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Posted to commits@cloudstack.apache.org by ra...@apache.org on 2016/09/28 09:28:08 UTC

[2/3] git commit: updated refs/heads/master to c34531f

Switched to the official SolidFire SDK for Python


Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack/commit/d4ae1ab6
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack/tree/d4ae1ab6
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack/diff/d4ae1ab6

Branch: refs/heads/master
Commit: d4ae1ab6b642270cfd0bfb7d0c550b4486bef7f1
Parents: 3f6faeb
Author: Mike Tutkowski <mi...@solidfire.com>
Authored: Fri Sep 23 22:47:04 2016 -0700
Committer: Mike Tutkowski <mi...@solidfire.com>
Committed: Tue Sep 27 22:14:39 2016 -0600

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 requirements.txt                                |   3 +
 .../plugins/solidfire/TestAddRemoveHosts.py     |  27 +-
 .../plugins/solidfire/TestManagedSystemVMs.py   | 588 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../plugins/solidfire/TestSnapshots.py          | 201 +++----
 .../solidfire/TestVMMigrationWithStorage.py     |  54 +-
 .../plugins/solidfire/TestVMSnapshots.py        |  18 +-
 .../plugins/solidfire/TestVolumes.py            |  41 +-
 .../plugins/solidfire/util/sf_util.py           |  42 +-
 8 files changed, 787 insertions(+), 187 deletions(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack/blob/d4ae1ab6/requirements.txt
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f5c7666..4485f5d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@
 cloudmonkey
 
 # Marvin dependencies are installed via its bundle
+
+# Install the SolidFire SDK for Python
+solidfire-sdk-python
\ No newline at end of file

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack/blob/d4ae1ab6/test/integration/plugins/solidfire/TestAddRemoveHosts.py
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diff --git a/test/integration/plugins/solidfire/TestAddRemoveHosts.py b/test/integration/plugins/solidfire/TestAddRemoveHosts.py
index a13c61a..4c3d261 100644
--- a/test/integration/plugins/solidfire/TestAddRemoveHosts.py
+++ b/test/integration/plugins/solidfire/TestAddRemoveHosts.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import SignedAPICall
 import time
 import XenAPI
 
+from solidfire.factory import ElementFactory
+
 from util import sf_util
 
 # All tests inherit from cloudstackTestCase
@@ -37,8 +39,6 @@ from marvin.lib.common import get_domain, get_template, get_zone, list_hosts, li
 # utils - utility classes for common cleanup, external library wrappers, etc.
 from marvin.lib.utils import cleanup_resources
 
-from solidfire import solidfire_element_api as sf_api
-
 # Prerequisites:
 #  Only one zone
 #  Only one pod
@@ -59,12 +59,10 @@ class TestData:
     diskSize = "disksize"
     domainId = "domainId"
     hypervisor = "hypervisor"
-    login = "login"
     mvip = "mvip"
     name = "name"
     newHost = "newHost"
     newHostDisplayName = "newHostDisplayName"
-    osType = "ostype"
     password = "password"
     podId = "podid"
     port = "port"
@@ -89,7 +87,7 @@ class TestData:
         self.testdata = {
             TestData.solidFire: {
                 TestData.mvip: "192.168.139.112",
-                TestData.login: "admin",
+                TestData.username: "admin",
                 TestData.password: "admin",
                 TestData.port: 443,
                 TestData.url: "https://192.168.139.112:443"
@@ -170,7 +168,6 @@ class TestData:
                 "diskname": "testvolume2",
             },
             TestData.newHostDisplayName: "XenServer-6.5-3",
-            TestData.osType: "CentOS 5.6(64-bit) no GUI (XenServer)",
             TestData.zoneId: 1,
             TestData.clusterId: 1,
             TestData.domainId: 1,
@@ -186,7 +183,9 @@ class TestAddRemoveHosts(cloudstackTestCase):
     def setUpClass(cls):
         # Set up API client
         testclient = super(TestAddRemoveHosts, cls).getClsTestClient()
+
         cls.apiClient = testclient.getApiClient()
+        cls.configData = testclient.getParsedTestDataConfig()
         cls.dbConnection = testclient.getDbConnection()
 
         cls.testdata = TestData().testdata
@@ -203,12 +202,14 @@ class TestAddRemoveHosts(cloudstackTestCase):
         cls.xen_session.xenapi.login_with_password(xenserver[TestData.username], xenserver[TestData.password])
 
         # Set up SolidFire connection
-        cls.sf_client = sf_api.SolidFireAPI(endpoint_dict=cls.testdata[TestData.solidFire])
+        solidfire = cls.testdata[TestData.solidFire]
+
+        cls.sfe = ElementFactory.create(solidfire[TestData.mvip], solidfire[TestData.username], solidfire[TestData.password])
 
         # Get Resources from Cloud Infrastructure
         cls.zone = get_zone(cls.apiClient, zone_id=cls.testdata[TestData.zoneId])
         cls.cluster = list_clusters(cls.apiClient)[0]
-        cls.template = get_template(cls.apiClient, cls.zone.id, cls.testdata[TestData.osType])
+        cls.template = get_template(cls.apiClient, cls.zone.id, cls.configData["ostype"])
         cls.domain = get_domain(cls.apiClient, cls.testdata[TestData.domainId])
 
         # Create test account
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ class TestAddRemoveHosts(cloudstackTestCase):
         try:
             cleanup_resources(cls.apiClient, cls._cleanup)
 
-            sf_util.purge_solidfire_volumes(cls.sf_client)
+            sf_util.purge_solidfire_volumes(cls.sfe)
         except Exception as e:
             logging.debug("Exception in tearDownClass(cls): %s" % e)
 
@@ -423,8 +424,8 @@ class TestAddRemoveHosts(cloudstackTestCase):
 
         self._perform_add_remove_host(primary_storage_2.id, sf_iscsi_name)
 
-    def _perform_add_remove_host(self, primary_storage_id, sf_iscsi_name):
-        xen_sr = self.xen_session.xenapi.SR.get_by_name_label(sf_iscsi_name)[0]
+    def _perform_add_remove_host(self, primary_storage_id, sr_name):
+        xen_sr = self.xen_session.xenapi.SR.get_by_name_label(sr_name)[0]
 
         pbds = self.xen_session.xenapi.SR.get_PBDs(xen_sr)
 
@@ -651,10 +652,10 @@ class TestAddRemoveHosts(cloudstackTestCase):
         return sf_vag_id
 
     def _get_sf_vag(self, sf_vag_id):
-        return self.sf_client.list_volume_access_groups(sf_vag_id, 1)["volumeAccessGroups"][0]
+        return self.sfe.list_volume_access_groups(sf_vag_id, 1).volume_access_groups[0]
 
     def _get_sf_vag_initiators(self, sf_vag):
-        return sf_vag["initiators"]
+        return sf_vag.initiators
 
     def _verifyVag(self, host_iscsi_iqns, sf_vag_initiators):
         self.assertEqual(

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack/blob/d4ae1ab6/test/integration/plugins/solidfire/TestManagedSystemVMs.py
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diff --git a/test/integration/plugins/solidfire/TestManagedSystemVMs.py b/test/integration/plugins/solidfire/TestManagedSystemVMs.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..994266c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/plugins/solidfire/TestManagedSystemVMs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,588 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you 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
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+import logging
+import random
+import SignedAPICall
+import XenAPI
+
+from solidfire.factory import ElementFactory
+
+from util import sf_util
+
+from marvin.cloudstackAPI import destroySystemVm
+
+# All tests inherit from cloudstackTestCase
+from marvin.cloudstackTestCase import cloudstackTestCase
+
+from nose.plugins.attrib import attr
+
+# Import Integration Libraries
+
+# base - contains all resources as entities and defines create, delete, list operations on them
+from marvin.lib.base import Account, Router, ServiceOffering, StoragePool, User, VirtualMachine, Zone
+
+# common - commonly used methods for all tests are listed here
+from marvin.lib.common import get_domain, get_template, get_zone, list_clusters, list_hosts, list_ssvms, list_routers
+
+# utils - utility classes for common cleanup, external library wrappers, etc.
+from marvin.lib.utils import cleanup_resources, wait_until
+
+# Prerequisites:
+#  * Only use one SolidFire cluster for the two primary storages based on the "SolidFire" storage plug-in.
+#  * Do not run other workloads on the SolidFire cluster while running this test as this test checks at a certain
+#     point to make sure no active SolidFire volumes exist.
+#  * Only one zone
+#  * Only one secondary storage VM and one console proxy VM running on NFS (no virtual router or user VMs exist)
+#  * Only one pod
+#  * Only one cluster
+#  * Set storage.cleanup.enabled to true
+#  * Set storage.cleanup.interval to 150
+#  * Set storage.cleanup.delay to 60
+
+
+class TestData():
+    account = "account"
+    capacityBytes = "capacitybytes"
+    capacityIops = "capacityiops"
+    clusterId = "clusterid"
+    computeOffering = "computeoffering"
+    diskOffering = "diskoffering"
+    domainId = "domainid"
+    email = "email"
+    firstname = "firstname"
+    hypervisor = "hypervisor"
+    lastname = "lastname"
+    max_iops = "maxiops"
+    min_iops = "miniops"
+    mvip = "mvip"
+    name = "name"
+    password = "password"
+    port = "port"
+    primaryStorage = "primarystorage"
+    provider = "provider"
+    scope = "scope"
+    solidFire = "solidfire"
+    storageTag = "SolidFire_SAN_1"
+    systemOffering = "systemoffering"
+    systemOfferingFailure = "systemofferingFailure"
+    tags = "tags"
+    url = "url"
+    user = "user"
+    username = "username"
+    virtualMachine = "virtualmachine"
+    xenServer = "xenserver"
+    zoneId = "zoneid"
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.testdata = {
+            TestData.solidFire: {
+                TestData.mvip: "192.168.139.112",
+                TestData.username: "admin",
+                TestData.password: "admin",
+                TestData.port: 443,
+                TestData.url: "https://192.168.139.112:443"
+            },
+            TestData.xenServer: {
+                TestData.username: "root",
+                TestData.password: "solidfire"
+            },
+            TestData.account: {
+                TestData.email: "test@test.com",
+                TestData.firstname: "John",
+                TestData.lastname: "Doe",
+                TestData.username: "test",
+                TestData.password: "test"
+            },
+            TestData.user: {
+                TestData.email: "user@test.com",
+                TestData.firstname: "Jane",
+                TestData.lastname: "Doe",
+                TestData.username: "testuser",
+                TestData.password: "password"
+            },
+            TestData.primaryStorage: {
+                TestData.name: TestData.get_name_for_solidfire_storage(),
+                TestData.scope: "ZONE",
+                TestData.url: "MVIP=192.168.139.112;SVIP=10.10.8.112;" +
+                       "clusterAdminUsername=admin;clusterAdminPassword=admin;" +
+                       "clusterDefaultMinIops=10000;clusterDefaultMaxIops=15000;" +
+                       "clusterDefaultBurstIopsPercentOfMaxIops=1.5;",
+                TestData.provider: "SolidFire",
+                TestData.tags: TestData.storageTag,
+                TestData.capacityIops: 4500000,
+                TestData.capacityBytes: 2251799813685248,
+                TestData.hypervisor: "Any",
+                TestData.zoneId: 1
+            },
+            TestData.virtualMachine: {
+                TestData.name: "TestVM",
+                "displayname": "Test VM"
+            },
+            TestData.computeOffering: {
+                TestData.name: "SF_CO_1",
+                "displaytext": "SF_CO_1 (Min IOPS = 10,000; Max IOPS = 15,000)",
+                "cpunumber": 1,
+                "cpuspeed": 100,
+                "memory": 128,
+                "storagetype": "shared",
+                "customizediops": False,
+                TestData.min_iops: 10000,
+                TestData.max_iops: 15000,
+                "hypervisorsnapshotreserve": 200,
+                TestData.tags: TestData.storageTag
+            },
+            TestData.systemOffering: {
+                TestData.name: "SF_SO_1",
+                "displaytext": "Managed SO (Min IOPS = 4,000; Max IOPS = 8,000)",
+                "cpunumber": 1,
+                "cpuspeed": 100,
+                "memory": 128,
+                "storagetype": "shared",
+                TestData.min_iops: 4000,
+                TestData.max_iops: 8000,
+                TestData.tags: TestData.storageTag,
+                "issystem": True
+            },
+            TestData.systemOfferingFailure: {
+                TestData.name: "SF_SO_2",
+                "displaytext": "Managed SO (Customized IOPS)",
+                "cpunumber": 1,
+                "cpuspeed": 100,
+                "memory": 128,
+                "storagetype": "shared",
+                "customizediops": True,
+                TestData.tags: TestData.storageTag,
+                "issystem": True
+            },
+            TestData.zoneId: 1,
+            TestData.clusterId: 1,
+            TestData.domainId: 1,
+            TestData.url: "192.168.129.50"
+        }
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_name_for_solidfire_storage():
+        return "SolidFire-%d" % random.randint(0, 100)
+
+
+class TestManagedSystemVMs(cloudstackTestCase):
+    _unique_name_suffix = "-Temp"
+
+    _secondary_storage_unique_name = "Cloud.com-SecondaryStorage"
+    _secondary_storage_temp_unique_name = _secondary_storage_unique_name + _unique_name_suffix
+
+    _console_proxy_unique_name = "Cloud.com-ConsoleProxy"
+    _console_proxy_temp_unique_name = _console_proxy_unique_name + _unique_name_suffix
+
+    _virtual_router_unique_name = "Cloud.com-SoftwareRouter"
+    _virtual_router_temp_unique_name = _virtual_router_unique_name + _unique_name_suffix
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        # Set up API client
+        testclient = super(TestManagedSystemVMs, cls).getClsTestClient()
+
+        cls.apiClient = testclient.getApiClient()
+        cls.configData = testclient.getParsedTestDataConfig()
+        cls.dbConnection = testclient.getDbConnection()
+
+        cls.testdata = TestData().testdata
+
+        # Set up xenAPI connection
+        host_ip = "https://" + \
+                  list_hosts(cls.apiClient, clusterid=cls.testdata[TestData.clusterId], name="XenServer-6.5-1")[0].ipaddress
+
+        # Set up XenAPI connection
+        cls.xen_session = XenAPI.Session(host_ip)
+
+        xenserver = cls.testdata[TestData.xenServer]
+
+        cls.xen_session.xenapi.login_with_password(xenserver[TestData.username], xenserver[TestData.password])
+
+        # Set up SolidFire connection
+        solidfire = cls.testdata[TestData.solidFire]
+
+        cls.sfe = ElementFactory.create(solidfire[TestData.mvip], solidfire[TestData.username], solidfire[TestData.password])
+
+        # Get Resources from Cloud Infrastructure
+        cls.zone = Zone(get_zone(cls.apiClient, zone_id=cls.testdata[TestData.zoneId]).__dict__)
+        cls.cluster = list_clusters(cls.apiClient)[0]
+        cls.template = get_template(cls.apiClient, cls.zone.id, cls.configData["ostype"])
+        cls.domain = get_domain(cls.apiClient, cls.testdata[TestData.domainId])
+
+        # Create test account
+        cls.account = Account.create(
+            cls.apiClient,
+            cls.testdata["account"],
+            admin=1
+        )
+
+        # Set up connection to make customized API calls
+        cls.user = User.create(
+            cls.apiClient,
+            cls.testdata["user"],
+            account=cls.account.name,
+            domainid=cls.domain.id
+        )
+
+        url = cls.testdata[TestData.url]
+
+        api_url = "http://" + url + ":8080/client/api"
+        userkeys = User.registerUserKeys(cls.apiClient, cls.user.id)
+
+        cls.cs_api = SignedAPICall.CloudStack(api_url, userkeys.apikey, userkeys.secretkey)
+
+        cls.compute_offering = ServiceOffering.create(
+            cls.apiClient,
+            cls.testdata[TestData.computeOffering]
+        )
+
+        systemoffering = cls.testdata[TestData.systemOffering]
+
+        systemoffering[TestData.name] = "Managed SSVM"
+        systemoffering['systemvmtype'] = "secondarystoragevm"
+
+        cls.secondary_storage_offering = ServiceOffering.create(
+            cls.apiClient,
+            systemoffering
+        )
+
+        systemoffering[TestData.name] = "Managed CPVM"
+        systemoffering['systemvmtype'] = "consoleproxy"
+
+        cls.console_proxy_offering = ServiceOffering.create(
+            cls.apiClient,
+            systemoffering
+        )
+
+        systemoffering[TestData.name] = "Managed VR"
+        systemoffering['systemvmtype'] = "domainrouter"
+
+        cls.virtual_router_offering = ServiceOffering.create(
+            cls.apiClient,
+            systemoffering
+        )
+
+        # Resources that are to be destroyed
+        cls._cleanup = [
+            cls.secondary_storage_offering,
+            cls.console_proxy_offering,
+            cls.virtual_router_offering,
+            cls.compute_offering,
+            cls.user,
+            cls.account
+        ]
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls):
+        try:
+            cleanup_resources(cls.apiClient, cls._cleanup)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logging.debug("Exception in tearDownClass(cls): %s" % e)
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.cleanup = []
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        try:
+            cleanup_resources(self.apiClient, self.cleanup)
+
+            sf_util.purge_solidfire_volumes(self.sfe)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logging.debug("Exception in tearDownClass(self): %s" % e)
+
+    @attr(hypervisor='XenServer')
+    def test_01_create_system_vms_on_managed_storage(self):
+        self._disable_zone_and_delete_system_vms(None, False)
+
+        primary_storage = self.testdata[TestData.primaryStorage]
+
+        primary_storage_1 = StoragePool.create(
+            self.apiClient,
+            primary_storage
+        )
+
+        self._prepare_to_use_managed_storage_for_system_vms()
+
+        enabled = "Enabled"
+
+        self.zone.update(self.apiClient, id=self.zone.id, allocationstate=enabled)
+
+        system_vms = self._wait_for_and_get_running_system_vms(2)
+
+        virtual_machine = VirtualMachine.create(
+            self.apiClient,
+            self.testdata[TestData.virtualMachine],
+            accountid=self.account.name,
+            zoneid=self.zone.id,
+            serviceofferingid=self.compute_offering.id,
+            templateid=self.template.id,
+            domainid=self.domain.id,
+            startvm=True
+        )
+
+        # This virtual machine was only created and started so that the virtual router would be created and started.
+        # Just delete this virtual machine once it has been created and started.
+        virtual_machine.delete(self.apiClient, True)
+
+        virtual_router = list_routers(self.apiClient, listall=True, state="Running")[0]
+
+        system_vms.append(virtual_router)
+
+        self._check_system_vms(system_vms, primary_storage_1.id)
+
+        primary_storage[TestData.name] = TestData.get_name_for_solidfire_storage()
+
+        primary_storage_2 = StoragePool.create(
+            self.apiClient,
+            primary_storage
+        )
+
+        StoragePool.enableMaintenance(self.apiClient, primary_storage_1.id)
+
+        self._wait_for_storage_cleanup_thread(system_vms)
+
+        sf_util.purge_solidfire_volumes(self.sfe)
+
+        system_vms = self._wait_for_and_get_running_system_vms(2)
+
+        virtual_router = list_routers(self.apiClient, listall=True, state="Running")[0]
+
+        system_vms.append(virtual_router)
+
+        self._check_system_vms(system_vms, primary_storage_2.id)
+
+        StoragePool.cancelMaintenance(self.apiClient, primary_storage_1.id)
+
+        primary_storage_1.delete(self.apiClient)
+
+        self._disable_zone_and_delete_system_vms(virtual_router)
+
+        self._wait_for_storage_cleanup_thread(system_vms)
+
+        sf_util.purge_solidfire_volumes(self.sfe)
+
+        primary_storage_2.delete(self.apiClient)
+
+        self._verify_no_active_solidfire_volumes()
+
+        self._prepare_to_stop_using_managed_storage_for_system_vms()
+
+        self.zone.update(self.apiClient, id=self.zone.id, allocationstate=enabled)
+
+        self._wait_for_and_get_running_system_vms(2)
+
+    @attr(hypervisor='XenServer')
+    def test_02_failure_to_create_service_offering_with_customized_iops(self):
+        try:
+            ServiceOffering.create(
+                self.apiClient,
+                self.testdata[TestData.systemOfferingFailure]
+            )
+
+            self.assert_(True, "The service offering was created, but should not have been.")
+        except:
+            pass
+
+    def _prepare_to_use_managed_storage_for_system_vms(self):
+        self._update_system_vm_unique_name(TestManagedSystemVMs._secondary_storage_unique_name, TestManagedSystemVMs._secondary_storage_temp_unique_name)
+        self._update_system_vm_unique_name(TestManagedSystemVMs._console_proxy_unique_name, TestManagedSystemVMs._console_proxy_temp_unique_name)
+        self._update_system_vm_unique_name(TestManagedSystemVMs._virtual_router_unique_name, TestManagedSystemVMs._virtual_router_temp_unique_name)
+
+        self._update_system_vm_unique_name_based_on_uuid(self.secondary_storage_offering.id, TestManagedSystemVMs._secondary_storage_unique_name)
+        self._update_system_vm_unique_name_based_on_uuid(self.console_proxy_offering.id, TestManagedSystemVMs._console_proxy_unique_name)
+        self._update_system_vm_unique_name_based_on_uuid(self.virtual_router_offering.id, TestManagedSystemVMs._virtual_router_unique_name)
+
+    def _prepare_to_stop_using_managed_storage_for_system_vms(self):
+        self._update_system_vm_unique_name_based_on_uuid(self.secondary_storage_offering.id, None)
+        self._update_system_vm_unique_name_based_on_uuid(self.console_proxy_offering.id, None)
+        self._update_system_vm_unique_name_based_on_uuid(self.virtual_router_offering.id, None)
+
+        self._update_system_vm_unique_name(TestManagedSystemVMs._secondary_storage_temp_unique_name, TestManagedSystemVMs._secondary_storage_unique_name)
+        self._update_system_vm_unique_name(TestManagedSystemVMs._console_proxy_temp_unique_name, TestManagedSystemVMs._console_proxy_unique_name)
+        self._update_system_vm_unique_name(TestManagedSystemVMs._virtual_router_temp_unique_name, TestManagedSystemVMs._virtual_router_unique_name)
+
+    def _wait_for_storage_cleanup_thread(self, system_vms):
+        retry_interval = 60
+        num_tries = 10
+
+        wait_result, return_val = wait_until(retry_interval, num_tries, self._check_resource_state, system_vms)
+
+        if not wait_result:
+            raise Exception(return_val)
+
+    def _check_resource_state(self, system_vms):
+        try:
+            self._verify_system_vms_deleted(system_vms)
+
+            return True, None
+        except:
+            return False, "The system is not in the necessary state."
+
+    def _verify_system_vms_deleted(self, system_vms):
+        for system_vm in system_vms:
+            cs_root_volume = self._get_root_volume_for_system_vm(system_vm.id, 'Expunged')
+
+            self._verify_managed_system_vm_deleted(cs_root_volume.name)
+
+    def _disable_zone_and_delete_system_vms(self, virtual_router, verify_managed_system_vm_deleted=True):
+        self.zone.update(self.apiClient, id=self.zone.id, allocationstate="Disabled")
+
+        if virtual_router is not None:
+            Router.destroy(self.apiClient, virtual_router.id)
+
+            if verify_managed_system_vm_deleted:
+                cs_root_volume = self._get_root_volume_for_system_vm(virtual_router.id, 'Expunged')
+
+                self._verify_managed_system_vm_deleted(cs_root_volume.name)
+
+        # list_ssvms lists the secondary storage VM and the console proxy VM
+        system_vms = list_ssvms(self.apiClient)
+
+        for system_vm in system_vms:
+            destroy_ssvm_cmd = destroySystemVm.destroySystemVmCmd()
+
+            destroy_ssvm_cmd.id = system_vm.id
+
+            self.apiClient.destroySystemVm(destroy_ssvm_cmd)
+
+            if verify_managed_system_vm_deleted:
+                cs_root_volume = self._get_root_volume_for_system_vm(system_vm.id, 'Expunged')
+
+                self._verify_managed_system_vm_deleted(cs_root_volume.name)
+
+    def _verify_managed_system_vm_deleted(self, cs_root_volume_name):
+        sf_not_active_volumes = sf_util.get_not_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe)
+
+        sf_root_volume = sf_util.check_and_get_sf_volume(sf_not_active_volumes, cs_root_volume_name, self)
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            len(sf_root_volume.volume_access_groups),
+            0,
+            "The volume should not be in a volume access group."
+        )
+
+        sr_name = sf_util.format_iqn(sf_root_volume.iqn)
+
+        sf_util.check_xen_sr(sr_name, self.xen_session, self, False)
+
+    def _wait_for_and_get_running_system_vms(self, expected_number_of_system_vms):
+        retry_interval = 60
+        num_tries = 10
+
+        wait_result, return_val = wait_until(retry_interval, num_tries, self._check_number_of_running_system_vms, expected_number_of_system_vms)
+
+        if not wait_result:
+            raise Exception(return_val)
+
+        return return_val
+
+    def _check_number_of_running_system_vms(self, expected_number_of_system_vms):
+        # list_ssvms lists the secondary storage VM and the console proxy VM
+        system_vms = list_ssvms(self.apiClient, state="Running")
+
+        if system_vms is not None and len(system_vms) == expected_number_of_system_vms:
+            return True, system_vms
+
+        return False, "Timed out waiting for running system VMs"
+
+    def _verify_no_active_solidfire_volumes(self):
+        sf_active_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe)
+
+        sf_util.check_list(sf_active_volumes, 0, self, "There should be no active SolidFire volumes in the cluster.")
+
+    def _check_system_vms(self, system_vms, primary_storage_id):
+        sf_active_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe)
+
+        sf_vag_id = sf_util.get_vag_id(self.cs_api, self.cluster.id, primary_storage_id, self)
+
+        for system_vm in system_vms:
+            cs_root_volume = self._get_root_volume_for_system_vm(system_vm.id, 'Ready')
+            sf_root_volume = sf_util.check_and_get_sf_volume(sf_active_volumes, cs_root_volume.name, self)
+
+            sf_volume_size = sf_util.get_volume_size_with_hsr(self.cs_api, cs_root_volume, self)
+
+            sf_util.check_size_and_iops(sf_root_volume, cs_root_volume, sf_volume_size, self)
+
+            self._check_iops_against_iops_of_system_offering(cs_root_volume, self.testdata[TestData.systemOffering])
+
+            sf_util.check_vag(sf_root_volume, sf_vag_id, self)
+
+            sr_name = sf_util.format_iqn(sf_root_volume.iqn)
+
+            sf_util.check_xen_sr(sr_name, self.xen_session, self)
+
+    def _check_iops_against_iops_of_system_offering(self, cs_volume, system_offering):
+        self.assertEqual(
+            system_offering[TestData.min_iops],
+            cs_volume.miniops,
+            "Check QoS - Min IOPS: of " + cs_volume.name + " should be " + str(system_offering[TestData.min_iops])
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            system_offering[TestData.max_iops],
+            cs_volume.maxiops,
+            "Check QoS - Min IOPS: of " + cs_volume.name + " should be " + str(system_offering[TestData.max_iops])
+        )
+
+    def _get_root_volume_for_system_vm(self, system_vm_id, state):
+        sql_query = "Select id From vm_instance Where uuid = '" + system_vm_id + "'"
+
+        # make sure you can connect to MySQL: https://teamtreehouse.com/community/cant-connect-remotely-to-mysql-server-with-mysql-workbench
+        sql_result = self.dbConnection.execute(sql_query)
+
+        instance_id = sql_result[0][0]
+
+        sql_query = "Select uuid, name, min_iops, max_iops From volumes Where instance_id = " + str(instance_id) + \
+            " and state = '" + state + "' Order by removed desc"
+
+        # make sure you can connect to MySQL: https://teamtreehouse.com/community/cant-connect-remotely-to-mysql-server-with-mysql-workbench
+        sql_result = self.dbConnection.execute(sql_query)
+
+        uuid = sql_result[0][0]
+        name = sql_result[0][1]
+        min_iops = sql_result[0][2]
+        max_iops = sql_result[0][3]
+
+        class CloudStackVolume(object):
+            pass
+
+        cs_volume = CloudStackVolume()
+
+        cs_volume.id = uuid
+        cs_volume.name = name
+        cs_volume.miniops = min_iops
+        cs_volume.maxiops = max_iops
+
+        return cs_volume
+
+    def _update_system_vm_unique_name(self, unique_name, new_unique_name):
+        sql_query = "Update disk_offering set unique_name = '" + new_unique_name + "' Where unique_name = '" + unique_name + "'"
+
+        # make sure you can connect to MySQL: https://teamtreehouse.com/community/cant-connect-remotely-to-mysql-server-with-mysql-workbench
+        self.dbConnection.execute(sql_query)
+
+    def _update_system_vm_unique_name_based_on_uuid(self, uuid, new_unique_name):
+        if (new_unique_name is None):
+            sql_query = "Update disk_offering set unique_name = NULL Where uuid = '" + uuid + "'"
+        else:
+            sql_query = "Update disk_offering set unique_name = '" + new_unique_name + "' Where uuid = '" + uuid + "'"
+
+        # make sure you can connect to MySQL: https://teamtreehouse.com/community/cant-connect-remotely-to-mysql-server-with-mysql-workbench
+        self.dbConnection.execute(sql_query)
+

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack/blob/d4ae1ab6/test/integration/plugins/solidfire/TestSnapshots.py
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diff --git a/test/integration/plugins/solidfire/TestSnapshots.py b/test/integration/plugins/solidfire/TestSnapshots.py
index 9ae10f3..df45c61 100644
--- a/test/integration/plugins/solidfire/TestSnapshots.py
+++ b/test/integration/plugins/solidfire/TestSnapshots.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import SignedAPICall
 import time
 import XenAPI
 
+from solidfire.factory import ElementFactory
+
 from util import sf_util
 
 # All tests inherit from cloudstackTestCase
@@ -39,8 +41,6 @@ from marvin.lib.common import get_domain, get_template, get_zone, list_clusters,
 # utils - utility classes for common cleanup, external library wrappers, etc.
 from marvin.lib.utils import cleanup_resources, wait_until
 
-from solidfire import solidfire_element_api as sf_api
-
 # Prerequisites:
 #  Only one zone
 #  Only one pod
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ class TestData():
     diskOffering = "diskoffering"
     domainId = "domainId"
     hypervisor = "hypervisor"
-    login = "login"
     mvip = "mvip"
     password = "password"
     port = "port"
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ class TestData():
     solidFire = "solidfire"
     storageTag = "SolidFire_SAN_1"
     tags = "tags"
-    templateName = "templatename"
     url = "url"
     user = "user"
     username = "username"
@@ -81,7 +79,7 @@ class TestData():
         self.testdata = {
             TestData.solidFire: {
                 TestData.mvip: "192.168.139.112",
-                TestData.login: "admin",
+                TestData.username: "admin",
                 TestData.password: "admin",
                 TestData.port: 443,
                 TestData.url: "https://192.168.139.112:443"
@@ -223,7 +221,6 @@ class TestData():
             TestData.volume_2: {
                 TestData.diskName: "test-volume-2",
             },
-            TestData.templateName: "CentOS 5.6(64-bit) no GUI (XenServer)",
             TestData.zoneId: 1,
             TestData.clusterId: 1,
             TestData.domainId: 1,
@@ -252,7 +249,9 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
     def setUpClass(cls):
         # Set up API client
         testclient = super(TestSnapshots, cls).getClsTestClient()
+
         cls.apiClient = testclient.getApiClient()
+        cls.configData = testclient.getParsedTestDataConfig()
         cls.dbConnection = testclient.getDbConnection()
 
         cls.testdata = TestData().testdata
@@ -269,12 +268,14 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         cls.xen_session.xenapi.login_with_password(xenserver[TestData.username], xenserver[TestData.password])
 
         # Set up SolidFire connection
-        cls.sf_client = sf_api.SolidFireAPI(endpoint_dict=cls.testdata[TestData.solidFire])
+        solidfire = cls.testdata[TestData.solidFire]
+
+        cls.sfe = ElementFactory.create(solidfire[TestData.mvip], solidfire[TestData.username], solidfire[TestData.password])
 
         # Get Resources from Cloud Infrastructure
         cls.zone = get_zone(cls.apiClient, zone_id=cls.testdata[TestData.zoneId])
         cls.cluster = list_clusters(cls.apiClient)[0]
-        cls.template = get_template(cls.apiClient, cls.zone.id, template_name=cls.testdata[TestData.templateName])
+        cls.template = get_template(cls.apiClient, cls.zone.id, cls.configData["ostype"])
         cls.domain = get_domain(cls.apiClient, cls.testdata[TestData.domainId])
 
         # Create test account
@@ -338,7 +339,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
 
             cls.primary_storage.delete(cls.apiClient)
 
-            sf_util.purge_solidfire_volumes(cls.sf_client)
+            sf_util.purge_solidfire_volumes(cls.sfe)
         except Exception as e:
             logging.debug("Exception in tearDownClass(cls): %s" % e)
 
@@ -377,14 +378,14 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         sf_account_id = sf_util.get_sf_account_id(self.cs_api, self.account.id, self.primary_storage.id, self, TestSnapshots._sf_account_id_should_be_non_zero_int_err_msg)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 1, self, TestSnapshots._should_only_be_one_volume_in_list_err_msg)
 
         sf_volume = self._get_sf_volume_by_name(sf_volumes, vm_1_root_volume_name)
 
         # Get snapshot information for volume from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_snapshots = self.sf_client.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume['volumeID'])
+        sf_snapshots = self.sfe.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume.volume_id).snapshots
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_snapshots, 0, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_zero_snapshots_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -409,7 +410,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         virtual_machine.delete(self.apiClient, True)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 1, self, TestSnapshots._should_only_be_one_volume_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -418,7 +419,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         self._delete_and_test_snapshot(vol_snap_1)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 1, self, TestSnapshots._should_only_be_one_volume_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -427,7 +428,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         self._delete_and_test_snapshot(vol_snap_2)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 0, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_zero_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -454,14 +455,14 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         vm_1_root_volume_name = vm_1_root_volume.name
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 1, self, TestSnapshots._should_only_be_one_volume_in_list_err_msg)
 
         sf_volume = self._get_sf_volume_by_name(sf_volumes, vm_1_root_volume_name)
 
         # Get snapshot information for volume from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_snapshots = self.sf_client.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume['volumeID'])
+        sf_snapshots = self.sfe.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume.volume_id).snapshots
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_snapshots, 0, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_zero_snapshots_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -502,14 +503,14 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         vm_2_root_volume_name = vm_2_root_volume.name
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 2, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_two_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
 
         sf_volume_2 = self._get_sf_volume_by_name(sf_volumes, vm_2_root_volume_name)
 
         # Get snapshot information for volume from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_snapshots_2 = self.sf_client.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume_2['volumeID'])
+        sf_snapshots_2 = self.sfe.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume_2.volume_id).snapshots
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_snapshots_2, 0, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_zero_snapshots_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -522,7 +523,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         volume_created_from_snapshot_name = volume_created_from_snapshot.name
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 3, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_three_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -530,7 +531,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         sf_volume_2 = self._get_sf_volume_by_name(sf_volumes, vm_2_root_volume_name)
         sf_volume_3 = self._get_sf_volume_by_name(sf_volumes, volume_created_from_snapshot_name)
 
-        sf_util.check_list(sf_volume_3['volumeAccessGroups'], 0, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_zero_volume_access_groups_in_list_err_msg)
+        sf_util.check_list(sf_volume_3.volume_access_groups, 0, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_zero_volume_access_groups_in_list_err_msg)
 
         volume_created_from_snapshot = virtual_machine.attach_volume(
             self.apiClient,
@@ -542,7 +543,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         virtual_machine.delete(self.apiClient, True)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 3, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_three_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -562,7 +563,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         self._delete_and_test_snapshot(vol_snap_1)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 2, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_two_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -572,7 +573,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         virtual_machine_2.delete(self.apiClient, True)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 1, self, TestSnapshots._should_only_be_one_volume_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -592,7 +593,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         data_volume.delete(self.apiClient)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 0, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_zero_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -625,21 +626,21 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         sf_account_id = sf_util.get_sf_account_id(self.cs_api, self.account.id, self.primary_storage.id, self, TestSnapshots._sf_account_id_should_be_non_zero_int_err_msg)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 1, self, TestSnapshots._should_only_be_one_volume_in_list_err_msg)
 
         sf_volume = self._get_sf_volume_by_name(sf_volumes, vm_1_root_volume_name)
 
         # Get snapshot information for volume from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_snapshots = self.sf_client.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume['volumeID'])
+        sf_snapshots = self.sfe.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume.volume_id).snapshots
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_snapshots, 0, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_zero_snapshots_in_list_err_msg)
 
         primary_storage_db_id = self._get_cs_storage_pool_db_id(self.primary_storage)
 
-        sf_volume_id = sf_volume['volumeID']
-        sf_volume_size = sf_volume['totalSize']
+        sf_volume_id = sf_volume.volume_id
+        sf_volume_size = sf_volume.total_size
 
         vol_snap_1 = self._create_and_test_snapshot_2(vm_1_root_volume.id, sf_volume_id, sf_volume_id + 1, primary_storage_db_id, sf_volume_size,
                                                       sf_account_id, 2, TestSnapshots._should_be_two_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
@@ -665,7 +666,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         virtual_machine.delete(self.apiClient, True)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 2, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_two_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -696,19 +697,19 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         vm_1_root_volume_name = vm_1_root_volume.name
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 1, self, TestSnapshots._should_only_be_one_volume_in_list_err_msg)
 
         sf_volume = self._get_sf_volume_by_name(sf_volumes, vm_1_root_volume_name)
 
         # Get snapshot information for volume from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_snapshots = self.sf_client.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume['volumeID'])
+        sf_snapshots = self.sfe.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume.volume_id).snapshots
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_snapshots, 0, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_zero_snapshots_in_list_err_msg)
 
-        sf_volume_id = sf_volume['volumeID']
-        sf_volume_size = sf_volume['totalSize']
+        sf_volume_id = sf_volume.volume_id
+        sf_volume_size = sf_volume.total_size
 
         vol_snap_1 = self._create_and_test_snapshot_2(vm_1_root_volume.id, sf_volume_id, sf_volume_id + 1, primary_storage_db_id, sf_volume_size,
                                                       sf_account_id, 2, TestSnapshots._should_be_two_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
@@ -750,19 +751,19 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         vm_2_root_volume_name = vm_2_root_volume.name
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 5, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_five_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
 
         sf_volume_2 = self._get_sf_volume_by_name(sf_volumes, vm_2_root_volume_name)
 
         # Get snapshot information for volume from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_snapshots_2 = self.sf_client.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume_2['volumeID'])
+        sf_snapshots_2 = self.sfe.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume_2.volume_id).snapshots
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_snapshots_2, 0, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_zero_snapshots_in_list_err_msg)
 
-        sf_volume_id_2 = sf_volume_2['volumeID']
-        sf_volume_size_2 = sf_volume_2['totalSize']
+        sf_volume_id_2 = sf_volume_2.volume_id
+        sf_volume_size_2 = sf_volume_2.total_size
 
         vol_snap_a = self._create_and_test_snapshot_2(vm_2_root_volume.id, sf_volume_id_2, sf_volume_id + 5, primary_storage_db_id, sf_volume_size_2,
                                                       sf_account_id, 6, TestSnapshots._should_be_six_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
@@ -774,7 +775,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         volume_created_from_snapshot_name = volume_created_from_snapshot.name
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 7, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_seven_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -782,7 +783,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         sf_volume_2 = self._get_sf_volume_by_name(sf_volumes, vm_2_root_volume_name)
         sf_volume_3 = self._get_sf_volume_by_name(sf_volumes, volume_created_from_snapshot_name)
 
-        sf_util.check_list(sf_volume_3['volumeAccessGroups'], 0, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_zero_volume_access_groups_in_list_err_msg)
+        sf_util.check_list(sf_volume_3.volume_access_groups, 0, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_zero_volume_access_groups_in_list_err_msg)
 
         volume_created_from_snapshot = virtual_machine.attach_volume(
             self.apiClient,
@@ -794,7 +795,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         virtual_machine.delete(self.apiClient, True)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 5, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_five_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -815,7 +816,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         virtual_machine_2.delete(self.apiClient, True)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 1, self, TestSnapshots._should_only_be_one_volume_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -833,7 +834,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         data_volume.delete(self.apiClient)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 0, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_zero_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -860,7 +861,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         vm_1_root_volume_name = vm_1_root_volume.name
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 1, self, TestSnapshots._should_only_be_one_volume_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -870,14 +871,14 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
 
         sf_volume = self._get_sf_volume_by_name(sf_volumes, vm_1_root_volume_name)
 
-        sf_volume_id = sf_volume['volumeID']
-        sf_volume_size = sf_volume['totalSize']
+        sf_volume_id = sf_volume.volume_id
+        sf_volume_size = sf_volume.total_size
 
         vol_snap_1 = self._create_and_test_snapshot_2(vm_1_root_volume.id, sf_volume_id, sf_volume_id + 1, primary_storage_db_id, sf_volume_size,
                                                       sf_account_id, 2, TestSnapshots._should_be_two_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 2, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_two_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -888,21 +889,21 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         volume_created_from_snapshot_name = volume_created_from_snapshot.name
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 3, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_three_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
 
         sf_volume_2 = self._get_sf_volume_by_name(sf_volumes, volume_created_from_snapshot_name)
 
-        sf_util.check_list(sf_volume_2['volumeAccessGroups'], 0, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_zero_volume_access_groups_in_list_err_msg)
+        sf_util.check_list(sf_volume_2.volume_access_groups, 0, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_zero_volume_access_groups_in_list_err_msg)
 
         volume_created_from_snapshot = virtual_machine.attach_volume(
             self.apiClient,
             volume_created_from_snapshot
         )
 
-        sf_volume_id_2 = sf_volume_2['volumeID']
-        sf_volume_size_2 = sf_volume_2['totalSize']
+        sf_volume_id_2 = sf_volume_2.volume_id
+        sf_volume_size_2 = sf_volume_2.total_size
 
         vol_snap_a = self._create_and_test_snapshot_2(volume_created_from_snapshot.id, sf_volume_id_2, sf_volume_id + 3, primary_storage_db_id, sf_volume_size_2,
                                                       sf_account_id, 4, TestSnapshots._should_be_four_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
@@ -914,7 +915,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         virtual_machine.delete(self.apiClient, True)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 1, self, TestSnapshots._should_only_be_one_volume_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -935,7 +936,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         data_volume.delete(self.apiClient)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 1, self, TestSnapshots._should_only_be_one_volume_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -981,21 +982,21 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         sf_account_id = sf_util.get_sf_account_id(self.cs_api, self.account.id, self.primary_storage.id, self, TestSnapshots._sf_account_id_should_be_non_zero_int_err_msg)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 1, self, TestSnapshots._should_only_be_one_volume_in_list_err_msg)
 
         sf_volume = self._get_sf_volume_by_name(sf_volumes, vm_1_root_volume_name)
 
         # Get snapshot information for volume from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_snapshots = self.sf_client.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume['volumeID'])
+        sf_snapshots = self.sfe.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume.volume_id).snapshots
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_snapshots, 0, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_zero_snapshots_in_list_err_msg)
 
         primary_storage_db_id = self._get_cs_storage_pool_db_id(self.primary_storage)
 
-        sf_volume_id = sf_volume['volumeID']
-        sf_volume_size = sf_volume['totalSize']
+        sf_volume_id = sf_volume.volume_id
+        sf_volume_size = sf_volume.total_size
 
         vol_snap_1 = self._create_and_test_snapshot_2(vm_1_root_volume.id, sf_volume_id, sf_volume_id + 1, primary_storage_db_id, sf_volume_size,
                                                       sf_account_id, 2, TestSnapshots._should_be_two_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
@@ -1040,14 +1041,14 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         vm_2_root_volume_name = vm_2_root_volume.name
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 4, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_four_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
 
         sf_volume_2 = self._get_sf_volume_by_name(sf_volumes, vm_2_root_volume_name)
 
         # Get snapshot information for volume from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_snapshots = self.sf_client.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume_2['volumeID'])
+        sf_snapshots = self.sfe.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume_2.volume_id).snapshots
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_snapshots, 0, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_zero_snapshots_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -1056,7 +1057,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         volume_created_from_snapshot_1 = Volume.create_from_snapshot(self.apiClient, vol_snap_2.id, services, account=self.account.name, domainid=self.domain.id)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 5, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_five_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -1096,14 +1097,14 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         vm_3_root_volume_name = vm_3_root_volume.name
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 6, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_six_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
 
         sf_volume_3 = self._get_sf_volume_by_name(sf_volumes, vm_3_root_volume_name)
 
         # Get snapshot information for volume from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_snapshots = self.sf_client.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume_3['volumeID'])
+        sf_snapshots = self.sfe.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume_3.volume_id).snapshots
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_snapshots, 0, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_zero_snapshots_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -1112,7 +1113,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         volume_created_from_snapshot_a = Volume.create_from_snapshot(self.apiClient, vol_snap_b.id, services, account=self.account.name, domainid=self.domain.id)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 7, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_seven_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -1124,7 +1125,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         virtual_machine.delete(self.apiClient, True)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         # should still be 7 volumes because the SolidFire volume for the root disk of the VM just destroyed
         # is still needed for the SolidFire snapshots
@@ -1133,14 +1134,14 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         virtual_machine_2.delete(self.apiClient, True)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 6, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_six_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
 
         virtual_machine_3.delete(self.apiClient, True)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 5, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_five_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -1149,7 +1150,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         data_volume.delete(self.apiClient)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 4, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_four_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -1158,7 +1159,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         data_volume.delete(self.apiClient)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 3, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_three_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -1167,7 +1168,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         self._delete_and_test_snapshot(vol_snap_b)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         # should still be 2 volumes because the SolidFire volume for the root disk of the VM just destroyed
         # is still needed for the SolidFire snapshots
@@ -1176,7 +1177,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         self._delete_and_test_snapshot(vol_snap_a)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 1, self, TestSnapshots._should_only_be_one_volume_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -1211,14 +1212,14 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         sf_account_id = sf_util.get_sf_account_id(self.cs_api, self.account.id, self.primary_storage.id, self, TestSnapshots._sf_account_id_should_be_non_zero_int_err_msg)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 1, self, TestSnapshots._should_only_be_one_volume_in_list_err_msg)
 
         sf_volume = self._get_sf_volume_by_name(sf_volumes, vm_1_root_volume_name)
 
         # Get snapshot information for volume from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_snapshots = self.sf_client.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume['volumeID'])
+        sf_snapshots = self.sfe.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume.volume_id).snapshots
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_snapshots, 0, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_zero_snapshots_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -1247,7 +1248,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         virtual_machine.delete(self.apiClient, True)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 1, self, TestSnapshots._should_only_be_one_volume_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -1256,7 +1257,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         self._delete_and_test_archive_snapshot(vol_snap_1_archive)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 1, self, TestSnapshots._should_only_be_one_volume_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -1265,7 +1266,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         self._delete_and_test_snapshot(vol_snap_2)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 0, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_zero_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -1292,14 +1293,14 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         vm_1_root_volume_name = vm_1_root_volume.name
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 1, self, TestSnapshots._should_only_be_one_volume_in_list_err_msg)
 
         sf_volume = self._get_sf_volume_by_name(sf_volumes, vm_1_root_volume_name)
 
         # Get snapshot information for volume from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_snapshots = self.sf_client.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume['volumeID'])
+        sf_snapshots = self.sfe.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume.volume_id).snapshots
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_snapshots, 0, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_zero_snapshots_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -1342,14 +1343,14 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         vm_2_root_volume_name = vm_2_root_volume.name
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 2, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_two_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
 
         sf_volume_2 = self._get_sf_volume_by_name(sf_volumes, vm_2_root_volume_name)
 
         # Get snapshot information for volume from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_snapshots_2 = self.sf_client.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume_2['volumeID'])
+        sf_snapshots_2 = self.sfe.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume_2.volume_id).snapshots
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_snapshots_2, 0, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_zero_snapshots_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -1362,7 +1363,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         volume_created_from_snapshot_name = volume_created_from_snapshot.name
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 3, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_three_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -1370,7 +1371,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         sf_volume_2 = self._get_sf_volume_by_name(sf_volumes, vm_2_root_volume_name)
         sf_volume_3 = self._get_sf_volume_by_name(sf_volumes, volume_created_from_snapshot_name)
 
-        sf_util.check_list(sf_volume_3['volumeAccessGroups'], 0, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_zero_volume_access_groups_in_list_err_msg)
+        sf_util.check_list(sf_volume_3.volume_access_groups, 0, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_zero_volume_access_groups_in_list_err_msg)
 
         volume_created_from_snapshot = virtual_machine.attach_volume(
             self.apiClient,
@@ -1382,7 +1383,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         virtual_machine.delete(self.apiClient, True)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 3, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_three_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -1404,7 +1405,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         self._delete_and_test_snapshot(vol_snap_3)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 2, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_two_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -1414,7 +1415,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         virtual_machine_2.delete(self.apiClient, True)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 1, self, TestSnapshots._should_only_be_one_volume_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -1434,7 +1435,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         data_volume.delete(self.apiClient)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, 0, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_zero_volumes_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -1511,10 +1512,10 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         sf_snapshot_to_return = None
 
         for sf_snapshot in sf_snapshots:
-            if (sf_snapshot['snapshotID'] > most_recent_id):
+            if (sf_snapshot.snapshot_id > most_recent_id):
                 sf_snapshot_to_return = sf_snapshot
 
-                most_recent_id = sf_snapshot['snapshotID']
+                most_recent_id = sf_snapshot.snapshot_id
 
         if (sf_snapshot_to_return == None):
             raise Exception("Unable to find the most recent SolidFire snapshot in the provided list")
@@ -1541,7 +1542,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         sf_volume = None
 
         for volume in sf_volumes:
-            if volume['name'] == sf_volume_name:
+            if volume.name == sf_volume_name:
                 sf_volume = volume
 
                 break
@@ -1560,7 +1561,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         sf_volume = None
 
         for volume in sf_volumes:
-            if volume['volumeID'] == sf_volume_id:
+            if volume.volume_id == sf_volume_id:
                 sf_volume = volume
 
                 break
@@ -1582,7 +1583,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
 
     def _check_sf_snapshot_does_not_exist(self, sf_snapshots, sf_snapshot_id):
         for sf_snapshot in sf_snapshots:
-            if sf_snapshot["snapshotID"] == sf_snapshot:
+            if sf_snapshot.snapshot_id == sf_snapshot:
                 raise Exception("The following SolidFire snapshot ID should not exist: " + sf_snapshot_id)
 
     def _check_snapshot_details_do_not_exist(self, vol_snap_db_id):
@@ -1606,10 +1607,10 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
 
         self._wait_for_snapshot_state(vol_snap.id, Snapshot.BACKED_UP)
 
-        sf_volume_id = sf_volume['volumeID']
+        sf_volume_id = sf_volume.volume_id
 
         # Get snapshot information for volume from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_snapshots = self.sf_client.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume_id)
+        sf_snapshots = self.sfe.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume_id).snapshots
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_snapshots, expected_num_snapshots, self, snapshot_err_msg)
 
@@ -1621,16 +1622,16 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
 
         vol_snap_db_id = self._get_cs_volume_snapshot_db_id(vol_snap)
 
-        self._check_snapshot_details(sf_snapshot_details, vol_snap_db_id, sf_volume_id, sf_snapshot['snapshotID'], primary_storage_db_id, sf_volume['totalSize'])
+        self._check_snapshot_details(sf_snapshot_details, vol_snap_db_id, sf_volume_id, sf_snapshot.snapshot_id, primary_storage_db_id, sf_volume.total_size)
 
         return vol_snap
 
     # used when SolidFire snapshots are being used for CloudStack volume snapshots to create a backup on secondary storage
     def _create_and_test_archive_snapshot(self, volume_id_for_snapshot, sf_volume):
-        sf_volume_id = sf_volume['volumeID']
+        sf_volume_id = sf_volume.volume_id
 
         # Get snapshot information for volume from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_snapshots_orig = self.sf_client.list_snapshots(sf_volume_id)
+        sf_snapshots_orig = self.sfe.list_snapshots(sf_volume_id).snapshots
 
         vol_snap = Snapshot.create(
             self.apiClient,
@@ -1641,7 +1642,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         self._wait_for_snapshot_state(vol_snap.id, Snapshot.BACKED_UP)
 
         # Get snapshot information for volume from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_snapshots = self.sf_client.list_snapshots(sf_volume_id)
+        sf_snapshots = self.sfe.list_snapshots(sf_volume_id).snapshots
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_snapshots, len(sf_snapshots_orig), self, "A new SolidFire snapshot was detected.")
 
@@ -1662,7 +1663,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         self._wait_for_snapshot_state(vol_snap.id, Snapshot.BACKED_UP)
 
         # Get snapshot information for volume from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_snapshots = self.sf_client.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume_id)
+        sf_snapshots = self.sfe.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume_id).snapshots
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_snapshots, 0, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_zero_snapshots_in_list_err_msg)
 
@@ -1675,13 +1676,13 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         self._check_snapshot_details_2(sf_snapshot_details, vol_snap_db_id, sf_volume_id_for_volume_snapshot, primary_storage_db_id, sf_volume_size)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, expected_num_volumes, self, volume_err_msg)
 
         sf_volume_for_snapshot = self._get_sf_volume_by_id(sf_volumes, sf_volume_id_for_volume_snapshot)
 
-        sf_util.check_list(sf_volume_for_snapshot['volumeAccessGroups'], 0, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_zero_volume_access_groups_in_list_err_msg)
+        sf_util.check_list(sf_volume_for_snapshot.volume_access_groups, 0, self, TestSnapshots._should_be_zero_volume_access_groups_in_list_err_msg)
 
         return vol_snap
 
@@ -1722,7 +1723,7 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         vol_snap.delete(self.apiClient)
 
         # Get snapshot information for volume from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_snapshots = self.sf_client.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume_id)
+        sf_snapshots = self.sfe.list_snapshots(volume_id=sf_volume_id).snapshots
 
         self._check_sf_snapshot_does_not_exist(sf_snapshots, sf_snapshot_id)
 
@@ -1741,6 +1742,6 @@ class TestSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         self._check_snapshot_details_do_not_exist(vol_snap_db_id)
 
         # Get volume information from SolidFire cluster
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_util.check_list(sf_volumes, expected_num_volumes, self, volume_err_msg)

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack/blob/d4ae1ab6/test/integration/plugins/solidfire/TestVMMigrationWithStorage.py
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diff --git a/test/integration/plugins/solidfire/TestVMMigrationWithStorage.py b/test/integration/plugins/solidfire/TestVMMigrationWithStorage.py
index 255df07..adbb44b 100644
--- a/test/integration/plugins/solidfire/TestVMMigrationWithStorage.py
+++ b/test/integration/plugins/solidfire/TestVMMigrationWithStorage.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import random
 import SignedAPICall
 import XenAPI
 
+from solidfire.factory import ElementFactory
+
 from util import sf_util
 
 # All tests inherit from cloudstackTestCase
@@ -34,8 +36,6 @@ from marvin.lib.common import get_domain, get_template, get_zone, list_clusters,
 # utils - utility classes for common cleanup, external library wrappers, etc.
 from marvin.lib.utils import cleanup_resources
 
-from solidfire import solidfire_element_api as sf_api
-
 # Prerequisites:
 #  Only one zone
 #  Only one pod
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ class TestData():
     storageTag2 = "SolidFire_Volume_1"
     tags = "tags"
     templateCacheName = "centos56-x86-64-xen"
-    templateName = "templatename"
     testAccount = "testaccount"
     url = "url"
     user = "user"
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ class TestData():
         self.testdata = {
             TestData.solidFire: {
                 TestData.mvip: "192.168.139.112",
-                TestData.login: "admin",
+                TestData.username: "admin",
                 TestData.password: "admin",
                 TestData.port: 443,
                 TestData.url: "https://192.168.139.112:443"
@@ -208,7 +207,6 @@ class TestData():
             TestData.volume_1: {
                 TestData.diskName: "test-volume",
             },
-            TestData.templateName: "CentOS 5.6(64-bit) no GUI (XenServer)",
             TestData.zoneId: 1,
             TestData.clusterId1: 1,
             TestData.clusterId2: 2,
@@ -224,7 +222,9 @@ class TestVMMigrationWithStorage(cloudstackTestCase):
     def setUpClass(cls):
         # Set up API client
         testclient = super(TestVMMigrationWithStorage, cls).getClsTestClient()
+
         cls.apiClient = testclient.getApiClient()
+        cls.configData = testclient.getParsedTestDataConfig()
         cls.dbConnection = testclient.getDbConnection()
 
         cls.testdata = TestData().testdata
@@ -250,13 +250,15 @@ class TestVMMigrationWithStorage(cloudstackTestCase):
         cls.xen_session_2.xenapi.login_with_password(xenserver[TestData.username], xenserver[TestData.password])
 
         # Set up SolidFire connection
-        cls.sf_client = sf_api.SolidFireAPI(endpoint_dict=cls.testdata[TestData.solidFire])
+        solidfire = cls.testdata[TestData.solidFire]
+
+        cls.sfe = ElementFactory.create(solidfire[TestData.mvip], solidfire[TestData.username], solidfire[TestData.password])
 
         # Get Resources from Cloud Infrastructure
         cls.zone = get_zone(cls.apiClient, zone_id=cls.testdata[TestData.zoneId])
         cls.cluster_1 = list_clusters(cls.apiClient, id=cls.testdata[TestData.clusterId1])[0]
         cls.cluster_2 = list_clusters(cls.apiClient, id=cls.testdata[TestData.clusterId2])[0]
-        cls.template = get_template(cls.apiClient, cls.zone.id, template_name=cls.testdata[TestData.templateName])
+        cls.template = get_template(cls.apiClient, cls.zone.id, cls.configData["ostype"])
         cls.domain = get_domain(cls.apiClient, cls.testdata[TestData.domainId])
 
         # Create test account
@@ -330,6 +332,8 @@ class TestVMMigrationWithStorage(cloudstackTestCase):
             cleanup_resources(cls.apiClient, cls._cleanup)
 
             cls.primary_storage.delete(cls.apiClient)
+
+            sf_util.purge_solidfire_volumes(cls.sfe)
         except Exception as e:
             logging.debug("Exception in tearDownClass(cls): %s" % e)
 
@@ -340,7 +344,7 @@ class TestVMMigrationWithStorage(cloudstackTestCase):
         try:
             cleanup_resources(self.apiClient, self.cleanup)
 
-            sf_util.purge_solidfire_volumes(self.sf_client)
+            sf_util.purge_solidfire_volumes(self.sfe)
         except Exception as e:
             logging.debug("Exception in tearDownClass(self): %s" % e)
 
@@ -366,7 +370,7 @@ class TestVMMigrationWithStorage(cloudstackTestCase):
         sf_account_id = sf_util.get_sf_account_id(self.cs_api, self.account.id, self.primary_storage.id, self,
                                                   TestVMMigrationWithStorage._sf_account_id_should_be_non_zero_int_err_msg)
 
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_root_volume = sf_util.check_and_get_sf_volume(sf_volumes, cs_root_volume.name, self)
 
@@ -386,7 +390,7 @@ class TestVMMigrationWithStorage(cloudstackTestCase):
             cs_data_volume
         )
 
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_data_volume = sf_util.check_and_get_sf_volume(sf_volumes, cs_data_volume.name, self)
 
@@ -451,7 +455,7 @@ class TestVMMigrationWithStorage(cloudstackTestCase):
         sf_account_id = sf_util.get_sf_account_id(self.cs_api, self.account.id, self.primary_storage.id, self,
                                                   TestVMMigrationWithStorage._sf_account_id_should_be_non_zero_int_err_msg)
 
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_data_volume = sf_util.check_and_get_sf_volume(sf_volumes, cs_data_volume.name, self)
 
@@ -497,7 +501,7 @@ class TestVMMigrationWithStorage(cloudstackTestCase):
         sf_account_id = sf_util.get_sf_account_id(self.cs_api, self.account.id, self.primary_storage.id, self,
                                                   TestVMMigrationWithStorage._sf_account_id_should_be_non_zero_int_err_msg)
 
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_root_volume = sf_util.check_and_get_sf_volume(sf_volumes, cs_root_volume.name, self)
 
@@ -517,7 +521,7 @@ class TestVMMigrationWithStorage(cloudstackTestCase):
             cs_data_volume
         )
 
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         sf_data_volume = sf_util.check_and_get_sf_volume(sf_volumes, cs_data_volume.name, self)
 
@@ -549,7 +553,7 @@ class TestVMMigrationWithStorage(cloudstackTestCase):
         cs_root_volume = self._get_updated_cs_volume(cs_root_volume.id)
         cs_data_volume = self._get_updated_cs_volume(cs_data_volume.id)
 
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         dest_sf_root_volume = sf_util.check_and_get_sf_volume(sf_volumes, cs_root_volume.name, self)
         dest_sf_data_volume = sf_util.check_and_get_sf_volume(sf_volumes, cs_data_volume.name, self)
@@ -580,7 +584,7 @@ class TestVMMigrationWithStorage(cloudstackTestCase):
 
         cs_volume = self._get_updated_cs_volume(cs_volume.id)
 
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         dest_sf_volume = sf_util.check_and_get_sf_volume(sf_volumes, cs_volume.name, self)
 
@@ -624,7 +628,7 @@ class TestVMMigrationWithStorage(cloudstackTestCase):
         self._verifyFields(cs_root_volume_refreshed, src_sf_root_volume)
         self._verifyFields(cs_data_volume_refreshed, src_sf_data_volume)
 
-        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_not_active_sf_volumes(self.sf_client, sf_account_id)
+        sf_volumes = sf_util.get_not_active_sf_volumes(self.sfe, sf_account_id)
 
         dest_sf_root_volume = sf_util.check_and_get_sf_volume(sf_volumes, cs_root_volume.name, self)
         dest_sf_data_volume = sf_util.check_and_get_sf_volume(sf_volumes, cs_data_volume.name, self)
@@ -633,11 +637,11 @@ class TestVMMigrationWithStorage(cloudstackTestCase):
         self._verify_xenserver_state(dest_xen_session, dest_sf_data_volume, src_xen_session, src_sf_data_volume)
 
     def _verify_different_volume_access_groups(self, src_sf_volume, dest_sf_volume):
-        src_vags = src_sf_volume['volumeAccessGroups']
+        src_vags = src_sf_volume.volume_access_groups
 
         sf_util.check_list(src_vags, 1, self, "'src_vags' should be a list with only one element in it.")
 
-        dest_vags = dest_sf_volume['volumeAccessGroups']
+        dest_vags = dest_sf_volume.volume_access_groups
 
         sf_util.check_list(dest_vags, 1, self, "'dest_vags' should be a list with only one element in it.")
 
@@ -647,23 +651,23 @@ class TestVMMigrationWithStorage(cloudstackTestCase):
         return list_volumes(self.apiClient, listall=True, id=cs_volume_id)[0]
 
     def _verify_same_account(self, src_sf_volume, dest_sf_volume):
-        self.assertEqual(src_sf_volume['accountID'], dest_sf_volume['accountID'], "The source and destination volumes should be in the same SolidFire account.")
+        self.assertEqual(src_sf_volume.account_id, dest_sf_volume.account_id, "The source and destination volumes should be in the same SolidFire account.")
 
     def _verifySfVolumeIds(self, src_sf_volume, dest_sf_volume):
-        self.assert_(src_sf_volume['volumeID'] < dest_sf_volume['volumeID'],
+        self.assert_(src_sf_volume.volume_id < dest_sf_volume.volume_id,
                      "The destination SolidFire root volume's ID should be greater than the id of the source one.")
 
     # verify the name, folder, and iscsi_name
     def _verifyFields(self, cs_volume, sf_volume):
-        self.assert_(cs_volume.name == sf_volume['name'], "The CloudStack volume name does not match the SolidFire volume name.")
+        self.assert_(cs_volume.name == sf_volume.name, "The CloudStack volume name does not match the SolidFire volume name.")
 
         cs_volume_folder = self._get_cs_volume_folder(cs_volume.id)
 
-        self.assert_(int(cs_volume_folder) == sf_volume['volumeID'], "The CloudStack folder name does not match the SolidFire volume ID.")
+        self.assert_(int(cs_volume_folder) == sf_volume.volume_id, "The CloudStack folder name does not match the SolidFire volume ID.")
 
         cs_volume_iscsi_name = self._get_cs_volume_iscsi_name(cs_volume.id)
 
-        self.assert_(cs_volume_iscsi_name == sf_util.format_iqn(sf_volume['iqn']), "The CloudStack volume iscsi_name does not match the SolidFire volume IQN.")
+        self.assert_(cs_volume_iscsi_name == sf_util.format_iqn(sf_volume.iqn), "The CloudStack volume iscsi_name does not match the SolidFire volume IQN.")
 
     def _get_cs_volume_property(self, cs_volume_id, volume_property):
         sql_query = "Select " + volume_property + " From volumes Where uuid = '" + cs_volume_id + "'"
@@ -688,10 +692,10 @@ class TestVMMigrationWithStorage(cloudstackTestCase):
         sf_util.check_list(sql_result, 0, self, "The cloud.volume_details table should not have any name fields that start with 'basic_'.")
 
     def _verify_xenserver_state(self, xen_session_1, sf_volume_1, xen_session_2, sf_volume_2):
-        sr_name = sf_util.format_iqn(sf_volume_1["iqn"])
+        sr_name = sf_util.format_iqn(sf_volume_1.iqn)
 
         sf_util.check_xen_sr(sr_name, xen_session_1, self, False)
 
-        sr_name = sf_util.format_iqn(sf_volume_2["iqn"])
+        sr_name = sf_util.format_iqn(sf_volume_2.iqn)
 
         sf_util.check_xen_sr(sr_name, xen_session_2, self)

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cloudstack/blob/d4ae1ab6/test/integration/plugins/solidfire/TestVMSnapshots.py
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diff --git a/test/integration/plugins/solidfire/TestVMSnapshots.py b/test/integration/plugins/solidfire/TestVMSnapshots.py
index 14e8e71..db25390 100644
--- a/test/integration/plugins/solidfire/TestVMSnapshots.py
+++ b/test/integration/plugins/solidfire/TestVMSnapshots.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import random
 import SignedAPICall
 import XenAPI
 
+from solidfire.factory import ElementFactory
+
 from util import sf_util
 
 # All tests inherit from cloudstackTestCase
@@ -36,8 +38,6 @@ from marvin.lib.common import get_domain, get_template, get_zone, list_hosts, li
 # utils - utility classes for common cleanup, external library wrappers, etc.
 from marvin.lib.utils import cleanup_resources
 
-from solidfire import solidfire_element_api as sf_api
-
 # Prerequisites:
 #  Only one zone
 #  Only one pod
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ class TestData:
     solidFire = "solidfire"
     storageTag = "SolidFire_SAN_1"
     tags = "tags"
-    templateName = "templatename"
     url = "url"
     user = "user"
     username = "username"
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ class TestData:
         self.testdata = {
             TestData.solidFire: {
                 TestData.mvip: "192.168.139.112",
-                TestData.login: "admin",
+                TestData.username: "admin",
                 TestData.password: "admin",
                 TestData.port: 443,
                 TestData.url: "https://192.168.139.112:443"
@@ -211,7 +210,6 @@ class TestData:
             "volume2": {
                 "diskname": "testvolume2",
             },
-            TestData.templateName: "CentOS 5.6(64-bit) no GUI (XenServer)",
             TestData.zoneId: 1,
             TestData.clusterId: 1,
             TestData.domainId: 1,
@@ -237,7 +235,9 @@ class TestVMSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
     def setUpClass(cls):
         # Set up API client
         testclient = super(TestVMSnapshots, cls).getClsTestClient()
+
         cls.apiClient = testclient.getApiClient()
+        cls.configData = testclient.getParsedTestDataConfig()
 
         cls.testdata = TestData().testdata
 
@@ -252,11 +252,13 @@ class TestVMSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
         cls.xen_session.xenapi.login_with_password(xenserver[TestData.username], xenserver[TestData.password])
 
         # Set up SolidFire connection
-        cls.sf_client = sf_api.SolidFireAPI(endpoint_dict=cls.testdata[TestData.solidFire])
+        solidfire = cls.testdata[TestData.solidFire]
+
+        cls.sfe = ElementFactory.create(solidfire[TestData.mvip], solidfire[TestData.username], solidfire[TestData.password])
 
         # Get Resources from Cloud Infrastructure
         cls.zone = get_zone(cls.apiClient, zone_id=cls.testdata[TestData.zoneId])
-        template = get_template(cls.apiClient, cls.zone.id, template_name=cls.testdata[TestData.templateName])
+        template = get_template(cls.apiClient, cls.zone.id, cls.configData["ostype"])
         cls.domain = get_domain(cls.apiClient, cls.testdata[TestData.domainId])
 
         # Create test account
@@ -332,7 +334,7 @@ class TestVMSnapshots(cloudstackTestCase):
 
             cls.primary_storage.delete(cls.apiClient)
 
-            sf_util.purge_solidfire_volumes(cls.sf_client)
+            sf_util.purge_solidfire_volumes(cls.sfe)
         except Exception as e:
             logging.debug("Exception in tearDownClass(cls): %s" % e)