diff --git a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/physical-build.groovy b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/physical-build.groovy
index 079ba91..f5a7d74 100644
--- a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/physical-build.groovy
+++ b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/physical-build.groovy
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
               timeout(1) {
                 sh returnStatus: true, script: """
                 export KUBECONFIG=$WORKSPACE/${configBaseDir}/${configKubernetesDir}/${configFileName}.conf
-                etcd_container=\$(kubectl get pods -n ${infraNamespace} | grep etcd | awk 'NR==1{print \$1}')
+                etcd_container=\$(kubectl get pods -n ${infraNamespace} -l app.kubernetes.io/name=etcd --no-headers | awk 'NR==1{print \$1}')
                 if [[ "${workFlow}" == "TT" ]]; then
                    if [[ "${params.enableMultiUni}" == "true" ]]; then
                       kubectl cp -n ${infraNamespace} $WORKSPACE/voltha-system-tests/tests/data/TechProfile-TT-multi-uni-HSIA.json \$etcd_container:/tmp/hsia.json
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
               timeout(1) {
                 sh returnStatus: true, script: """
                 export KUBECONFIG=$WORKSPACE/${configBaseDir}/${configKubernetesDir}/${configFileName}.conf
-                etcd_container=\$(kubectl get pods -n ${infraNamespace} | grep etcd | awk 'NR==1{print \$1}')
+                etcd_container=\$(kubectl get pods -n ${infraNamespace} -l app.kubernetes.io/name=etcd --no-headers | awk 'NR==1{print \$1}')
                 kubectl exec -n ${infraNamespace} -it \$etcd_container -- /bin/sh -c 'ETCDCTL_API=3 etcdctl get --prefix service/voltha/technology_profiles/${tech_prof_directory}/64'
                 """
               }
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
       steps {
         sh """
         export KUBECONFIG=$WORKSPACE/${configBaseDir}/${configKubernetesDir}/${configFileName}.conf
-        etcd_container=\$(kubectl get pods -n ${infraNamespace} | grep etcd | awk 'NR==1{print \$1}')
+        etcd_container=\$(kubectl get pods -n ${infraNamespace} -l app.kubernetes.io/name=etcd --no-headers | awk 'NR==1{print \$1}')
         kubectl cp -n ${infraNamespace} $WORKSPACE/voltha-system-tests/tests/data/MIB_Alpha.json \$etcd_container:/tmp/MIB_Alpha.json
         kubectl exec -n ${infraNamespace} -it \$etcd_container -- /bin/sh -c 'cat /tmp/MIB_Alpha.json | ETCDCTL_API=3 etcdctl put service/voltha/omci_mibs/go_templates/BRCM/BVM4K00BRA0915-0083/5023_020O02414'
         kubectl exec -n ${infraNamespace} -it \$etcd_container -- /bin/sh -c 'cat /tmp/MIB_Alpha.json | ETCDCTL_API=3 etcdctl put service/voltha/omci_mibs/templates/BRCM/BVM4K00BRA0915-0083/5023_020O02414'
diff --git a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/voltha-dt-physical-functional-tests.groovy b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/voltha-dt-physical-functional-tests.groovy
index 040c065..fd27e86 100644
--- a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/voltha-dt-physical-functional-tests.groovy
+++ b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/voltha-dt-physical-functional-tests.groovy
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
         bash <( curl -sfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/boz/kail/master/godownloader.sh) -b "$WORKSPACE/bin"
         cd $WORKSPACE
         if [ "${params.branch}" == "voltha-2.8" ]; then
-           VOLTCTL_VERSION=1.6.10
+           VOLTCTL_VERSION=1.6.11
         else
            VOLTCTL_VERSION=\$(curl -sSL https://api.github.com/repos/opencord/voltctl/releases/latest | jq -r .tag_name | sed -e 's/^v//g')
         fi
diff --git a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/voltha-physical-functional-tests.groovy b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/voltha-physical-functional-tests.groovy
index de2d6f7..21feddd 100644
--- a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/voltha-physical-functional-tests.groovy
+++ b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/voltha-physical-functional-tests.groovy
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
         bash <( curl -sfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/boz/kail/master/godownloader.sh) -b "$WORKSPACE/bin"
         cd $WORKSPACE
         if [ "${params.branch}" == "voltha-2.8" ]; then
-           VOLTCTL_VERSION=1.6.10
+           VOLTCTL_VERSION=1.6.11
         else
            VOLTCTL_VERSION=\$(curl -sSL https://api.github.com/repos/opencord/voltctl/releases/latest | jq -r .tag_name | sed -e 's/^v//g')
         fi
diff --git a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/voltha-physical-soak-dt-tests.groovy b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/voltha-physical-soak-dt-tests.groovy
index 8a29330..5918e4d 100644
--- a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/voltha-physical-soak-dt-tests.groovy
+++ b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/voltha-physical-soak-dt-tests.groovy
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
+library identifier: 'cord-jenkins-libraries@master',
+    retriever: modernSCM([
+      $class: 'GitSCMSource',
+      remote: 'https://gerrit.opencord.org/ci-management.git'
+])
+
 node {
   // Need this so that deployment_config has global scope when it's read later
   deployment_config = null
@@ -96,7 +102,7 @@
         bash <( curl -sfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/boz/kail/master/godownloader.sh) -b "$WORKSPACE/bin"
         cd $WORKSPACE
         if [ "${params.branch}" == "voltha-2.8" ]; then
-           VC_VERSION=1.6.10
+           VC_VERSION=1.6.11
         else
            VC_VERSION=\$(curl -sSL https://api.github.com/repos/opencord/voltctl/releases/latest | jq -r .tag_name | sed -e 's/^v//g')
         fi
diff --git a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/voltha-scale-multi-stack.groovy b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/voltha-scale-multi-stack.groovy
index 8c2f72e..d5f1c9d 100644
--- a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/voltha-scale-multi-stack.groovy
+++ b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/voltha-scale-multi-stack.groovy
@@ -22,14 +22,6 @@
       remote: 'https://gerrit.opencord.org/ci-management.git'
 ])
 
-def ofAgentConnections(numOfOnos, releaseName, namespace) {
-    def params = " "
-    numOfOnos.times {
-        params += "--set voltha.services.controller[${it}].address=${releaseName}-onos-classic-${it}.${releaseName}-onos-classic-hs.${namespace}.svc:6653 "
-    }
-    return params
-}
-
 pipeline {
 
   /* no label, executor is determined by JJB */
@@ -45,7 +37,6 @@
     SSHPASS="karaf"
     PATH="$PATH:$WORKSPACE/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/snap/bin"
 
-    APPS_TO_LOG="etcd kafka onos-onos-classic adapter-open-onu adapter-open-olt rw-core ofagent bbsim radius bbsim-sadis-server"
     LOG_FOLDER="$WORKSPACE/logs"
   }
 
@@ -53,10 +44,6 @@
     stage ('Cleanup') {
       steps {
         timeout(time: 11, unit: 'MINUTES') {
-          sh """
-          # remove orphaned port-forward from different namespaces
-            ps aux | grep port-forw | grep -v grep | awk '{print \$2}' | xargs --no-run-if-empty kill -9 || true
-          """
           script {
             def namespaces = ["infra"]
             // FIXME we may have leftovers from more VOLTHA stacks (eg: run1 had 10 stacks, run2 had 2 stacks)
@@ -65,14 +52,24 @@
             }
             helmTeardown(namespaces)
           }
-          sh returnStdout: false, script: """
+          sh returnStdout: false, script: '''
             helm repo add onf https://charts.opencord.org
-            helm repo add cord https://charts.opencord.org
             helm repo update
 
-            # remove all port-forward from different namespaces
-            ps aux | grep port-forw | grep -v grep | awk '{print \$2}' | xargs --no-run-if-empty kill -9 || true
-          """
+            # remove all persistent volume claims
+            kubectl delete pvc --all-namespaces --all
+            PVCS=\$(kubectl get pvc --all-namespaces --no-headers | wc -l)
+            while [[ \$PVCS != 0 ]]; do
+              sleep 5
+              PVCS=\$(kubectl get pvc --all-namespaces --no-headers | wc -l)
+            done
+
+            # remove orphaned port-forward from different namespaces
+            ps aux | grep port-forw | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' | xargs --no-run-if-empty kill -9 || true
+
+            cd $WORKSPACE
+            rm -rf $WORKSPACE/*
+          '''
         }
       }
     }
@@ -98,32 +95,55 @@
         '''
       }
     }
+    stage('Start logging') {
+      steps {
+        script {
+          startComponentsLogs([
+            appsToLog: [
+              'app.kubernetes.io/name=etcd',
+              'app.kubernetes.io/name=kafka',
+              'app=onos-classic',
+              'app=adapter-open-onu',
+              'app=adapter-open-olt',
+              'app=rw-core',
+              'app=ofagent',
+              'app=bbsim',
+              'app=radius',
+              'app=bbsim-sadis-server',
+              'app=onos-config-loader',
+            ]
+          ])
+        }
+      }
+    }
     stage('Deploy VOLTHA infrastructure') {
       steps {
-        sh returnStdout: false, script: '''
+        timeout(time: 5, unit: 'MINUTES') {
+          script {
+            def localCharts = false
+            if (volthaHelmChartsChange != "" || release != "master") {
+              localCharts = true
+            }
 
-        kubectl create configmap -n infra kube-config "--from-file=kube_config=\$KUBECONFIG"  || true
+            def infraHelmFlags =
+                "--set global.log_level=${logLevel} " +
+                "--set radius.enabled=${withEapol} " +
+                "--set onos-classic.onosSshPort=30115 " +
+                "--set onos-classic.onosApiPort=30120 " + 
+                params.extraHelmFlags
 
-        export EXTRA_HELM_FLAGS+=' '
-
-        # No persistent-volume-claims in Atomix
-        EXTRA_HELM_FLAGS+="--set onos-classic.atomix.persistence.enabled=false "
-        # disable the securityContext, this is a development cluster
-        EXTRA_HELM_FLAGS+='--set securityContext.enabled=false '
-
-        echo \$EXTRA_HELM_FLAGS
-
-        helm upgrade --install -n infra voltha-infra onf/voltha-infra \
-          -f $WORKSPACE/voltha-helm-charts/examples/${workflow}-values.yaml \
-          -f /home/jenkins/voltha-scale/voltha-values.yaml \
-          --set onos-classic.replicas=${onosReplicas},onos-classic.atomix.replicas=${atomixReplicas} \
-          --set radius.enabled=${withEapol} \
-          --set global.log_level=${logLevel} \
-          --set onos-classic.onosSshPort=30115 \
-          --set onos-classic.onosApiPort=30120 \
-          --set kafka.replicaCount=3,kafka.zookeeper.replicaCount=3 \
-          --set etcd.statefulset.replicaCount=3 \$EXTRA_HELM_FLAGS
-        '''
+            volthaInfraDeploy([
+              workflow: workflow,
+              infraNamespace: "infra",
+              extraHelmFlags: infraHelmFlags,
+              localCharts: localCharts,
+              onosReplica: onosReplicas,
+              atomixReplica: atomixReplicas,
+              kafkaReplica: kafkaReplicas,
+              etcdReplica: etcdReplicas,
+            ])
+          }
+        }
       }
     }
     stage('Deploy Voltha') {
@@ -131,23 +151,6 @@
         deploy_voltha_stacks(params.volthaStacks)
       }
     }
-    stage('Start logging') {
-      //FIXME this collects the logs all in one file for all the 10 stacks
-      steps {
-        sh returnStdout: false, script: '''
-        # start logging with kail
-
-        mkdir -p $LOG_FOLDER
-
-        list=($APPS_TO_LOG)
-        for app in "${list[@]}"
-        do
-          echo "Starting logs for: ${app}"
-          _TAG=kail-$app kail -l app=$app --since 1h > $LOG_FOLDER/$app.log&
-        done
-        '''
-      }
-    }
     stage('Configuration') {
       steps {
         script {
@@ -210,31 +213,9 @@
   }
   post {
     always {
+      stopComponentsLogs([compress: true])
       // collect result, done in the "post" step so it's executed even in the
       // event of a timeout in the tests
-      sh '''
-
-        # stop the kail processes
-        list=($APPS_TO_LOG)
-        for app in "${list[@]}"
-        do
-          echo "Stopping logs for: ${app}"
-          _TAG="kail-$app"
-          P_IDS="$(ps e -ww -A | grep "_TAG=$_TAG" | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}')"
-          if [ -n "$P_IDS" ]; then
-            echo $P_IDS
-            for P_ID in $P_IDS; do
-              kill -9 $P_ID
-            done
-          fi
-        done
-      '''
-      // compressing the logs to save space on Jenkins
-      sh '''
-      cd $LOG_FOLDER
-      tar -czf logs.tar.gz *.log
-      rm *.log
-      '''
       plot([
         csvFileName: 'scale-test.csv',
         csvSeries: [
@@ -273,7 +254,7 @@
         kubectl get pods --all-namespaces -o jsonpath="{range .items[*].status.containerStatuses[*]}{.imageID}{'\\n'}" | sort | uniq | tee $LOG_FOLDER/pod-imagesId.txt || true
 
         # copy the ONOS logs directly from the container to avoid the color codes
-        printf '%s\n' $(kubectl get pods -n infra -l app=onos-classic -o=jsonpath="{.items[*]['metadata.name']}") | xargs --no-run-if-empty -I# bash -c "kubectl cp #:${karafHome}/data/log/karaf.log $LOG_FOLDER/#.log" || true
+        printf '%s\n' $(kubectl get pods -n infra -l app=onos-classic -o=jsonpath="{.items[*]['metadata.name']}") | xargs --no-run-if-empty -I# bash -c "kubectl cp -n infra #:${karafHome}/data/log/karaf.log $LOG_FOLDER/#.log" || true
 
       '''
       // dump all the BBSim(s) ONU information
@@ -304,6 +285,9 @@
         sshpass -e ssh -q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p 8101 karaf@127.0.0.1 masters > $LOG_FOLDER/onos-masters.txt || true
         sshpass -e ssh -q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p 8101 karaf@127.0.0.1 roles > $LOG_FOLDER/onos-roles.txt || true
 
+        sshpass -e ssh -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p 30115 karaf@127.0.0.1 netcfg > $LOG_FOLDER/onos-netcfg.txt || true
+        sshpass -e ssh -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p 30115 karaf@127.0.0.1 cfg get > $LOG_FOLDER/onos-cfg.txt || true
+
         sshpass -e ssh -q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p 8101 karaf@127.0.0.1 ports > $LOG_FOLDER/onos-ports-list.txt || true
         sshpass -e ssh -q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p 8101 karaf@127.0.0.1 hosts > $LOG_FOLDER/onos-hosts-list.txt || true
 
@@ -354,7 +338,7 @@
             voltctl -m 8MB device list > $LOG_FOLDER/${stack_ns}/voltha-devices-list.txt || true
 
             DEVICE_LIST=
-            printf '%s\n' \$(voltctl -m 8MB device list | grep olt | awk '{print \$1}') | xargs --no-run-if-empty -I# bash -c "voltctl-m 8MB device flows # > $LOG_FOLDER/${stack_ns}/voltha-device-flows-#.txt" || true
+            printf '%s\n' \$(voltctl -m 8MB device list | grep olt | awk '{print \$1}') | xargs --no-run-if-empty -I# bash -c "voltctl -m 8MB device flows # > $LOG_FOLDER/${stack_ns}/voltha-device-flows-#.txt" || true
             printf '%s\n' \$(voltctl -m 8MB device list | grep olt | awk '{print \$1}') | xargs --no-run-if-empty -I# bash -c "voltctl -m 8MB device port list --format 'table{{.PortNo}}\t{{.Label}}\t{{.Type}}\t{{.AdminState}}\t{{.OperStatus}}' # > $LOG_FOLDER/${stack_ns}/voltha-device-ports-#.txt" || true
 
             printf '%s\n' \$(voltctl -m 8MB logicaldevice list -q) | xargs --no-run-if-empty -I# bash -c "voltctl -m 8MB logicaldevice flows # > $LOG_FOLDER/${stack_ns}/voltha-logicaldevice-flows-#.txt" || true
@@ -380,37 +364,39 @@
         python tests/scale/sizing.py -o $WORKSPACE/plots || true
       fi
       '''
-      archiveArtifacts artifacts: 'kind-voltha/install-*.log,execution-time-*.txt,logs/**/*.txt,logs/**/*.tar.gz,RobotLogs/**/*,plots/*,etcd-metrics/*'
+      archiveArtifacts artifacts: 'kind-voltha/install-*.log,execution-time-*.txt,logs/**/*.txt,logs/**/*.tar.gz,logs/**/*.tgz,RobotLogs/**/*,plots/*,etcd-metrics/*'
     }
   }
 }
 
 def deploy_voltha_stacks(numberOfStacks) {
   for (int i = 1; i <= numberOfStacks.toInteger(); i++) {
-    stage("Deploy VOLTHA stack " + i) {
-      // ${logLevel}
-      def extraHelmFlags = "${extraHelmFlags} --set global.log_level=${logLevel},enablePerf=true,onu=${onus},pon=${pons} "
-      extraHelmFlags += " --set securityContext.enabled=false,atomix.persistence.enabled=false "
+    timeout(time: 5, unit: 'MINUTES') {
+      stage("Deploy VOLTHA stack " + i) {
 
-      // FIXME having to set all of these values is annoying, is there a better solution?
-      def volthaHelmFlags = extraHelmFlags +
-        ofAgentConnections(onosReplicas.toInteger(), "voltha-infra", "infra")
+        def localCharts = false
+        if (volthaHelmChartsChange != "" || release != "master") {
+          localCharts = true
+        }
 
-      def localCharts = false
-      if (volthaHelmChartsChange != "") {
-        localCharts = true
+        def volthaHelmFlags =
+                "--set global.log_level=${logLevel} " +
+                "--set enablePerf=true,onu=${onus},pon=${pons} " +
+                "--set securityContext.enabled=false " +
+                params.extraHelmFlags
+
+        volthaStackDeploy([
+          bbsimReplica: olts.toInteger(),
+          infraNamespace: "infra",
+          volthaNamespace: "voltha${i}",
+          stackName: "voltha${i}",
+          stackId: i,
+          workflow: workflow,
+          extraHelmFlags: volthaHelmFlags,
+          localCharts: localCharts,
+          onosReplica: onosReplicas,
+        ])
       }
-
-      volthaStackDeploy([
-        bbsimReplica: olts.toInteger(),
-        infraNamespace: "infra",
-        volthaNamespace: "voltha${i}",
-        stackName: "voltha${i}",
-        stackId: i,
-        workflow: workflow,
-        extraHelmFlags: volthaHelmFlags,
-        localCharts: localCharts
-      ])
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/voltha-scale-test.groovy b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/voltha-scale-test.groovy
index 8248f36..92844c8 100644
--- a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/voltha-scale-test.groovy
+++ b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/voltha-scale-test.groovy
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@
             def extraHelmFlags = returned_flags
             // The added space before params.extraHelmFlags is required due to the .trim() above
             def infraHelmFlags =
-              " --set global.log_level=${logLevel} " +
+              "--set global.log_level=${logLevel} " +
+              "--set radius.enabled=${withEapol} " +
               "--set onos-classic.onosSshPort=30115 " +
               "--set onos-classic.onosApiPort=30120 " +
               extraHelmFlags + " " + params.extraHelmFlags
@@ -265,6 +266,7 @@
               workflow: workflow,
               extraHelmFlags: stackHelmFlags,
               localCharts: localCharts,
+              onosReplica: onosReplicas,
             ])
             sh """
               set +x
diff --git a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/voltha-tt-physical-functional-tests.groovy b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/voltha-tt-physical-functional-tests.groovy
index 566f714..d738ba3 100644
--- a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/voltha-tt-physical-functional-tests.groovy
+++ b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/voltha-tt-physical-functional-tests.groovy
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
         bash <( curl -sfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/boz/kail/master/godownloader.sh) -b "$WORKSPACE/bin"
         cd $WORKSPACE
         if [ "${params.branch}" == "voltha-2.8" ]; then
-           VOLTCTL_VERSION=1.6.10
+           VOLTCTL_VERSION=1.6.11
         else
            VOLTCTL_VERSION=\$(curl -sSL https://api.github.com/repos/opencord/voltctl/releases/latest | jq -r .tag_name | sed -e 's/^v//g')
         fi
@@ -143,11 +143,15 @@
       }
       steps {
         sh """
+        device_teardown=True
+        if [ ${params.enableMultiUni} = true ]; then
+           device_teardown=False
+        fi
         mkdir -p $ROBOT_LOGS_DIR
         if ( ${powerSwitch} ); then
-             export ROBOT_MISC_ARGS="--removekeywords wuks -i functionalTT -i PowerSwitch -i sanityTT -i sanityTT-MCAST -e bbsim -e notready -d $ROBOT_LOGS_DIR -v POD_NAME:${configFileName} -v KUBERNETES_CONFIGS_DIR:$WORKSPACE/${configBaseDir}/${configKubernetesDir} -v container_log_dir:$WORKSPACE -v OLT_ADAPTER_APP_LABEL:${oltAdapterAppLabel}"
+             export ROBOT_MISC_ARGS="--removekeywords wuks -i functionalTT -i PowerSwitch -i sanityTT -i sanityTT-MCAST -e bbsim -e notready -d $ROBOT_LOGS_DIR -v teardown_device:\${device_teardown} -v POD_NAME:${configFileName} -v KUBERNETES_CONFIGS_DIR:$WORKSPACE/${configBaseDir}/${configKubernetesDir} -v container_log_dir:$WORKSPACE -v OLT_ADAPTER_APP_LABEL:${oltAdapterAppLabel}"
         else
-             export ROBOT_MISC_ARGS="--removekeywords wuks -i functionalTT -e PowerSwitch -i sanityTT -i sanityTT-MCAST -e bbsim -e notready -d $ROBOT_LOGS_DIR -v POD_NAME:${configFileName} -v KUBERNETES_CONFIGS_DIR:$WORKSPACE/${configBaseDir}/${configKubernetesDir} -v container_log_dir:$WORKSPACE -v OLT_ADAPTER_APP_LABEL:${oltAdapterAppLabel}"
+             export ROBOT_MISC_ARGS="--removekeywords wuks -i functionalTT -e PowerSwitch -i sanityTT -i sanityTT-MCAST -e bbsim -e notready -d $ROBOT_LOGS_DIR -v teardown_device:\${device_teardown} -v POD_NAME:${configFileName} -v KUBERNETES_CONFIGS_DIR:$WORKSPACE/${configBaseDir}/${configKubernetesDir} -v container_log_dir:$WORKSPACE -v OLT_ADAPTER_APP_LABEL:${oltAdapterAppLabel}"
         fi
         make -C $WORKSPACE/voltha-system-tests voltha-tt-test || true
         """
@@ -200,6 +204,7 @@
   }
   post {
     always {
+      getPodsInfo("$WORKSPACE/pods")
       sh returnStdout: false, script: '''
       set +e
 
diff --git a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.8/voltha-dt-physical-functional-tests.groovy b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.8/voltha-dt-physical-functional-tests.groovy
index 1e5263d..8ecbc33 100644
--- a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.8/voltha-dt-physical-functional-tests.groovy
+++ b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.8/voltha-dt-physical-functional-tests.groovy
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         bash <( curl -sfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/boz/kail/master/godownloader.sh) -b "$WORKSPACE/bin"
         cd $WORKSPACE
         if [ "${params.branch}" == "voltha-2.8" ]; then
-           VOLTCTL_VERSION=1.6.10
+           VOLTCTL_VERSION=1.6.11
         else
            VOLTCTL_VERSION=\$(curl -sSL https://api.github.com/repos/opencord/voltctl/releases/latest | jq -r .tag_name | sed -e 's/^v//g')
         fi
diff --git a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.8/voltha-physical-functional-tests.groovy b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.8/voltha-physical-functional-tests.groovy
index de2d6f7..21feddd 100644
--- a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.8/voltha-physical-functional-tests.groovy
+++ b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.8/voltha-physical-functional-tests.groovy
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
         bash <( curl -sfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/boz/kail/master/godownloader.sh) -b "$WORKSPACE/bin"
         cd $WORKSPACE
         if [ "${params.branch}" == "voltha-2.8" ]; then
-           VOLTCTL_VERSION=1.6.10
+           VOLTCTL_VERSION=1.6.11
         else
            VOLTCTL_VERSION=\$(curl -sSL https://api.github.com/repos/opencord/voltctl/releases/latest | jq -r .tag_name | sed -e 's/^v//g')
         fi
diff --git a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.8/voltha-physical-soak-dt-tests.groovy b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.8/voltha-physical-soak-dt-tests.groovy
index 8a29330..5918e4d 100644
--- a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.8/voltha-physical-soak-dt-tests.groovy
+++ b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.8/voltha-physical-soak-dt-tests.groovy
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
+library identifier: 'cord-jenkins-libraries@master',
+    retriever: modernSCM([
+      $class: 'GitSCMSource',
+      remote: 'https://gerrit.opencord.org/ci-management.git'
+])
+
 node {
   // Need this so that deployment_config has global scope when it's read later
   deployment_config = null
@@ -96,7 +102,7 @@
         bash <( curl -sfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/boz/kail/master/godownloader.sh) -b "$WORKSPACE/bin"
         cd $WORKSPACE
         if [ "${params.branch}" == "voltha-2.8" ]; then
-           VC_VERSION=1.6.10
+           VC_VERSION=1.6.11
         else
            VC_VERSION=\$(curl -sSL https://api.github.com/repos/opencord/voltctl/releases/latest | jq -r .tag_name | sed -e 's/^v//g')
         fi
diff --git a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.8/voltha-scale-multi-stack.groovy b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.8/voltha-scale-multi-stack.groovy
index 8c2f72e..d5f1c9d 100644
--- a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.8/voltha-scale-multi-stack.groovy
+++ b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.8/voltha-scale-multi-stack.groovy
@@ -22,14 +22,6 @@
       remote: 'https://gerrit.opencord.org/ci-management.git'
 ])
 
-def ofAgentConnections(numOfOnos, releaseName, namespace) {
-    def params = " "
-    numOfOnos.times {
-        params += "--set voltha.services.controller[${it}].address=${releaseName}-onos-classic-${it}.${releaseName}-onos-classic-hs.${namespace}.svc:6653 "
-    }
-    return params
-}
-
 pipeline {
 
   /* no label, executor is determined by JJB */
@@ -45,7 +37,6 @@
     SSHPASS="karaf"
     PATH="$PATH:$WORKSPACE/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/snap/bin"
 
-    APPS_TO_LOG="etcd kafka onos-onos-classic adapter-open-onu adapter-open-olt rw-core ofagent bbsim radius bbsim-sadis-server"
     LOG_FOLDER="$WORKSPACE/logs"
   }
 
@@ -53,10 +44,6 @@
     stage ('Cleanup') {
       steps {
         timeout(time: 11, unit: 'MINUTES') {
-          sh """
-          # remove orphaned port-forward from different namespaces
-            ps aux | grep port-forw | grep -v grep | awk '{print \$2}' | xargs --no-run-if-empty kill -9 || true
-          """
           script {
             def namespaces = ["infra"]
             // FIXME we may have leftovers from more VOLTHA stacks (eg: run1 had 10 stacks, run2 had 2 stacks)
@@ -65,14 +52,24 @@
             }
             helmTeardown(namespaces)
           }
-          sh returnStdout: false, script: """
+          sh returnStdout: false, script: '''
             helm repo add onf https://charts.opencord.org
-            helm repo add cord https://charts.opencord.org
             helm repo update
 
-            # remove all port-forward from different namespaces
-            ps aux | grep port-forw | grep -v grep | awk '{print \$2}' | xargs --no-run-if-empty kill -9 || true
-          """
+            # remove all persistent volume claims
+            kubectl delete pvc --all-namespaces --all
+            PVCS=\$(kubectl get pvc --all-namespaces --no-headers | wc -l)
+            while [[ \$PVCS != 0 ]]; do
+              sleep 5
+              PVCS=\$(kubectl get pvc --all-namespaces --no-headers | wc -l)
+            done
+
+            # remove orphaned port-forward from different namespaces
+            ps aux | grep port-forw | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}' | xargs --no-run-if-empty kill -9 || true
+
+            cd $WORKSPACE
+            rm -rf $WORKSPACE/*
+          '''
         }
       }
     }
@@ -98,32 +95,55 @@
         '''
       }
     }
+    stage('Start logging') {
+      steps {
+        script {
+          startComponentsLogs([
+            appsToLog: [
+              'app.kubernetes.io/name=etcd',
+              'app.kubernetes.io/name=kafka',
+              'app=onos-classic',
+              'app=adapter-open-onu',
+              'app=adapter-open-olt',
+              'app=rw-core',
+              'app=ofagent',
+              'app=bbsim',
+              'app=radius',
+              'app=bbsim-sadis-server',
+              'app=onos-config-loader',
+            ]
+          ])
+        }
+      }
+    }
     stage('Deploy VOLTHA infrastructure') {
       steps {
-        sh returnStdout: false, script: '''
+        timeout(time: 5, unit: 'MINUTES') {
+          script {
+            def localCharts = false
+            if (volthaHelmChartsChange != "" || release != "master") {
+              localCharts = true
+            }
 
-        kubectl create configmap -n infra kube-config "--from-file=kube_config=\$KUBECONFIG"  || true
+            def infraHelmFlags =
+                "--set global.log_level=${logLevel} " +
+                "--set radius.enabled=${withEapol} " +
+                "--set onos-classic.onosSshPort=30115 " +
+                "--set onos-classic.onosApiPort=30120 " + 
+                params.extraHelmFlags
 
-        export EXTRA_HELM_FLAGS+=' '
-
-        # No persistent-volume-claims in Atomix
-        EXTRA_HELM_FLAGS+="--set onos-classic.atomix.persistence.enabled=false "
-        # disable the securityContext, this is a development cluster
-        EXTRA_HELM_FLAGS+='--set securityContext.enabled=false '
-
-        echo \$EXTRA_HELM_FLAGS
-
-        helm upgrade --install -n infra voltha-infra onf/voltha-infra \
-          -f $WORKSPACE/voltha-helm-charts/examples/${workflow}-values.yaml \
-          -f /home/jenkins/voltha-scale/voltha-values.yaml \
-          --set onos-classic.replicas=${onosReplicas},onos-classic.atomix.replicas=${atomixReplicas} \
-          --set radius.enabled=${withEapol} \
-          --set global.log_level=${logLevel} \
-          --set onos-classic.onosSshPort=30115 \
-          --set onos-classic.onosApiPort=30120 \
-          --set kafka.replicaCount=3,kafka.zookeeper.replicaCount=3 \
-          --set etcd.statefulset.replicaCount=3 \$EXTRA_HELM_FLAGS
-        '''
+            volthaInfraDeploy([
+              workflow: workflow,
+              infraNamespace: "infra",
+              extraHelmFlags: infraHelmFlags,
+              localCharts: localCharts,
+              onosReplica: onosReplicas,
+              atomixReplica: atomixReplicas,
+              kafkaReplica: kafkaReplicas,
+              etcdReplica: etcdReplicas,
+            ])
+          }
+        }
       }
     }
     stage('Deploy Voltha') {
@@ -131,23 +151,6 @@
         deploy_voltha_stacks(params.volthaStacks)
       }
     }
-    stage('Start logging') {
-      //FIXME this collects the logs all in one file for all the 10 stacks
-      steps {
-        sh returnStdout: false, script: '''
-        # start logging with kail
-
-        mkdir -p $LOG_FOLDER
-
-        list=($APPS_TO_LOG)
-        for app in "${list[@]}"
-        do
-          echo "Starting logs for: ${app}"
-          _TAG=kail-$app kail -l app=$app --since 1h > $LOG_FOLDER/$app.log&
-        done
-        '''
-      }
-    }
     stage('Configuration') {
       steps {
         script {
@@ -210,31 +213,9 @@
   }
   post {
     always {
+      stopComponentsLogs([compress: true])
       // collect result, done in the "post" step so it's executed even in the
       // event of a timeout in the tests
-      sh '''
-
-        # stop the kail processes
-        list=($APPS_TO_LOG)
-        for app in "${list[@]}"
-        do
-          echo "Stopping logs for: ${app}"
-          _TAG="kail-$app"
-          P_IDS="$(ps e -ww -A | grep "_TAG=$_TAG" | grep -v grep | awk '{print $1}')"
-          if [ -n "$P_IDS" ]; then
-            echo $P_IDS
-            for P_ID in $P_IDS; do
-              kill -9 $P_ID
-            done
-          fi
-        done
-      '''
-      // compressing the logs to save space on Jenkins
-      sh '''
-      cd $LOG_FOLDER
-      tar -czf logs.tar.gz *.log
-      rm *.log
-      '''
       plot([
         csvFileName: 'scale-test.csv',
         csvSeries: [
@@ -273,7 +254,7 @@
         kubectl get pods --all-namespaces -o jsonpath="{range .items[*].status.containerStatuses[*]}{.imageID}{'\\n'}" | sort | uniq | tee $LOG_FOLDER/pod-imagesId.txt || true
 
         # copy the ONOS logs directly from the container to avoid the color codes
-        printf '%s\n' $(kubectl get pods -n infra -l app=onos-classic -o=jsonpath="{.items[*]['metadata.name']}") | xargs --no-run-if-empty -I# bash -c "kubectl cp #:${karafHome}/data/log/karaf.log $LOG_FOLDER/#.log" || true
+        printf '%s\n' $(kubectl get pods -n infra -l app=onos-classic -o=jsonpath="{.items[*]['metadata.name']}") | xargs --no-run-if-empty -I# bash -c "kubectl cp -n infra #:${karafHome}/data/log/karaf.log $LOG_FOLDER/#.log" || true
 
       '''
       // dump all the BBSim(s) ONU information
@@ -304,6 +285,9 @@
         sshpass -e ssh -q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p 8101 karaf@127.0.0.1 masters > $LOG_FOLDER/onos-masters.txt || true
         sshpass -e ssh -q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p 8101 karaf@127.0.0.1 roles > $LOG_FOLDER/onos-roles.txt || true
 
+        sshpass -e ssh -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p 30115 karaf@127.0.0.1 netcfg > $LOG_FOLDER/onos-netcfg.txt || true
+        sshpass -e ssh -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p 30115 karaf@127.0.0.1 cfg get > $LOG_FOLDER/onos-cfg.txt || true
+
         sshpass -e ssh -q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p 8101 karaf@127.0.0.1 ports > $LOG_FOLDER/onos-ports-list.txt || true
         sshpass -e ssh -q -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -p 8101 karaf@127.0.0.1 hosts > $LOG_FOLDER/onos-hosts-list.txt || true
 
@@ -354,7 +338,7 @@
             voltctl -m 8MB device list > $LOG_FOLDER/${stack_ns}/voltha-devices-list.txt || true
 
             DEVICE_LIST=
-            printf '%s\n' \$(voltctl -m 8MB device list | grep olt | awk '{print \$1}') | xargs --no-run-if-empty -I# bash -c "voltctl-m 8MB device flows # > $LOG_FOLDER/${stack_ns}/voltha-device-flows-#.txt" || true
+            printf '%s\n' \$(voltctl -m 8MB device list | grep olt | awk '{print \$1}') | xargs --no-run-if-empty -I# bash -c "voltctl -m 8MB device flows # > $LOG_FOLDER/${stack_ns}/voltha-device-flows-#.txt" || true
             printf '%s\n' \$(voltctl -m 8MB device list | grep olt | awk '{print \$1}') | xargs --no-run-if-empty -I# bash -c "voltctl -m 8MB device port list --format 'table{{.PortNo}}\t{{.Label}}\t{{.Type}}\t{{.AdminState}}\t{{.OperStatus}}' # > $LOG_FOLDER/${stack_ns}/voltha-device-ports-#.txt" || true
 
             printf '%s\n' \$(voltctl -m 8MB logicaldevice list -q) | xargs --no-run-if-empty -I# bash -c "voltctl -m 8MB logicaldevice flows # > $LOG_FOLDER/${stack_ns}/voltha-logicaldevice-flows-#.txt" || true
@@ -380,37 +364,39 @@
         python tests/scale/sizing.py -o $WORKSPACE/plots || true
       fi
       '''
-      archiveArtifacts artifacts: 'kind-voltha/install-*.log,execution-time-*.txt,logs/**/*.txt,logs/**/*.tar.gz,RobotLogs/**/*,plots/*,etcd-metrics/*'
+      archiveArtifacts artifacts: 'kind-voltha/install-*.log,execution-time-*.txt,logs/**/*.txt,logs/**/*.tar.gz,logs/**/*.tgz,RobotLogs/**/*,plots/*,etcd-metrics/*'
     }
   }
 }
 
 def deploy_voltha_stacks(numberOfStacks) {
   for (int i = 1; i <= numberOfStacks.toInteger(); i++) {
-    stage("Deploy VOLTHA stack " + i) {
-      // ${logLevel}
-      def extraHelmFlags = "${extraHelmFlags} --set global.log_level=${logLevel},enablePerf=true,onu=${onus},pon=${pons} "
-      extraHelmFlags += " --set securityContext.enabled=false,atomix.persistence.enabled=false "
+    timeout(time: 5, unit: 'MINUTES') {
+      stage("Deploy VOLTHA stack " + i) {
 
-      // FIXME having to set all of these values is annoying, is there a better solution?
-      def volthaHelmFlags = extraHelmFlags +
-        ofAgentConnections(onosReplicas.toInteger(), "voltha-infra", "infra")
+        def localCharts = false
+        if (volthaHelmChartsChange != "" || release != "master") {
+          localCharts = true
+        }
 
-      def localCharts = false
-      if (volthaHelmChartsChange != "") {
-        localCharts = true
+        def volthaHelmFlags =
+                "--set global.log_level=${logLevel} " +
+                "--set enablePerf=true,onu=${onus},pon=${pons} " +
+                "--set securityContext.enabled=false " +
+                params.extraHelmFlags
+
+        volthaStackDeploy([
+          bbsimReplica: olts.toInteger(),
+          infraNamespace: "infra",
+          volthaNamespace: "voltha${i}",
+          stackName: "voltha${i}",
+          stackId: i,
+          workflow: workflow,
+          extraHelmFlags: volthaHelmFlags,
+          localCharts: localCharts,
+          onosReplica: onosReplicas,
+        ])
       }
-
-      volthaStackDeploy([
-        bbsimReplica: olts.toInteger(),
-        infraNamespace: "infra",
-        volthaNamespace: "voltha${i}",
-        stackName: "voltha${i}",
-        stackId: i,
-        workflow: workflow,
-        extraHelmFlags: volthaHelmFlags,
-        localCharts: localCharts
-      ])
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.8/voltha-scale-test.groovy b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.8/voltha-scale-test.groovy
index 82fbf27..195da4a 100644
--- a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.8/voltha-scale-test.groovy
+++ b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.8/voltha-scale-test.groovy
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@
             def extraHelmFlags = returned_flags
             // The added space before params.extraHelmFlags is required due to the .trim() above
             def infraHelmFlags =
-              " --set global.log_level=${logLevel} " +
+              "--set global.log_level=${logLevel} " +
+              "--set radius.enabled=${withEapol} " +
               "--set onos-classic.onosSshPort=30115 " +
               "--set onos-classic.onosApiPort=30120 " +
               extraHelmFlags + " " + params.extraHelmFlags
@@ -249,6 +250,7 @@
               atomixReplica: atomixReplicas,
               kafkaReplica: kafkaReplicas,
               etcdReplica: etcdReplicas,
+              onosReplica: onosReplicas,
             ])
 
             stackHelmFlags = " --set onu=${onus},pon=${pons} --set global.log_level=${logLevel.toLowerCase()} "
diff --git a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.8/voltha-tt-physical-functional-tests.groovy b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.8/voltha-tt-physical-functional-tests.groovy
index 566f714..7ed2c37 100644
--- a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.8/voltha-tt-physical-functional-tests.groovy
+++ b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/voltha-2.8/voltha-tt-physical-functional-tests.groovy
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
         bash <( curl -sfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/boz/kail/master/godownloader.sh) -b "$WORKSPACE/bin"
         cd $WORKSPACE
         if [ "${params.branch}" == "voltha-2.8" ]; then
-           VOLTCTL_VERSION=1.6.10
+           VOLTCTL_VERSION=1.6.11
         else
            VOLTCTL_VERSION=\$(curl -sSL https://api.github.com/repos/opencord/voltctl/releases/latest | jq -r .tag_name | sed -e 's/^v//g')
         fi
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@
   }
   post {
     always {
+      getPodsInfo("$WORKSPACE/pods")
       sh returnStdout: false, script: '''
       set +e
 
diff --git a/jjb/verify/onos-classic-helm-utils.yaml b/jjb/verify/onos-classic-helm-utils.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6fdeaa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jjb/verify/onos-classic-helm-utils.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+---
+# verification jobs for 'onos-classic-helm-utils' repo
+
+- project:
+    name: onos-classic-helm-utils
+    project: '{name}'
+
+    jobs:
+      - 'verify-onos-classic-helm-utils-jobs':
+          branch-regexp: '{all-branches-regexp}'
+      - 'publish-onos-classic-helm-utils-jobs'
+
+- job-group:
+    name: 'verify-onos-classic-helm-utils-jobs'
+    jobs:
+      - 'verify-licensed'
+      - 'tag-collision-reject':
+          dependency-jobs: 'verify_onos-classic-helm-utils_licensed'
+      - 'make-unit-test':
+          build-timeout: 30
+          unit-test-targets: 'docker-build'
+          junit-allow-empty-results: true
+
+- job-group:
+    name: 'publish-onos-classic-helm-utils-jobs'
+    jobs:
+      - 'docker-publish':
+          build-timeout: 30
+          docker-repo: 'opencord'
+          dependency-jobs: 'version-tag'
diff --git a/jjb/voltha-scale.yaml b/jjb/voltha-scale.yaml
index b3ccb65..35e3848 100644
--- a/jjb/voltha-scale.yaml
+++ b/jjb/voltha-scale.yaml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
           withEapol: false
           withDhcp: false
           withIgmp: false
-          extraHelmFlags: " -f /home/jenkins/voltha-scale/voltha-values.yaml --set etcd.persistence.enabled=true,etcd.persistence.storageClass=longhorn "
+          # extraHelmFlags: " -f /home/jenkins/voltha-scale/voltha-values.yaml --set etcd.persistence.enabled=true,etcd.persistence.storageClass=longhorn "
 
       - 'voltha-scale-measurements':
           name: 'voltha-scale-measurements-master-2-16-32-att-subscribers-ssd'
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@
           withEapol: true
           withDhcp: true
           withIgmp: false
-          extraHelmFlags: '--set defaults.rw_core.timeout=30s '
           release: voltha-2.8
           bbsimImg: ''
           rwCoreImg: ''
@@ -217,7 +216,6 @@
           withEapol: false
           withDhcp: false
           withIgmp: false
-          extraHelmFlags: '--set defaults.rw_core.timeout=30s '
           release: voltha-2.8
           bbsimImg: ''
           rwCoreImg: ''
@@ -242,7 +240,6 @@
           withEapol: false
           withDhcp: true
           withIgmp: true
-          extraHelmFlags: '--set defaults.rw_core.timeout=30s '
           release: voltha-2.8
           bbsimImg: ''
           rwCoreImg: ''
@@ -279,6 +276,7 @@
           openonuAdapterImg: ''
           openonuAdapterGoImg: ''
           onosImg: ''
+          extraHelmFlags: "-f /home/jenkins/voltha-scale/voltha-values.yaml "
 
       - 'voltha-scale-measurements':
           name: 'voltha-scale-measurements-2.8-10-stacks-2-16-32-dt-subscribers'
@@ -306,6 +304,7 @@
           openonuAdapterImg: ''
           openonuAdapterGoImg: ''
           onosImg: ''
+          extraHelmFlags: "-f /home/jenkins/voltha-scale/voltha-values.yaml "
 
       - 'voltha-scale-measurements':
           name: 'voltha-scale-measurements-2.8-10-stacks-2-16-32-tt-subscribers'
@@ -333,6 +332,7 @@
           openonuAdapterImg: ''
           openonuAdapterGoImg: ''
           onosImg: ''
+          extraHelmFlags: "-f /home/jenkins/voltha-scale/voltha-values.yaml "
 
       # per patchset job
       - 'voltha-scale-measurements':
@@ -383,7 +383,6 @@
       - 'voltha-scale-measurements-dev':
           name: 'voltha-scale-measurements-master-dev'
           build-node: 'voltha-scale'
-          extraHelmFlags: '--set defaults.rw_core.timeout=30s '
 
 
 # list of parameters for the VOLTHA Jobs,
diff --git a/jjb/voltha-test/voltha.yaml b/jjb/voltha-test/voltha.yaml
index 3aae296..7c728e2 100644
--- a/jjb/voltha-test/voltha.yaml
+++ b/jjb/voltha-test/voltha.yaml
@@ -564,30 +564,29 @@
           power-switch: True
           pipeline-script: 'voltha/voltha-2.8/voltha-dt-physical-functional-tests.groovy'
 
-     # Berlin pod with gpon olt/onu - master 1T8GEM tech profile and openonu go and timer based job
+      # Berlin pod with olt/onu - master versions timer based job , two OLTs
       - 'build_voltha_pod_release_timer':
           build-node: 'dt-berlin-community-pod'
-          config-pod: 'dt-berlin-pod-openonugo'
-          'disable-job': true
-          name-extension: '_DT_openonugo'
+          config-pod: 'dt-berlin-pod-multi-olt'
+          name-extension: '_DT'
           work-flow: 'DT'
-          configurePod: true
+          release: '2.8'
+          branch: 'voltha-2.8'
           profile: '1T8GEM'
           num-of-onos: '3'
           num-of-atomix: '3'
-          # Update this value accordingly once the job is enabled
-          time: ''
+          pipeline-script: 'voltha/voltha-2.8/physical-build.groovy'
+          time: '6'
 
-      # Berlin POD test job - master versions, uses 1T8GEM tech profile and openonu go on voltha branch
+      # Berlin POD test job - master versions: uses tech profile on voltha branch
       - 'build_voltha_pod_test':
           build-node: 'dt-berlin-community-pod'
-          config-pod: 'dt-berlin-pod-openonugo'
-          'disable-job': true
-          name-extension: '_DT_openonugo'
+          config-pod: 'dt-berlin-pod-multi-olt'
+          release: '2.8'
+          branch: 'voltha-2.8'
+          name-extension: '_DT'
           work-flow: 'DT'
-          release: 'master'
-          branch: 'master'
           test-repo: 'voltha-system-tests'
           profile: '1T8GEM'
           power-switch: True
-          pipeline-script: 'voltha/master/voltha-dt-physical-functional-tests.groovy'
+          pipeline-script: 'voltha/voltha-2.8/voltha-dt-physical-functional-tests.groovy'
diff --git a/vars/createKubernetesCluster.groovy b/vars/createKubernetesCluster.groovy
index 5ef69f9..8a55cc7 100644
--- a/vars/createKubernetesCluster.groovy
+++ b/vars/createKubernetesCluster.groovy
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
           HOSTARCH="amd64"
       fi
       if [ "${cfg.branch}" == "voltha-2.8" ]; then
-          VC_VERSION="1.6.10"
+          VC_VERSION="1.6.11"
       else
           VC_VERSION="\$(curl --fail -sSL https://api.github.com/repos/opencord/voltctl/releases/latest | jq -r .tag_name | sed -e 's/^v//g')"
       fi
diff --git a/vars/stopComponentsLogs.groovy b/vars/stopComponentsLogs.groovy
index 24d2ad7..6729c37 100644
--- a/vars/stopComponentsLogs.groovy
+++ b/vars/stopComponentsLogs.groovy
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@
     """
     if (cfg.compress) {
         sh """
+        pushd ${cfg.logsDir}
         tar czf ${cfg.logsDir}/combined.tgz *
         rm *.log
+        popd
         """
 
     }
diff --git a/vars/volthaStackDeploy.groovy b/vars/volthaStackDeploy.groovy
index 41d269b..ae8533c 100644
--- a/vars/volthaStackDeploy.groovy
+++ b/vars/volthaStackDeploy.groovy
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
       workflow: "att",
       extraHelmFlags: "",
       localCharts: false,
+      onosReplica: 1,
     ]
 
     if (!config) {
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@
     helm upgrade --install --create-namespace -n ${cfg.volthaNamespace} ${cfg.stackName} ${volthaStackChart} \
           --set global.stack_name=${cfg.stackName} \
           --set global.voltha_infra_name=voltha-infra \
+          --set voltha.onos_classic.replicas=${cfg.onosReplica} \
           --set global.voltha_infra_namespace=${cfg.infraNamespace} \
           ${cfg.extraHelmFlags}
     """
@@ -83,8 +85,10 @@
     """
 
     // also make sure that the ONOS config is loaded
+    // NOTE that this is only required for VOLTHA-2.8
     println "Wait for ONOS Config loader to complete"
 
+    // NOTE that this is only required for VOLTHA-2.8,
     sh """
         set +x
         config=\$(kubectl get jobs.batch -n ${cfg.infraNamespace} --no-headers | grep "0/" | wc -l)
@@ -93,4 +97,14 @@
           config=\$(kubectl get jobs.batch -n ${cfg.infraNamespace} --no-headers | grep "0/" | wc -l)
         done
     """
+    // NOTE that this is only required for VOLTHA-2.9 onwards, to wait until the pod completed,
+    //meaning ONOS fully deployed
+    sh """
+        set +x
+        config=\$(kubectl get pods -l app=onos-config-loader -n ${cfg.infraNamespace} --no-headers --field-selector=status.phase=Running | grep "0/" | wc -l)
+        while [[ \$config != 0 ]]; do
+          sleep 5
+          config=\$(kubectl get pods -l app=onos-config-loader -n ${cfg.infraNamespace} --no-headers --field-selector=status.phase=Running | grep "0/" | wc -l)
+        done
+    """
 }