diff --git a/releasenotes/source/conf.py b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
index 140263c..eec42cd 100644
--- a/releasenotes/source/conf.py
+++ b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # 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
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_negative.py
index 549262e..3923068 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_negative.py
@@ -50,21 +50,19 @@
         self.servers_client.delete_server(server['id'])
         waiters.wait_for_server_termination(self.servers_client, server['id'])
         # Create a new image after server is deleted
-        name = data_utils.rand_name('image')
         meta = {'image_type': 'test'}
         self.assertRaises(lib_exc.NotFound,
                           self.create_image_from_server,
-                          server['id'], name=name, meta=meta)
+                          server['id'], meta=meta)
 
     @test.attr(type=['negative'])
     @test.idempotent_id('82c5b0c4-9dbd-463c-872b-20c4755aae7f')
     def test_create_image_from_invalid_server(self):
         # An image should not be created with invalid server id
         # Create a new image with invalid server id
-        name = data_utils.rand_name('image')
         meta = {'image_type': 'test'}
         self.assertRaises(lib_exc.NotFound, self.create_image_from_server,
-                          '!@$^&*()', name=name, meta=meta)
+                          '!@$^&*()', meta=meta)
 
     @test.attr(type=['negative'])
     @test.idempotent_id('ec176029-73dc-4037-8d72-2e4ff60cf538')
diff --git a/tempest/api/image/v1/test_images.py b/tempest/api/image/v1/test_images.py
index 0caaa67..b22ceed 100644
--- a/tempest/api/image/v1/test_images.py
+++ b/tempest/api/image/v1/test_images.py
@@ -30,13 +30,23 @@
     a_formats = ['ami', 'ari', 'aki']
 
     container_format = CONF.image.container_formats[0]
-    disk_format = CONF.image.disk_formats[0]
 
-    if container_format in a_formats and container_format != disk_format:
-        msg = ("The container format and the disk format don't match. "
-               "Container format: %(container)s, Disk format: %(disk)s." %
-               {'container': container_format, 'disk': disk_format})
-        raise exceptions.InvalidConfiguration(msg)
+    # In v1, If container_format is one of ['ami', 'ari', 'aki'], then
+    # disk_format must be same with container_format.
+    # If they are of different item sequence in tempest.conf, such as:
+    #     container_formats = ami,ari,aki,bare
+    #     disk_formats = ari,ami,aki,vhd
+    # we can select one in disk_format list that is same with container_format.
+    if container_format in a_formats:
+        if container_format in CONF.image.disk_formats:
+            disk_format = container_format
+        else:
+            msg = ("The container format and the disk format don't match. "
+                   "Container format: %(container)s, Disk format: %(disk)s." %
+                   {'container': container_format, 'disk': disk_format})
+            raise exceptions.InvalidConfiguration(msg)
+    else:
+        disk_format = CONF.image.disk_formats[0]
 
     return container_format, disk_format
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_swift_resources.py b/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_swift_resources.py
index c0f1c4b..3672526 100644
--- a/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_swift_resources.py
+++ b/tempest/api/orchestration/stacks/test_swift_resources.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Copyright (C) 2013 eNovance SAS <licensing@enovance.com>
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/admin/v2/test_snapshot_manage.py b/tempest/api/volume/admin/v2/test_snapshot_manage.py
index 98f6d32..6a3f9ee 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/admin/v2/test_snapshot_manage.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/admin/v2/test_snapshot_manage.py
@@ -32,9 +32,8 @@
     """
 
     @test.idempotent_id('0132f42d-0147-4b45-8501-cc504bbf7810')
-    @testtools.skipIf(CONF.volume.storage_protocol == 'ceph',
-                      'Currently, Ceph does not support '
-                      'unmanage/manage snapshot')
+    @testtools.skipUnless(CONF.volume_feature_enabled.manage_snapshot,
+                          "Manage snapshot tests are disabled")
     def test_unmanage_manage_snapshot(self):
         # Create a volume
         volume = self.create_volume()
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/base.py b/tempest/api/volume/base.py
index 704784d..98e050e 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/base.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/base.py
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@
     # NOTE(afazekas): these create_* and clean_* could be defined
     # only in a single location in the source, and could be more general.
 
-    @classmethod
-    def delete_volume(cls, client, volume_id):
+    @staticmethod
+    def delete_volume(client, volume_id):
         """Delete volume by the given client"""
         client.delete_volume(volume_id)
         client.wait_for_resource_deletion(volume_id)
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
         client.wait_for_resource_deletion(snapshot_id)
 
     def attach_volume(self, server_id, volume_id):
-        """Attachs a volume to a server"""
+        """Attach a volume to a server"""
         self.servers_client.attach_volume(
             server_id, volumeId=volume_id,
             device='/dev/%s' % CONF.compute.volume_device_name)
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_backup.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_backup.py
index 70b3c58..6dcde08 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_backup.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_backup.py
@@ -89,14 +89,7 @@
                         volume['id'])
         server = self.create_server(wait_until='ACTIVE')
         # Attach volume to instance
-        self.servers_client.attach_volume(server['id'],
-                                          volumeId=volume['id'])
-        waiters.wait_for_volume_status(self.volumes_client,
-                                       volume['id'], 'in-use')
-        self.addCleanup(waiters.wait_for_volume_status, self.volumes_client,
-                        volume['id'], 'available')
-        self.addCleanup(self.servers_client.detach_volume, server['id'],
-                        volume['id'])
+        self.attach_volume(server['id'], volume['id'])
         # Create backup using force flag
         backup_name = data_utils.rand_name(
             self.__class__.__name__ + '-Backup')
diff --git a/tempest/cmd/run.py b/tempest/cmd/run.py
index a3105e0..54b844a 100644
--- a/tempest/cmd/run.py
+++ b/tempest/cmd/run.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
  * **--regex/-r**: This is a selection regex like what testr uses. It will run
                    any tests that match on re.match() with the regex
- * **--smoke**: Run all the tests tagged as smoke
+ * **--smoke/-s**: Run all the tests tagged as smoke
 
 There are also the **--blacklist-file** and **--whitelist-file** options that
 let you pass a filepath to tempest run with the file format being a line
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 There are several options to control how the tests are executed. By default
 tempest will run in parallel with a worker for each CPU present on the machine.
 If you want to adjust the number of workers use the **--concurrency** option
-and if you want to run tests serially use **--serial**
+and if you want to run tests serially use **--serial/-t**
 
 Running with Workspaces
 -----------------------
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
                             help='Configuration file to run tempest with')
         # test selection args
         regex = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
-        regex.add_argument('--smoke', action='store_true',
+        regex.add_argument('--smoke', '-s', action='store_true',
                            help="Run the smoke tests only")
         regex.add_argument('--regex', '-r', default='',
                            help='A normal testr selection regex used to '
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
                               action='store_true',
                               help='Run tests in parallel (this is the'
                                    ' default)')
-        parallel.add_argument('--serial', dest='parallel',
+        parallel.add_argument('--serial', '-t', dest='parallel',
                               action='store_false',
                               help='Run tests serially')
         # output args
diff --git a/tempest/config.py b/tempest/config.py
index ea7811d..4162718 100644
--- a/tempest/config.py
+++ b/tempest/config.py
@@ -804,6 +804,9 @@
     cfg.BoolOpt('clone',
                 default=True,
                 help='Runs Cinder volume clone test'),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('manage_snapshot',
+                default=False,
+                help='Runs Cinder manage snapshot tests'),
     cfg.ListOpt('api_extensions',
                 default=['all'],
                 help='A list of enabled volume extensions with a special '
diff --git a/tempest/tests/lib/test_tempest_lib.py b/tempest/tests/lib/test_tempest_lib.py
index d70e53d..4d9f099 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/lib/test_tempest_lib.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/lib/test_tempest_lib.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
 # 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