cls.client.delete_volume_type(cls.volume_type['id'])
-        super(VolumeTypesExtraSpecsTest, cls).tearDownClass()
+        super(VolumeTypesExtraSpecsTest, cls).resource_cleanup()
 
     @test.attr(type='smoke')
     def test_volume_type_extra_specs_list(self):
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 ff4f113..f3eee00 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
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
     _interface = 'json'
 
     @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(ExtraSpecsNegativeTest, cls).setUpClass()
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(ExtraSpecsNegativeTest, cls).resource_setup()
         vol_type_name = data_utils.rand_name('Volume-type-')
         cls.extra_specs = {"spec1": "val1"}
         _, cls.volume_type = cls.client.create_volume_type(
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
             extra_specs=cls.extra_specs)
 
     @classmethod
-    def tearDownClass(cls):
+    def resource_cleanup(cls):
         cls.client.delete_volume_type(cls.volume_type['id'])
-        super(ExtraSpecsNegativeTest, cls).tearDownClass()
+        super(ExtraSpecsNegativeTest, cls).resource_cleanup()
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
     def test_update_no_body(self):
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volumes_actions.py b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volumes_actions.py
index d6db1df..f85718b 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volumes_actions.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volumes_actions.py
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@
     _interface = "json"
 
     @classmethod
-    @test.safe_setup
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(VolumesActionsTest, cls).setUpClass()
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(VolumesActionsTest, cls).resource_setup()
         cls.client = cls.volumes_client
 
         # Create admin volume client
@@ -38,12 +37,12 @@
         cls.client.wait_for_volume_status(cls.volume['id'], 'available')
 
     @classmethod
-    def tearDownClass(cls):
+    def resource_cleanup(cls):
         # Delete the test volume
         cls.client.delete_volume(cls.volume['id'])
         cls.client.wait_for_resource_deletion(cls.volume['id'])
 
-        super(VolumesActionsTest, cls).tearDownClass()
+        super(VolumesActionsTest, cls).resource_cleanup()
 
     def _reset_volume_status(self, volume_id, status):
         # Reset the volume status
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volumes_backup.py b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volumes_backup.py
index 3699e9c..8b90b07 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volumes_backup.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/admin/test_volumes_backup.py
@@ -27,9 +27,8 @@
     _interface = "json"
 
     @classmethod
-    @test.safe_setup
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(VolumesBackupsTest, cls).setUpClass()
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(VolumesBackupsTest, cls).resource_setup()
 
         if not CONF.volume_feature_enabled.backup:
             raise cls.skipException("Cinder backup feature disabled")
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/base.py b/tempest/api/volume/base.py
index 8aad058..7f5361d 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/base.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/base.py
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
     _interface = 'json'
 
     @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(cls):
+    def resource_setup(cls):
         cls.set_network_resources()
-        super(BaseVolumeTest, cls).setUpClass()
+        super(BaseVolumeTest, cls).resource_setup()
 
         if not CONF.service_available.cinder:
             skip_msg = ("%s skipped as Cinder is not available" % cls.__name__)
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@
             raise exceptions.InvalidConfiguration(message=msg)
 
     @classmethod
-    def tearDownClass(cls):
+    def resource_cleanup(cls):
         cls.clear_snapshots()
         cls.clear_volumes()
         cls.clear_isolated_creds()
-        super(BaseVolumeTest, cls).tearDownClass()
+        super(BaseVolumeTest, cls).resource_cleanup()
 
     @classmethod
     def create_volume(cls, size=1, **kwargs):
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@
 class BaseVolumeAdminTest(BaseVolumeTest):
     """Base test case class for all Volume Admin API tests."""
     @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(BaseVolumeAdminTest, cls).setUpClass()
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(BaseVolumeAdminTest, cls).resource_setup()
         cls.adm_user = CONF.identity.admin_username
         cls.adm_pass = CONF.identity.admin_password
         cls.adm_tenant = CONF.identity.admin_tenant_name
@@ -187,9 +187,9 @@
             cls.volume_qos_client = cls.os_adm.volume_qos_v2_client
 
     @classmethod
-    def tearDownClass(cls):
+    def resource_cleanup(cls):
         cls.clear_qos_specs()
-        super(BaseVolumeAdminTest, cls).tearDownClass()
+        super(BaseVolumeAdminTest, cls).resource_cleanup()
 
     @classmethod
     def create_test_qos_specs(cls, name=None, consumer=None, **kwargs):
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_availability_zone.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_availability_zone.py
index c026f71..648bd8b 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_availability_zone.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_availability_zone.py
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
     """
 
     @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(AvailabilityZoneV2TestJSON, cls).setUpClass()
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(AvailabilityZoneV2TestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
         cls.client = cls.availability_zone_client
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_qos.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_qos.py
index 8b6ba49..a719b79 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_qos.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_qos.py
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@
     """
 
     @classmethod
-    @test.safe_setup
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(QosSpecsV2TestJSON, cls).setUpClass()
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(QosSpecsV2TestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
         # Create admin qos client
         # Create a test shared qos-specs for tests
         cls.qos_name = utils.rand_name(cls.__name__ + '-QoS')
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_snapshot_metadata.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_snapshot_metadata.py
index 7040891..777d3de 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_snapshot_metadata.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_snapshot_metadata.py
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@
 class SnapshotV2MetadataTestJSON(base.BaseVolumeTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    @test.safe_setup
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(SnapshotV2MetadataTestJSON, cls).setUpClass()
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(SnapshotV2MetadataTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
         cls.client = cls.snapshots_client
         # Create a volume
         cls.volume = cls.create_volume()
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_volume_metadata.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_volume_metadata.py
index ac760aa..2ec8667 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_volume_metadata.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_volume_metadata.py
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@
 class VolumesV2MetadataTest(base.BaseVolumeTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    @test.safe_setup
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(VolumesV2MetadataTest, cls).setUpClass()
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(VolumesV2MetadataTest, cls).resource_setup()
         # Create a volume
         cls.volume = cls.create_volume()
         cls.volume_id = cls.volume['id']
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_volume_transfers.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_volume_transfers.py
index 4a6ba03..90ac9c1 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_volume_transfers.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_volume_transfers.py
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 class VolumesV2TransfersTest(base.BaseVolumeTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(VolumesV2TransfersTest, cls).setUpClass()
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(VolumesV2TransfersTest, cls).resource_setup()
 
         # Add another tenant to test volume-transfer
         if CONF.compute.allow_tenant_isolation:
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_actions.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_actions.py
index c87878d..a9bc70a 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_actions.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_actions.py
@@ -24,9 +24,8 @@
 class VolumesV2ActionsTest(base.BaseVolumeTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    @test.safe_setup
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(VolumesV2ActionsTest, cls).setUpClass()
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(VolumesV2ActionsTest, cls).resource_setup()
         cls.client = cls.volumes_client
         cls.image_client = cls.os.image_client
 
@@ -45,12 +44,12 @@
         self.image_client.wait_for_resource_deletion(image_id)
 
     @classmethod
-    def tearDownClass(cls):
+    def resource_cleanup(cls):
         # Delete the test instance
         cls.servers_client.delete_server(cls.server['id'])
         cls.servers_client.wait_for_server_termination(cls.server['id'])
 
-        super(VolumesV2ActionsTest, cls).tearDownClass()
+        super(VolumesV2ActionsTest, cls).resource_cleanup()
 
     @test.stresstest(class_setup_per='process')
     @test.attr(type='smoke')
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_extend.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_extend.py
index c9e80aa..edd497c 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_extend.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_extend.py
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@
 class VolumesV2ExtendTest(base.BaseVolumeTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    @test.safe_setup
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(VolumesV2ExtendTest, cls).setUpClass()
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(VolumesV2ExtendTest, cls).resource_setup()
         cls.client = cls.volumes_client
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_get.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_get.py
index a346a17..033beb4 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_get.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_get.py
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 class VolumesV2GetTest(base.BaseVolumeTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(VolumesV2GetTest, cls).setUpClass()
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(VolumesV2GetTest, cls).resource_setup()
         cls.client = cls.volumes_client
 
         cls.name_field = cls.special_fields['name_field']
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_list.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_list.py
index 272a41a..016e9ab 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_list.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_list.py
@@ -55,9 +55,8 @@
                              [str_vol(v) for v in fetched_list]))
 
     @classmethod
-    @test.safe_setup
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(VolumesV2ListTestJSON, cls).setUpClass()
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(VolumesV2ListTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
         cls.client = cls.volumes_client
         cls.name = cls.VOLUME_FIELDS[1]
 
@@ -72,12 +71,12 @@
             cls.volume_id_list.append(volume['id'])
 
     @classmethod
-    def tearDownClass(cls):
+    def resource_cleanup(cls):
         # Delete the created volumes
         for volid in cls.volume_id_list:
             cls.client.delete_volume(volid)
             cls.client.wait_for_resource_deletion(volid)
-        super(VolumesV2ListTestJSON, cls).tearDownClass()
+        super(VolumesV2ListTestJSON, cls).resource_cleanup()
 
     def _list_by_param_value_and_assert(self, params, with_detail=False):
         """
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_negative.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_negative.py
index 5f0cffa..2b43c63 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_negative.py
@@ -24,9 +24,8 @@
 class VolumesV2NegativeTest(base.BaseVolumeTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    @test.safe_setup
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(VolumesV2NegativeTest, cls).setUpClass()
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(VolumesV2NegativeTest, cls).resource_setup()
         cls.client = cls.volumes_client
 
         cls.name_field = cls.special_fields['name_field']
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_snapshots.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_snapshots.py
index 8390f03..78df1df 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_snapshots.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_snapshots.py
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@
 class VolumesV2SnapshotTestJSON(base.BaseVolumeTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    @test.safe_setup
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(VolumesV2SnapshotTestJSON, cls).setUpClass()
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(VolumesV2SnapshotTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
         cls.volume_origin = cls.create_volume()
 
         if not CONF.volume_feature_enabled.snapshot:
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_snapshots_negative.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_snapshots_negative.py
index ddecda8..75a62a8 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_snapshots_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_snapshots_negative.py
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 class VolumesV2SnapshotNegativeTestJSON(base.BaseVolumeTest):
 
     @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(VolumesV2SnapshotNegativeTestJSON, cls).setUpClass()
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(VolumesV2SnapshotNegativeTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
 
         if not CONF.volume_feature_enabled.snapshot:
             raise cls.skipException("Cinder volume snapshots are disabled")
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/v2/test_volumes_list.py b/tempest/api/volume/v2/test_volumes_list.py
index 3ae227d..cc56873 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/v2/test_volumes_list.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/v2/test_volumes_list.py
@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@
     """
 
     @classmethod
-    @test.safe_setup
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(VolumesV2ListTestJSON, cls).setUpClass()
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(VolumesV2ListTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
         cls.client = cls.volumes_client
 
         # Create 3 test volumes
@@ -47,12 +46,12 @@
             cls.volume_id_list.append(volume['id'])
 
     @classmethod
-    def tearDownClass(cls):
+    def resource_cleanup(cls):
         # Delete the created volumes
         for volid in cls.volume_id_list:
             cls.client.delete_volume(volid)
             cls.client.wait_for_resource_deletion(volid)
-        super(VolumesV2ListTestJSON, cls).tearDownClass()
+        super(VolumesV2ListTestJSON, cls).resource_cleanup()
 
     @test.attr(type='gate')
     def test_volume_list_details_with_multiple_params(self):