diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/volumes/test_attach_volume.py b/tempest/api/compute/volumes/test_attach_volume.py
index 7c13ef0..ff5dc49 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/volumes/test_attach_volume.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/volumes/test_attach_volume.py
@@ -57,13 +57,6 @@
             waiters.wait_for_volume_status(self.volumes_client,
                                            volume_id, 'available')
 
-    def _delete_volume(self):
-        # Delete the created Volumes
-        if self.volume:
-            self.volumes_client.delete_volume(self.volume['id'])
-            self.volumes_client.wait_for_resource_deletion(self.volume['id'])
-            self.volume = None
-
     def _create_server(self):
         # Start a server and wait for it to become ready
         server = self.create_test_server(
@@ -78,28 +71,29 @@
 
     def _create_and_attach_volume(self, server):
         # Create a volume and wait for it to become ready
-        self.volume = self.volumes_client.create_volume(
+        volume = self.volumes_client.create_volume(
             size=CONF.volume.volume_size, display_name='test')['volume']
-        self.addCleanup(self._delete_volume)
+        self.addCleanup(self.delete_volume, volume['id'])
         waiters.wait_for_volume_status(self.volumes_client,
-                                       self.volume['id'], 'available')
+                                       volume['id'], 'available')
 
         # Attach the volume to the server
         self.attachment = self.servers_client.attach_volume(
             server['id'],
-            volumeId=self.volume['id'],
+            volumeId=volume['id'],
             device='/dev/%s' % self.device)['volumeAttachment']
         waiters.wait_for_volume_status(self.volumes_client,
-                                       self.volume['id'], 'in-use')
+                                       volume['id'], 'in-use')
 
-        self.addCleanup(self._detach, server['id'], self.volume['id'])
+        self.addCleanup(self._detach, server['id'], volume['id'])
+        return volume
 
     @test.idempotent_id('52e9045a-e90d-4c0d-9087-79d657faffff')
     def test_attach_detach_volume(self):
         # Stop and Start a server with an attached volume, ensuring that
         # the volume remains attached.
         server = self._create_server()
-        self._create_and_attach_volume(server)
+        volume = self._create_and_attach_volume(server)
 
         self.servers_client.stop_server(server['id'])
         waiters.wait_for_server_status(self.servers_client, server['id'],
@@ -122,7 +116,7 @@
             device_name_to_match = ' ' + self.device + '\n'
             self.assertIn(device_name_to_match, partitions)
 
-        self._detach(server['id'], self.volume['id'])
+        self._detach(server['id'], volume['id'])
         self.attachment = None
         self.servers_client.stop_server(server['id'])
         waiters.wait_for_server_status(self.servers_client, server['id'],
@@ -148,7 +142,7 @@
     def test_list_get_volume_attachments(self):
         # Create Server, Volume and attach that Volume to Server
         server = self._create_server()
-        self._create_and_attach_volume(server)
+        volume = self._create_and_attach_volume(server)
 
         # List Volume attachment of the server
         body = self.servers_client.list_volume_attachments(
@@ -161,7 +155,7 @@
             server['id'],
             self.attachment['id'])['volumeAttachment']
         self.assertEqual(server['id'], body['serverId'])
-        self.assertEqual(self.volume['id'], body['volumeId'])
+        self.assertEqual(volume['id'], body['volumeId'])
         self.assertEqual(self.attachment['id'], body['id'])
 
 
@@ -254,10 +248,10 @@
         server = self._create_server()
         num_vol = self._count_volumes(server)
         self._shelve_server(server)
-        self._create_and_attach_volume(server)
+        volume = self._create_and_attach_volume(server)
 
         # Detach the volume
-        self._detach(server['id'], self.volume['id'])
+        self._detach(server['id'], volume['id'])
         self.attachment = None
 
         # Unshelve the instance and check that we have the expected number of
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/base.py b/tempest/api/volume/base.py
index 183452c..d1549e2 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/base.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/base.py
@@ -175,14 +175,21 @@
             except Exception:
                 pass
 
-    @classmethod
-    def create_server(cls, name, **kwargs):
-        tenant_network = cls.get_tenant_network()
+    def create_server(self, name, wait_for_deletion=False, **kwargs):
+        tenant_network = self.get_tenant_network()
         body, _ = compute.create_test_server(
-            cls.os,
+            self.os,
             tenant_network=tenant_network,
             name=name,
             **kwargs)
+
+        if wait_for_deletion:
+            self.addCleanup(test_utils.call_and_ignore_notfound_exc,
+                            waiters.wait_for_server_termination,
+                            self.servers_client, body['id'])
+
+        self.addCleanup(test_utils.call_and_ignore_notfound_exc,
+                        self.servers_client.delete_server, body['id'])
         return body
 
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_actions.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_actions.py
index 7783c18..b80a4a4 100755
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_actions.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_actions.py
@@ -45,34 +45,25 @@
     @classmethod
     def resource_setup(cls):
         super(VolumesV2ActionsTest, cls).resource_setup()
-        # Create a test shared instance
-        srv_name = data_utils.rand_name(cls.__name__ + '-Instance')
-        cls.server = cls.create_server(
-            name=srv_name,
-            wait_until='ACTIVE')
 
         # Create a test shared volume for attach/detach tests
         cls.volume = cls.create_volume()
         waiters.wait_for_volume_status(cls.client,
                                        cls.volume['id'], 'available')
 
-    @classmethod
-    def resource_cleanup(cls):
-        # Delete the test instance
-        cls.servers_client.delete_server(cls.server['id'])
-        waiters.wait_for_server_termination(cls.servers_client,
-                                            cls.server['id'])
-
-        super(VolumesV2ActionsTest, cls).resource_cleanup()
-
     @test.idempotent_id('fff42874-7db5-4487-a8e1-ddda5fb5288d')
     @test.stresstest(class_setup_per='process')
     @test.attr(type='smoke')
     @test.services('compute')
     def test_attach_detach_volume_to_instance(self):
+        # Create a server
+        srv_name = data_utils.rand_name(self.__class__.__name__ + '-Instance')
+        server = self.create_server(
+            name=srv_name,
+            wait_until='ACTIVE')
         # Volume is attached and detached successfully from an instance
         self.client.attach_volume(self.volume['id'],
-                                  instance_uuid=self.server['id'],
+                                  instance_uuid=server['id'],
                                   mountpoint='/dev/%s' %
                                              CONF.compute.volume_device_name)
         waiters.wait_for_volume_status(self.client,
@@ -99,9 +90,14 @@
     @test.stresstest(class_setup_per='process')
     @test.services('compute')
     def test_get_volume_attachment(self):
+        # Create a server
+        srv_name = data_utils.rand_name(self.__class__.__name__ + '-Instance')
+        server = self.create_server(
+            name=srv_name,
+            wait_until='ACTIVE')
         # Verify that a volume's attachment information is retrieved
         self.client.attach_volume(self.volume['id'],
-                                  instance_uuid=self.server['id'],
+                                  instance_uuid=server['id'],
                                   mountpoint='/dev/%s' %
                                              CONF.compute.volume_device_name)
         waiters.wait_for_volume_status(self.client,
@@ -119,7 +115,7 @@
         self.assertEqual('/dev/%s' %
                          CONF.compute.volume_device_name,
                          attachment['device'])
-        self.assertEqual(self.server['id'], attachment['server_id'])
+        self.assertEqual(server['id'], attachment['server_id'])
         self.assertEqual(self.volume['id'], attachment['id'])
         self.assertEqual(self.volume['id'], attachment['volume_id'])
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_backup.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_backup.py
index 50a1360..74078cc 100755
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_backup.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_backup.py
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@
         server_name = data_utils.rand_name(
             self.__class__.__name__ + '-instance')
         server = self.create_server(name=server_name, wait_until='ACTIVE')
-        self.addCleanup(self.servers_client.delete_server, server['id'])
         # Attach volume to instance
         self.servers_client.attach_volume(server['id'],
                                           volumeId=volume['id'])
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_negative.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_negative.py
index 16c8571..5bef7f3 100755
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_negative.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 from tempest.api.volume import base
 from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
-from tempest.common import waiters
 from tempest.lib import exceptions as lib_exc
 from tempest import test
 
@@ -180,10 +179,8 @@
         srv_name = data_utils.rand_name(self.__class__.__name__ + '-Instance')
         server = self.create_server(
             name=srv_name,
+            wait_for_deletion=True,
             wait_until='ACTIVE')
-        self.addCleanup(waiters.wait_for_server_termination,
-                        self.servers_client, server['id'])
-        self.addCleanup(self.servers_client.delete_server, server['id'])
 
         self.assertRaises(lib_exc.NotFound,
                           self.client.attach_volume,
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_snapshots.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_snapshots.py
index 97db333..8f7996a 100755
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_snapshots.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_snapshots.py
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@
         server = self.create_server(
             name=server_name,
             wait_until='ACTIVE')
-        self.addCleanup(self.servers_client.delete_server, server['id'])
         self.servers_client.attach_volume(
             server['id'], volumeId=self.volume_origin['id'],
             device='/dev/%s' % CONF.compute.volume_device_name)
diff --git a/tempest/cmd/init.py b/tempest/cmd/init.py
index eeca063..ba1f1fa 100644
--- a/tempest/cmd/init.py
+++ b/tempest/cmd/init.py
@@ -69,7 +69,10 @@
 
     def get_parser(self, prog_name):
         parser = super(TempestInit, self).get_parser(prog_name)
-        parser.add_argument('dir', nargs='?', default=os.getcwd())
+        parser.add_argument('dir', nargs='?', default=os.getcwd(),
+                            help="The path to the workspace directory. If you "
+                            "omit this argument, the workspace directory is "
+                            "your current directory")
         parser.add_argument('--config-dir', '-c', default=None)
         parser.add_argument('--show-global-config-dir', '-s',
                             action='store_true', dest='show_global_dir',
@@ -78,7 +81,7 @@
         parser.add_argument('--name', help="The workspace name", default=None)
         parser.add_argument('--workspace-path', default=None,
                             help="The path to the workspace file, the default "
-                                 "is ~/.tempest/workspace")
+                                 "is ~/.tempest/workspace.yaml")
         return parser
 
     def generate_testr_conf(self, local_path):
diff --git a/tempest/config.py b/tempest/config.py
index 3fd20ab..1d89eb0 100644
--- a/tempest/config.py
+++ b/tempest/config.py
@@ -370,7 +370,8 @@
                 default=True,
                 help='Enables returning of the instance password by the '
                      'relevant server API calls such as create, rebuild '
-                     'or rescue.'),
+                     'or rescue. This configuration value should be same as '
+                     'nova.conf: DEFAULT.enable_instance_password'),
     cfg.BoolOpt('interface_attach',
                 default=True,
                 help='Does the test environment support dynamic network '