diff --git a/tools/testClient/asyncJobMgr.py b/tools/testClient/asyncJobMgr.py
index 8800b17a124..297ae1d0a7d 100644
--- a/tools/testClient/asyncJobMgr.py
+++ b/tools/testClient/asyncJobMgr.py
@@ -20,21 +20,25 @@ class jobStatus(object):
         self.jobId = None
         self.responsecls = None
 class workThread(threading.Thread):
-    def __init__(self, in_queue, outqueue, apiClient, db=None):
+    def __init__(self, in_queue, outqueue, apiClient, db=None, lock=None):
         threading.Thread.__init__(self)
         self.inqueue = in_queue
         self.output = outqueue
-        self.connection = copy.copy(apiClient.connection)
+        self.connection = apiClient.connection
         self.db = None
+        self.lock = lock
         
     def queryAsynJob(self, job):
         if job.jobId is None:
             return job
         
         try:
+            self.lock.acquire()
             result = self.connection.pollAsyncJob(job.jobId, job.responsecls).jobresult
         except cloudstackException.cloudstackAPIException, e:
             result = str(e)
+        finally:
+            self.lock.release()
             
         job.result = result
         return job
@@ -45,8 +49,11 @@ class workThread(threading.Thread):
         jobstatus = jobStatus()
         jobId = None
         try:
-            if not cmd.isAsync:
+            self.lock.acquire()
+            
+            if cmd.isAsync == "false":
                 jobstatus.startTime = time.time()
+               
                 result = self.connection.make_request(cmd)
                 jobstatus.result = result
                 jobstatus.endTime = time.time()
@@ -69,6 +76,9 @@ class workThread(threading.Thread):
         except:
             jobstatus.status = False
             jobstatus.result = sys.exc_info()
+        finally:
+            self.lock.release()
+        
         return jobstatus
     
     def run(self):
@@ -146,11 +156,11 @@ class asyncJobMgr(object):
     
     def waitForComplete(self, workers=10):
         self.inqueue.join()
-        
+        lock = threading.Lock()
         resultQueue = Queue.Queue()
         '''intermediate result is stored in self.outqueue'''
         for i in range(workers):
-            worker = workThread(self.outqueue, resultQueue, self.apiClient, self.db)
+            worker = workThread(self.outqueue, resultQueue, self.apiClient, self.db, lock)
             worker.start()
         
         self.outqueue.join()
@@ -166,9 +176,9 @@ class asyncJobMgr(object):
     '''put commands into a queue at first, then start workers numbers threads to execute this commands'''
     def submitCmdsAndWait(self, cmds, workers=10):
         self.submitCmds(cmds)
-        
+        lock = threading.Lock()
         for i in range(workers):
-            worker = workThread(self.inqueue, self.outqueue, self.apiClient, self.db)
+            worker = workThread(self.inqueue, self.outqueue, self.apiClient, self.db, lock)
             worker.start()
         
         return self.waitForComplete(workers)
diff --git a/tools/testClient/cloudstackConnection.py b/tools/testClient/cloudstackConnection.py
index fa42c5bc7ba..3d341418665 100644
--- a/tools/testClient/cloudstackConnection.py
+++ b/tools/testClient/cloudstackConnection.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class cloudConnection(object):
                             i = i + 1
         
         if self.logging is not None:
-            self.logging.debug("sending command: " + str(requests))
+            self.logging.debug("sending command: %s %s"%(commandName, str(requests)))
         result = None
         if self.auth:
             result = self.make_request_with_auth(commandName, requests)
diff --git a/tools/testClient/testcase/test_1.py b/tools/testClient/testcase/test_1.py
index bba55febc2e..c31c8569e17 100644
--- a/tools/testClient/testcase/test_1.py
+++ b/tools/testClient/testcase/test_1.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from cloudstackTestCase import *
 
 class TestCase1(cloudstackTestCase):
-
+    @unittest.skip("demonstrating skipping")
     def test_cloudstackapi(self):
         apiClient = self.testClient.getApiClient()
         listtmcmd = listTemplates.listTemplatesCmd()
diff --git a/tools/testClient/testcase/test_2.py b/tools/testClient/testcase/test_2.py
index f9937b83e72..ec11e22d8cb 100644
--- a/tools/testClient/testcase/test_2.py
+++ b/tools/testClient/testcase/test_2.py
@@ -7,5 +7,18 @@ class TestCase2(cloudstackTestCase):
         listtmcmd.id = 10
         listtmcmd.zoneid = 1
         listtmcmd.templatefilter = "featured"
-        listtmresponse = apiClient.listTemplates(listtmcmd)
-        self.debug(listtmresponse[0].isready)
+        #listtmresponse = apiClient.listTemplates(listtmcmd)
+        #self.debug(listtmresponse[0].isready)
+
+        listhostcmd=listHosts.listHostsCmd()
+        listhostcmd.zoneid=1
+        listhostcmd.type="Routing"
+        
+        asyncJobResult=self.testClient.submitCmdsAndWait([listhostcmd],1)
+        listVMresponse = asyncJobResult[0].result
+        self.debug("Total Number of Hosts: " + str(len(listVMresponse)))
+    
+        '''  
+        for i in listhostresponse:
+            self.debug("id: " + i.id +" pod id: " + i.podid +" host tag: " + i.hosttags)
+        '''
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/testClient/testcase/test_3.py b/tools/testClient/testcase/test_3.py
index 6b4b9379033..699ad3d6236 100644
--- a/tools/testClient/testcase/test_3.py
+++ b/tools/testClient/testcase/test_3.py
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ class TestCase1(cloudstackTestCase):
                     self.templateId = tmpl.id
                     self.zoneId = tmpl.zoneid
                     break
-        
+    
+    @unittest.skip("demonstrating skipping")
     def test_cloudstackapi(self):
         apiClient = self.testClient.getApiClient()
         
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ class TestCase1(cloudstackTestCase):
             createvm.zoneid = self.zoneId
             vmcmds.append(createvm)
         
-        result = self.testClient.submitCmdsAndWait(vmcmds)
+        result = self.testClient.submitCmdsAndWait(vmcmds, 5)
         for jobstatus in result:
             if jobstatus.status == 1:
                 self.debug(jobstatus.result.id)