@BeforeMethod
    public void setUp() throws Throwable {

      commonHostAndClientSetup(basicServiceHost, apiFeDcpRestClient);
      commonDataSetup(
          tenantDcpBackend,
          resourceTicketDcpBackend,
          projectDcpBackend,
          flavorDcpBackend,
          flavorLoader);

      vm = new VmService.State();
      vm.name = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
      flavorEntity = flavorDcpBackend.getEntityByNameAndKind("core-100", Vm.KIND);
      vm.flavorId = flavorEntity.getId();
      vm.imageId = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
      vm.projectId = projectId;
      vm.vmState = VmState.CREATING;

      vm.affinities = new ArrayList<>();
      vm.affinities.add(new LocalitySpec("id1", "kind1"));

      Iso iso = new Iso();
      iso.setName(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
      iso.setSize(-1L);
      vm.isos = new ArrayList<>();
      vm.isos.add(iso);

      vm.metadata = new HashMap<>();
      vm.metadata.put("key1", UUID.randomUUID().toString());

      vm.networks = new ArrayList<>();
      vm.networks.add(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
      vm.agent = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
      vm.host = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
      vm.datastore = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
      vm.datastoreName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();

      vm.tags = new HashSet<>();
      vm.tags.add("namespace1:predicate1=value1");
      vm.tags.add("namespace2:predicate2=value2");

      Operation result = dcpClient.post(VmServiceFactory.SELF_LINK, vm);
      createdVm = result.getBody(VmService.State.class);
      vmId = ServiceUtils.getIDFromDocumentSelfLink(createdVm.documentSelfLink);

      DeploymentCreateSpec deploymentCreateSpec = new DeploymentCreateSpec();
      deploymentCreateSpec.setImageDatastores(Collections.singleton(UUID.randomUUID().toString()));
      TaskEntity deploymentTask = deploymentBackend.prepareCreateDeployment(deploymentCreateSpec);

      HostCreateSpec hostCreateSpec = new HostCreateSpec();
      hostCreateSpec.setAddress(vm.host);
      hostCreateSpec.setUsageTags(ImmutableList.of(UsageTag.CLOUD));
      hostCreateSpec.setUsername(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
      hostCreateSpec.setPassword(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
      TaskEntity hostTask =
          hostBackend.prepareHostCreate(hostCreateSpec, deploymentTask.getEntityId());
      hostId = hostTask.getEntityId();
    }