diff --git a/octavia_proxy/api/v2/controllers/pool.py b/octavia_proxy/api/v2/controllers/pool.py
index 3bed5e17..bb0d2b22 100644
--- a/octavia_proxy/api/v2/controllers/pool.py
+++ b/octavia_proxy/api/v2/controllers/pool.py
@@ -234,7 +234,8 @@ def _graph_create(self, session, lb, pool, hm=None, members=None,
                 driver.name, driver.loadbalancer_delete,
                 context.session,
                 lb, cascade=True)
-            raise Exception("Pool creation failed")
+            raise Exception('Pool {pool} creation failed'.format(
+                pool=pool.name))
 
         new_hm = None
         if hm:
diff --git a/octavia_proxy/tests/functional/api/v2/base.py b/octavia_proxy/tests/functional/api/v2/base.py
index 06ba43aa..917be023 100644
--- a/octavia_proxy/tests/functional/api/v2/base.py
+++ b/octavia_proxy/tests/functional/api/v2/base.py
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@
 _network = None
 _sdk = None
 _lb = None
-_ecs = None
-_keypair = None
-_port = None
-CIDR = '192.168.0.0/16'
 
 
 def _destroy_lb(_lb: dict):
@@ -49,19 +45,6 @@ def _destroy_lb(_lb: dict):
         pass
 
 
-def _destroy_ecs(self):
-
-    if not self._sdk_connection:
-        self._sdk_connection = self._get_sdk_connection()
-    if _ecs:
-        self._sdk_connection.compute.delete_server(_ecs.id)
-    if _port:
-        self._sdk_connection.network.delete_port(_port.id)
-    if _keypair:
-        self._sdk_connection.compute.delete_keypair(
-            _keypair.id)
-
-
 class BaseAPITest(base.TestCase):
 
     BASE_PATH = '/v2'
@@ -154,10 +137,6 @@ def tearDown(self):
 
     @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(cls):
-        try:
-            _destroy_ecs()
-        except Exception:
-            pass
         try:
             _destroy_lb(_lb)
         except Exception:
@@ -171,7 +150,7 @@ def _get_sdk_connection(self):
 
     def _create_network(self):
         global _network
-        cidr = CIDR
+        cidr = '192.168.0.0/16'
         ipv4 = 4
         router_name = 'octavia-proxy-test-router'
         net_name = 'octavia-proxy-test-net'
@@ -223,38 +202,6 @@ def _create_lb(self):
             _lb = response.json.get('loadbalancer')
         return _lb
 
-    def _create_ecs(self):
-        global _ecs
-        global _keypair
-        global _port
-        ecs_name = 'octavia-proxy-test-ecs'
-        image = "Standard_CentOS_Stream_latest"
-        flavor = "s2.medium.1"
-        keyname = "octavia-proxy-test-keypair"
-        portname = "octavia-proxy-test-port"
-
-        if not self._sdk_connection:
-            self._sdk_connection = self._get_sdk_connection()
-        if not _keypair:
-            _keypair = self._sdk_connection.compute.\
-                create_keypair(name=keyname)
-        if not _port:
-            _port = self._sdk_connection.compute.create_post(
-                name=portname, network_id=self._network["network_id"])
-        if not _ecs:
-            flavor = self._sdk_connection.compute.find_flavor(flavor)
-            image = self._sdk_connection.compute.find_image(image)
-            network_id = self._network["network_id"]
-            ecs = self._sdk_connection.compute.\
-                create_server(name=ecs_name, image_id=image.id,
-                              flavor_id=flavor.id, wait=True,
-                              networks=[{"uuid": network_id}],
-                              key_name=_keypair.name,
-                              nics=[{'fixed_ip': _port.address}])
-            cr_ecs = self._sdk_connection.compute.find_server(ecs.id)
-            _ecs = cr_ecs
-        return _ecs
-
     def _make_app(self):
         # Note: we need to set argv=() to stop the wsgi setup_app from
         # pulling in the testing tool sys.argv
diff --git a/octavia_proxy/tests/functional/api/v2/test_load_balancer.py b/octavia_proxy/tests/functional/api/v2/test_load_balancer.py
index 174c5544..17f18b2a 100644
--- a/octavia_proxy/tests/functional/api/v2/test_load_balancer.py
+++ b/octavia_proxy/tests/functional/api/v2/test_load_balancer.py
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ def test_create_with_tags(self, **optionals):
         self.delete(self.LB_PATH.format(lb_id=self.api_lb.get('id')))
 
     def test_complex_create_v2_0(self, **optionals):
-        # ecs = self._create_ecs()
         lb_json = {'name': 'test4',
                    'vip_subnet_id': self._network['subnet_id'],
                    'project_id': self.project_id,
@@ -114,7 +113,9 @@ def test_complex_create_v2_0(self, **optionals):
                               "protocol": "HTTP",
                               "healthmonitor": {"type": "HTTP", "delay": "3",
                                                 "max_retries": 2,
-                                                "timeout": 1}
+                                                "timeout": 1},
+                              "members": [{"address": "192.168.115.184",
+                                           "protocol_port": "80"}]
                               }]
                    }
         lb_json.update(optionals)
@@ -125,10 +126,12 @@ def test_complex_create_v2_0(self, **optionals):
         pools = self.api_lb['pools']
         hm = pools[0]['healthmonitor']
         default_pool = listeners[0]["default_pool_id"]
+        members = pools[0]['members']
         self.assertTrue(listeners)
         self.assertTrue(pools)
         self.assertTrue(hm)
         self.assertTrue(default_pool)
+        self.assertTrue(members)
         self.delete(self.LB_PATH.format(lb_id=self.api_lb.get('id')),
                     params={'cascade': True})