diff --git a/tempest/api/telemetry/base.py b/tempest/api/telemetry/base.py
index 8c2f37b..769c201 100644
--- a/tempest/api/telemetry/base.py
+++ b/tempest/api/telemetry/base.py
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@
     """Base test case class for all Telemetry API tests."""
 
     @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(cls):
+    def resource_setup(cls):
         if not CONF.service_available.ceilometer:
             raise cls.skipException("Ceilometer support is required")
         cls.set_network_resources()
-        super(BaseTelemetryTest, cls).setUpClass()
+        super(BaseTelemetryTest, cls).resource_setup()
         os = cls.get_client_manager()
         cls.telemetry_client = os.telemetry_client
         cls.servers_client = os.servers_client
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@
                 pass
 
     @classmethod
-    def tearDownClass(cls):
+    def resource_cleanup(cls):
         cls.cleanup_resources(cls.telemetry_client.delete_alarm, cls.alarm_ids)
         cls.cleanup_resources(cls.servers_client.delete_server, cls.server_ids)
         cls.cleanup_resources(cls.image_client.delete_image, cls.image_ids)
         cls.clear_isolated_creds()
-        super(BaseTelemetryTest, cls).tearDownClass()
+        super(BaseTelemetryTest, cls).resource_cleanup()
 
     def await_samples(self, metric, query):
         """
diff --git a/tempest/api/telemetry/test_telemetry_alarming_api.py b/tempest/api/telemetry/test_telemetry_alarming_api.py
index 95758e8..b45d545 100644
--- a/tempest/api/telemetry/test_telemetry_alarming_api.py
+++ b/tempest/api/telemetry/test_telemetry_alarming_api.py
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
     _interface = 'json'
 
     @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(TelemetryAlarmingAPITestJSON, cls).setUpClass()
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(TelemetryAlarmingAPITestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
         cls.rule = {'meter_name': 'cpu_util',
                     'comparison_operator': 'gt',
                     'threshold': 80.0,
diff --git a/tempest/api/telemetry/test_telemetry_notification_api.py b/tempest/api/telemetry/test_telemetry_notification_api.py
index 9b15c51..3782b70 100644
--- a/tempest/api/telemetry/test_telemetry_notification_api.py
+++ b/tempest/api/telemetry/test_telemetry_notification_api.py
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
     _interface = 'json'
 
     @classmethod
-    def setUpClass(cls):
+    def resource_setup(cls):
         if CONF.telemetry.too_slow_to_test:
             raise cls.skipException("Ceilometer feature for fast work mysql "
                                     "is disabled")
-        super(TelemetryNotificationAPITestJSON, cls).setUpClass()
+        super(TelemetryNotificationAPITestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
 
     @test.attr(type="gate")
     @testtools.skipIf(not CONF.service_available.nova,