diff --git a/tempest/serial_tests/api/admin/test_aggregates.py b/tempest/serial_tests/api/admin/test_aggregates.py
index cedeec0..ce54957 100644
--- a/tempest/serial_tests/api/admin/test_aggregates.py
+++ b/tempest/serial_tests/api/admin/test_aggregates.py
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@
     @decorators.idempotent_id('96be03c7-570d-409c-90f8-e4db3c646996')
     def test_aggregate_add_host_create_server_with_az(self):
         """Test adding a host to the given aggregate and creating a server"""
+        if CONF.production:
+            raise self.skipException("Not allowed to run this test "
+                                     "on production environment")
         self.useFixture(fixtures.LockFixture('availability_zone'))
         az_name = data_utils.rand_name(
             prefix=CONF.resource_name_prefix, name=self.az_name_prefix)
@@ -235,12 +238,20 @@
             if agg['availability_zone']:
                 hosts_in_zone.extend(agg['hosts'])
         hosts = [v for v in self.hosts_available if v not in hosts_in_zone]
-        if not hosts:
+        hosts_available = []
+        for host in hosts:
+            hypervisor_servers = (
+                self.os_admin.hypervisor_client.list_servers_on_hypervisor(
+                    host)["hypervisors"][0].get("servers", None))
+            if not hypervisor_servers:
+                hosts_available.append(host)
+        if not hosts_available:
             raise self.skipException("All hosts are already in other "
-                                     "availability zones, so can't add "
+                                     "availability zones or have running "
+                                     "instances, so can't add "
                                      "host to aggregate. \nAggregates list: "
                                      "%s" % aggregates)
-        host = hosts[0]
+        host = hosts_available[0]
 
         self.client.add_host(aggregate['id'], host=host)
         self.addCleanup(self.client.remove_host, aggregate['id'], host=host)
diff --git a/tempest/serial_tests/scenario/test_aggregates_basic_ops.py b/tempest/serial_tests/scenario/test_aggregates_basic_ops.py
index a831fe5..cc45297 100644
--- a/tempest/serial_tests/scenario/test_aggregates_basic_ops.py
+++ b/tempest/serial_tests/scenario/test_aggregates_basic_ops.py
@@ -63,7 +63,11 @@
         hosts_available = []
         for host in svc_list:
             if (host['state'] == 'up' and host['status'] == 'enabled'):
-                hosts_available.append(host['host'])
+                hypervisor_servers = (
+                    self.os_admin.hypervisor_client.list_servers_on_hypervisor(
+                        host["host"])["hypervisors"][0].get("servers", None))
+                if not hypervisor_servers:
+                    hosts_available.append(host["host"])
         aggregates = self.aggregates_client.list_aggregates()['aggregates']
         hosts_in_zone = []
         for agg in aggregates:
@@ -72,7 +76,8 @@
         hosts = [v for v in hosts_available if v not in hosts_in_zone]
         if not hosts:
             raise self.skipException("All hosts are already in other "
-                                     "availability zones, so can't add "
+                                     "availability zones or have running "
+                                     "instances, so can't add "
                                      "host to aggregate. \nAggregates list: "
                                      "%s" % aggregates)
         return hosts[0]
@@ -120,6 +125,9 @@
     @decorators.attr(type='slow')
     @utils.services('compute')
     def test_aggregate_basic_ops(self):
+        if CONF.production:
+            raise self.skipException("Not allowed to run this test "
+                                     "on production environment")
         self.useFixture(fixtures.LockFixture('availability_zone'))
         az = 'foo_zone'
         aggregate_name = data_utils.rand_name(