diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
index 6cdd6485c43..d5bd97f8cb6 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/CHANGES.txt
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ Release 2.6.0 - 2014-11-15
 
   NEW FEATURES
 
-    YARN-1964. Create Docker analog of the LinuxContainerExecutor in YARN. (Abin 
-    Shahab via raviprak)
 
     YARN-2131. Add a way to format the RMStateStore. (Robert Kanter via kasha)
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/ParameterizedSchedulerTestBase.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/ParameterizedSchedulerTestBase.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cfd16001a37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/ParameterizedSchedulerTestBase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.capacity.CapacityScheduler;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.fair.FairScheduler;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.fair.FairSchedulerConfiguration;
+
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileWriter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+@RunWith(Parameterized.class)
+public abstract class ParameterizedSchedulerTestBase {
+  protected final static String TEST_DIR =
+      new File(System.getProperty("test.build.data", "/tmp")).getAbsolutePath();
+  private final static String FS_ALLOC_FILE =
+      new File(TEST_DIR, "test-fs-queues.xml").getAbsolutePath();
+
+  private SchedulerType schedulerType;
+  private YarnConfiguration conf = null;
+
+  public enum SchedulerType {
+    CAPACITY, FAIR
+  }
+
+  public ParameterizedSchedulerTestBase(SchedulerType type) {
+    schedulerType = type;
+  }
+
+  public YarnConfiguration getConf() {
+    return conf;
+  }
+
+  @Parameterized.Parameters
+  public static Collection<SchedulerType[]> getParameters() {
+    return Arrays.asList(new SchedulerType[][]{
+        {SchedulerType.CAPACITY}, {SchedulerType.FAIR}});
+  }
+
+  @Before
+  public void configureScheduler() throws IOException {
+    conf = new YarnConfiguration();
+    switch (schedulerType) {
+      case CAPACITY:
+        conf.set(YarnConfiguration.RM_SCHEDULER,
+            CapacityScheduler.class.getName());
+        break;
+      case FAIR:
+        configureFairScheduler(conf);
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void configureFairScheduler(YarnConfiguration conf) throws IOException {
+    // Disable queueMaxAMShare limitation for fair scheduler
+    PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter(FS_ALLOC_FILE));
+    out.println("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>");
+    out.println("<allocations>");
+    out.println("<queueMaxAMShareDefault>-1.0</queueMaxAMShareDefault>");
+    out.println("</allocations>");
+    out.close();
+
+    conf.set(YarnConfiguration.RM_SCHEDULER, FairScheduler.class.getName());
+    conf.set(FairSchedulerConfiguration.ALLOCATION_FILE, FS_ALLOC_FILE);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestRM.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestRM.java
index 42a3a001c32..4865420b936 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestRM.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestRM.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager;
 
+import org.junit.Before;
 import static org.mockito.Matchers.argThat;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doNothing;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
@@ -65,7 +66,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmapp.attempt.RMAppAttemptE
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmapp.attempt.RMAppAttemptEventType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmapp.attempt.RMAppAttemptState;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.rmnode.RMNode;
-import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.QueueMetrics;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.scheduler.capacity.CapacityScheduler;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.security.NMTokenSecretManagerInRM;
 import org.apache.log4j.Level;
@@ -75,13 +75,23 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.mockito.ArgumentMatcher;
 
 @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
-public class TestRM {
-
+public class TestRM extends ParameterizedSchedulerTestBase {
   private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(TestRM.class);
 
   // Milliseconds to sleep for when waiting for something to happen
   private final static int WAIT_SLEEP_MS = 100;
 
+  private YarnConfiguration conf;
+
+  public TestRM(SchedulerType type) {
+    super(type);
+  }
+
+  @Before
+  public void setup() {
+    conf = getConf();
+  }
+
   @After
   public void tearDown() {
     ClusterMetrics.destroy();
@@ -93,7 +103,7 @@ public class TestRM {
   public void testGetNewAppId() throws Exception {
     Logger rootLogger = LogManager.getRootLogger();
     rootLogger.setLevel(Level.DEBUG);
-    MockRM rm = new MockRM();
+    MockRM rm = new MockRM(conf);
     rm.start();
     
     GetNewApplicationResponse resp = rm.getNewAppId();
@@ -106,7 +116,7 @@ public class TestRM {
   public void testAppWithNoContainers() throws Exception {
     Logger rootLogger = LogManager.getRootLogger();
     rootLogger.setLevel(Level.DEBUG);
-    MockRM rm = new MockRM();
+    MockRM rm = new MockRM(conf);
     rm.start();
     MockNM nm1 = rm.registerNode("h1:1234", 5120);
     
@@ -128,7 +138,6 @@ public class TestRM {
   public void testAppOnMultiNode() throws Exception {
     Logger rootLogger = LogManager.getRootLogger();
     rootLogger.setLevel(Level.DEBUG);
-    YarnConfiguration conf = new YarnConfiguration();
     conf.set("yarn.scheduler.capacity.node-locality-delay", "-1");
     MockRM rm = new MockRM(conf);
     rm.start();
@@ -188,7 +197,6 @@ public class TestRM {
   // corresponding NM Token.
   @Test (timeout = 20000)
   public void testNMTokenSentForNormalContainer() throws Exception {
-    YarnConfiguration conf = new YarnConfiguration();
     conf.set(YarnConfiguration.RM_SCHEDULER,
         CapacityScheduler.class.getCanonicalName());
     MockRM rm = new MockRM(conf);
@@ -241,7 +249,7 @@ public class TestRM {
 
   @Test (timeout = 40000)
   public void testNMToken() throws Exception {
-    MockRM rm = new MockRM();
+    MockRM rm = new MockRM(conf);
     try {
       rm.start();
       MockNM nm1 = rm.registerNode("h1:1234", 10000);
@@ -425,8 +433,6 @@ public class TestRM {
 
   @Test (timeout = 300000)
   public void testActivatingApplicationAfterAddingNM() throws Exception {
-    YarnConfiguration conf = new YarnConfiguration();
-
     MockRM rm1 = new MockRM(conf);
 
     // start like normal because state is empty
@@ -472,7 +478,6 @@ public class TestRM {
   // is killed or failed, so that client doesn't get the wrong information.
   @Test (timeout = 80000)
   public void testInvalidateAMHostPortWhenAMFailedOrKilled() throws Exception {
-    YarnConfiguration conf = new YarnConfiguration();
     conf.setInt(YarnConfiguration.RM_AM_MAX_ATTEMPTS, 1);
     MockRM rm1 = new MockRM(conf);
     rm1.start();
@@ -525,7 +530,6 @@ public class TestRM {
 
   @Test (timeout = 60000)
   public void testInvalidatedAMHostPortOnAMRestart() throws Exception {
-    YarnConfiguration conf = new YarnConfiguration();
     MockRM rm1 = new MockRM(conf);
     rm1.start();
     MockNM nm1 =
@@ -558,7 +562,6 @@ public class TestRM {
   @Test (timeout = 60000)
   public void testApplicationKillAtAcceptedState() throws Exception {
 
-    YarnConfiguration conf = new YarnConfiguration();
     final Dispatcher dispatcher = new AsyncDispatcher() {
       @Override
       public EventHandler getEventHandler() {
@@ -635,15 +638,4 @@ public class TestRM {
     Assert.assertEquals(appsSubmitted + 1, metrics.getAppsSubmitted());
   }
 
-  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
-    TestRM t = new TestRM();
-    t.testGetNewAppId();
-    t.testAppWithNoContainers();
-    t.testAppOnMultiNode();
-    t.testNMToken();
-    t.testActivatingApplicationAfterAddingNM();
-    t.testInvalidateAMHostPortWhenAMFailedOrKilled();
-    t.testInvalidatedAMHostPortOnAMRestart();
-    t.testApplicationKillAtAcceptedState();
-  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestRMRestart.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestRMRestart.java
index b93631f5544..a0f86272b78 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestRMRestart.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/TestRMRestart.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
-import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-public class TestRMRestart {
+public class TestRMRestart extends ParameterizedSchedulerTestBase {
   private final static File TEMP_DIR = new File(System.getProperty(
     "test.build.data", "/tmp"), "decommision");
   private File hostFile = new File(TEMP_DIR + File.separator + "hostFile.txt");
@@ -116,12 +115,17 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
 
   // Fake rmAddr for token-renewal
   private static InetSocketAddress rmAddr;
+  private List<MockRM> rms = new ArrayList<MockRM>();
+
+  public TestRMRestart(SchedulerType type) {
+    super(type);
+  }
 
   @Before
-  public void setup() throws UnknownHostException {
+  public void setup() throws IOException {
+    conf = getConf();
     Logger rootLogger = LogManager.getRootLogger();
     rootLogger.setLevel(Level.DEBUG);
-    conf = new YarnConfiguration();
     UserGroupInformation.setConfiguration(conf);
     conf.set(YarnConfiguration.RECOVERY_ENABLED, "true");
     conf.set(YarnConfiguration.RM_STORE, MemoryRMStateStore.class.getName());
@@ -131,9 +135,24 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
 
   @After
   public void tearDown() {
+    for (MockRM rm : rms) {
+      rm.stop();
+    }
+    rms.clear();
+
     TEMP_DIR.delete();
   }
 
+  /**
+   *
+   * @return a new MockRM that will be stopped at the end of the test.
+   */
+  private MockRM createMockRM(YarnConfiguration conf, RMStateStore store) {
+    MockRM rm = new MockRM(conf, store);
+    rms.add(rm);
+    return rm;
+  }
+
   @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
   @Test (timeout=180000)
   public void testRMRestart() throws Exception {
@@ -150,7 +169,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
     // PHASE 1: create state in an RM
     
     // start RM
-    MockRM rm1 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+    MockRM rm1 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
     
     // start like normal because state is empty
     rm1.start();
@@ -246,7 +265,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
     // PHASE 2: create new RM and start from old state
     
     // create new RM to represent restart and recover state
-    MockRM rm2 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+    MockRM rm2 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
     
     // start new RM
     rm2.start();
@@ -317,7 +336,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
     NMContainerStatus status =
         TestRMRestart
           .createNMContainerStatus(loadedApp1.getCurrentAppAttempt()
-            .getAppAttemptId(), 1, ContainerState.COMPLETE);
+              .getAppAttemptId(), 1, ContainerState.COMPLETE);
     nm1.registerNode(Arrays.asList(status), null);
     nm2.registerNode();
     
@@ -414,7 +433,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
         rmState.getApplicationState();
 
     // start RM
-    MockRM rm1 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+    MockRM rm1 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
     rm1.start();
     MockNM nm1 =
         new MockNM("127.0.0.1:1234", 15120, rm1.getResourceTrackerService());
@@ -443,13 +462,11 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
     rm1.waitForState(app0.getApplicationId(), RMAppState.ACCEPTED);
 
     // start new RM
-    MockRM rm2 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+    MockRM rm2 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
     rm2.start();
     // assert the previous AM state is loaded back on RM recovery.
 
     rm2.waitForState(am0.getApplicationAttemptId(), RMAppAttemptState.FAILED);
-    rm1.stop();
-    rm2.stop();
   }
 
   @Test (timeout = 60000)
@@ -473,7 +490,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
         rmState.getApplicationState();
     
     // start RM
-    final MockRM rm1 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+    final MockRM rm1 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
     rm1.start();
     MockNM nm1 =
         new MockNM("127.0.0.1:1234" , 16382, rm1.getResourceTrackerService());
@@ -497,8 +514,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
         .getAppAttemptState(), RMAppAttemptState.RUNNING);
 
     //  start new RM.
-    MockRM rm2 = null;
-    rm2 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+    MockRM rm2 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
     rm2.start();
     
     nm1.setResourceTrackerService(rm2.getResourceTrackerService());
@@ -525,7 +541,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
 
     NMContainerStatus status =
         TestRMRestart.createNMContainerStatus(
-          am2.getApplicationAttemptId(), 1, ContainerState.COMPLETE);
+            am2.getApplicationAttemptId(), 1, ContainerState.COMPLETE);
     nm1.registerNode(Arrays.asList(status), null);
     rm2.waitForState(am2.getApplicationAttemptId(), RMAppAttemptState.FAILED);
     launchAM(rmApp, rm2, nm1);
@@ -535,8 +551,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
     // Now restart RM ...
     // Setting AMLivelinessMonitor interval to be 10 Secs. 
     conf.setInt(YarnConfiguration.RM_AM_EXPIRY_INTERVAL_MS, 10000);
-    MockRM rm3 = null;
-    rm3 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+    MockRM rm3 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
     rm3.start();
     
     // Wait for RM to process all the events as a part of rm recovery.
@@ -583,8 +598,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
         memStore.getState().getApplicationState().get(app2.getApplicationId())
             .getAttemptCount());
 
-    MockRM rm4 = null;
-    rm4 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+    MockRM rm4 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
     rm4.start();
     
     rmApp = rm4.getRMContext().getRMApps().get(app1.getApplicationId());
@@ -640,7 +654,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
         rmState.getApplicationState();
 
     // start RM
-    MockRM rm1 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+    MockRM rm1 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
     rm1.start();
     MockNM nm1 = rm1.registerNode("127.0.0.1:1234", 15120);
     RMApp app0 = rm1.submitApp(200);
@@ -657,7 +671,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
     Assert.assertNull(rmAppState.get(app0.getApplicationId()).getState());
 
     // start RM
-    MockRM rm2 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+    MockRM rm2 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
     nm1.setResourceTrackerService(rm2.getResourceTrackerService());
     rm2.start();
 
@@ -666,7 +680,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
     rm2.waitForState(app0.getApplicationId(), RMAppState.FINISHED);
     // app final state is saved via the finish event from attempt.
     Assert.assertEquals(RMAppState.FINISHED,
-      rmAppState.get(app0.getApplicationId()).getState());
+        rmAppState.get(app0.getApplicationId()).getState());
   }
 
   @Test (timeout = 60000)
@@ -679,7 +693,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
         rmState.getApplicationState();
 
     // start RM
-    MockRM rm1 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+    MockRM rm1 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
     rm1.start();
     MockNM nm1 =
         new MockNM("127.0.0.1:1234", 15120, rm1.getResourceTrackerService());
@@ -701,7 +715,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
       appState.getAttempt(am0.getApplicationAttemptId()).getState());
 
     // start new RM
-    MockRM rm2 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+    MockRM rm2 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
     rm2.start();
     RMApp loadedApp0 = rm2.getRMContext().getRMApps().get(app0.getApplicationId());
     rm2.waitForState(app0.getApplicationId(), RMAppState.FAILED);
@@ -714,8 +728,6 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
       .contains("Failing the application."));
     // failed diagnostics from attempt is lost because the diagnostics from
     // attempt is not yet available by the time app is saving the app state.
-    rm1.stop();
-    rm2.stop();
   }
 
   @Test (timeout = 60000)
@@ -729,7 +741,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
         rmState.getApplicationState();
 
     // start RM
-    MockRM rm1 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+    MockRM rm1 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
     rm1.start();
     MockNM nm1 =
         new MockNM("127.0.0.1:1234", 15120, rm1.getResourceTrackerService());
@@ -751,7 +763,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
       appState.getAttempt(am0.getApplicationAttemptId()).getState());
 
     // restart rm
-    MockRM rm2 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+    MockRM rm2 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
     rm2.start();
     RMApp loadedApp0 = rm2.getRMContext().getRMApps().get(app0.getApplicationId());
     rm2.waitForState(app0.getApplicationId(), RMAppState.KILLED);
@@ -761,9 +773,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
 
     ApplicationReport appReport = verifyAppReportAfterRMRestart(app0, rm2);
     Assert.assertEquals(app0.getDiagnostics().toString(),
-      appReport.getDiagnostics());
-    rm1.stop();
-    rm2.stop();
+        appReport.getDiagnostics());
   }
 
   @Test (timeout = 60000)
@@ -786,7 +796,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
     memStore.init(conf);
 
     // start RM
-    MockRM rm1 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+    MockRM rm1 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
     rm1.start();
     // create app
     RMApp app0 =
@@ -798,7 +808,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
     rm1.waitForState(app0.getApplicationId(), RMAppState.KILLED);
 
     // restart rm
-    MockRM rm2 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+    MockRM rm2 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
     rm2.start();
     RMApp loadedApp0 =
         rm2.getRMContext().getRMApps().get(app0.getApplicationId());
@@ -817,7 +827,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
         rmState.getApplicationState();
 
     // start RM
-    MockRM rm1 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+    MockRM rm1 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
     rm1.start();
     MockNM nm1 =
         new MockNM("127.0.0.1:1234", 15120, rm1.getResourceTrackerService());
@@ -844,7 +854,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
     Assert.assertEquals(app0.getFinishTime(), appState.getFinishTime());
 
     // restart rm
-    MockRM rm2 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+    MockRM rm2 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
     rm2.start();
 
     // verify application report returns the same app info as the app info
@@ -853,9 +863,6 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
     Assert.assertEquals(FinalApplicationStatus.SUCCEEDED,
       appReport.getFinalApplicationStatus());
     Assert.assertEquals("trackingUrl", appReport.getOriginalTrackingUrl());
-
-    rm1.stop();
-    rm2.stop();
   }
 
   @Test (timeout = 60000)
@@ -865,7 +872,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
     memStore.init(conf);
 
     // start RM
-    MockRM rm1 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+    MockRM rm1 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
     rm1.start();
     MockNM nm1 =
         new MockNM("127.0.0.1:1234", 15120, rm1.getResourceTrackerService());
@@ -902,7 +909,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
         return spy(super.createRMAppManager());
       }
     };
-
+    rms.add(rm2);
     rm2.start();
 
     GetApplicationsRequest request1 =
@@ -949,9 +956,6 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
     // check application summary is logged for the completed apps after RM restart.
     verify(rm2.getRMAppManager(), times(3)).logApplicationSummary(
       isA(ApplicationId.class));
-
-    rm1.stop();
-    rm2.stop();
   }
 
   private MockAM launchAM(RMApp app, MockRM rm, MockNM nm)
@@ -1017,7 +1021,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
 
     Map<ApplicationId, ApplicationState> rmAppState =
         rmState.getApplicationState();  
-    MockRM rm1 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+    MockRM rm1 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
     rm1.start();
     MockNM nm1 =
         new MockNM("127.0.0.1:1234", 15120, rm1.getResourceTrackerService());
@@ -1055,7 +1059,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
     // Setting AMLivelinessMonitor interval to be 3 Secs.
     conf.setInt(YarnConfiguration.RM_AM_EXPIRY_INTERVAL_MS, 3000);
     // start new RM   
-    MockRM rm2 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+    MockRM rm2 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
     rm2.start();
 
     // verify that maxAppAttempts is set to global value
@@ -1074,10 +1078,6 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
     Assert.assertEquals(RMAppState.FAILED,
       rmAppState.get(app1.getApplicationId()).getState());
     Assert.assertNull(rmAppState.get(app2.getApplicationId()).getState());
-
-    // stop the RM  
-    rm1.stop();
-    rm2.stop();
   }
 
   @Test (timeout = 60000)
@@ -1159,10 +1159,6 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
     // verify tokens are properly populated back to rm2 DelegationTokenRenewer
     Assert.assertEquals(tokenSet, rm2.getRMContext()
       .getDelegationTokenRenewer().getDelegationTokens());
-
-    // stop the RM
-    rm1.stop();
-    rm2.stop();
   }
 
   private void waitForTokensToBeRenewed(MockRM rm2) throws Exception {
@@ -1258,8 +1254,6 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
     Assert.assertArrayEquals(amrmToken.getPassword(),
       rm2.getRMContext().getAMRMTokenSecretManager().retrievePassword(
         amrmToken.decodeIdentifier()));
-    rm1.stop();
-    rm2.stop();
   }
 
   @Test (timeout = 60000)
@@ -1407,10 +1401,6 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
       .getAllTokens();
     Assert.assertFalse(allTokensRM2.containsKey(dtId1));
     Assert.assertFalse(rmDTState.containsKey(dtId1));
-
-    // stop the RM
-    rm1.stop();
-    rm2.stop();
   }
 
   // This is to test submit an application to the new RM with the old delegation
@@ -1471,7 +1461,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
     memStore.init(conf);
 
     // start RM
-    final MockRM rm1 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+    final MockRM rm1 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
     rm1.start();
 
     // create apps.
@@ -1517,7 +1507,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
     RMState rmState = memStore.getState();
 
     // start RM
-    MockRM rm1 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+    MockRM rm1 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
     rm1.start();
     MockNM nm1 =
         new MockNM("127.0.0.1:1234", 15120, rm1.getResourceTrackerService());
@@ -1528,7 +1518,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
     MockAM am0 = launchAM(app0, rm1, nm1);
     finishApplicationMaster(app0, rm1, nm1, am0);
 
-    MockRM rm2 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+    MockRM rm2 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
     rm2.start();
     nm1.setResourceTrackerService(rm2.getResourceTrackerService());
     nm1 = rm2.registerNode("127.0.0.1:1234", 15120);
@@ -1550,9 +1540,6 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
     Assert.assertNull(rm2.getRMContext().getRMApps()
       .get(app0.getApplicationId()));
     Assert.assertNull(rmAppState.get(app0.getApplicationId()));
-
-    rm1.stop();
-    rm2.stop();
   }
 
   // This is to test RM does not get hang on shutdown.
@@ -1569,7 +1556,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
     memStore.init(conf);
     MockRM rm1 = null;
     try {
-      rm1 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+      rm1 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
       rm1.start();
       Assert.fail();
     } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -1587,7 +1574,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
     memStore.init(conf);
 
     // start RM
-    MockRM rm1 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+    MockRM rm1 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
     rm1.start();
     MockNM nm1 =
         new MockNM("127.0.0.1:1234", 15120, rm1.getResourceTrackerService());
@@ -1703,7 +1690,11 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
         }
       }
     };
-    rm1.start();
+    try {
+      rm1.start();
+    } finally {
+      rm1.stop();
+    }
   }
 
   @SuppressWarnings("resource")
@@ -1716,7 +1707,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
 
     // PHASE 1: create state in an RM
     // start RM
-    MockRM rm1 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+    MockRM rm1 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
     rm1.start();
     MockNM nm1 =
         new MockNM("127.0.0.1:1234", 15120, rm1.getResourceTrackerService());
@@ -1754,7 +1745,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
 
     // PHASE 2: create new RM and start from old state
     // create new RM to represent restart and recover state
-    MockRM rm2 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+    MockRM rm2 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
     QueueMetrics qm2 = rm2.getResourceScheduler().getRootQueueMetrics();
     resetQueueMetrics(qm2);
     assertQueueMetrics(qm2, 0, 0, 0, 0);
@@ -1770,7 +1761,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
     NMContainerStatus status =
         TestRMRestart
           .createNMContainerStatus(loadedApp1.getCurrentAppAttempt()
-            .getAppAttemptId(), 1, ContainerState.COMPLETE);
+              .getAppAttemptId(), 1, ContainerState.COMPLETE);
     nm1.registerNode(Arrays.asList(status), null);
 
     while (loadedApp1.getAppAttempts().size() != 2) {
@@ -1799,10 +1790,6 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
     // finish the AMs
     finishApplicationMaster(loadedApp1, rm2, nm1, am1);
     assertQueueMetrics(qm2, 1, 0, 0, 1);
-
-    // stop RM's
-    rm2.stop();
-    rm1.stop();
   }
 
 
@@ -1840,43 +1827,58 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
       hostFile.getAbsolutePath());
     writeToHostsFile("");
     final DrainDispatcher dispatcher = new DrainDispatcher();
-    MockRM rm1 = new MockRM(conf) {
-      @Override
-      protected Dispatcher createDispatcher() {
-        return dispatcher;
+    MockRM rm1 = null, rm2 = null;
+    try {
+      rm1 = new MockRM(conf) {
+        @Override
+        protected Dispatcher createDispatcher() {
+          return dispatcher;
+        }
+      };
+      rm1.start();
+      MockNM nm1 = rm1.registerNode("localhost:1234", 8000);
+      MockNM nm2 = rm1.registerNode("host2:1234", 8000);
+      Assert
+          .assertEquals(0,
+              ClusterMetrics.getMetrics().getNumDecommisionedNMs());
+      String ip = NetUtils.normalizeHostName("localhost");
+      // Add 2 hosts to exclude list.
+      writeToHostsFile("host2", ip);
+
+      // refresh nodes
+      rm1.getNodesListManager().refreshNodes(conf);
+      NodeHeartbeatResponse nodeHeartbeat = nm1.nodeHeartbeat(true);
+      Assert
+          .assertTrue(
+              NodeAction.SHUTDOWN.equals(nodeHeartbeat.getNodeAction()));
+      nodeHeartbeat = nm2.nodeHeartbeat(true);
+      Assert.assertTrue("The decommisioned metrics are not updated",
+          NodeAction.SHUTDOWN.equals(nodeHeartbeat.getNodeAction()));
+
+      dispatcher.await();
+      Assert
+          .assertEquals(2,
+              ClusterMetrics.getMetrics().getNumDecommisionedNMs());
+      rm1.stop();
+      rm1 = null;
+      Assert
+          .assertEquals(0,
+              ClusterMetrics.getMetrics().getNumDecommisionedNMs());
+
+      // restart RM.
+      rm2 = new MockRM(conf);
+      rm2.start();
+      Assert
+          .assertEquals(2,
+              ClusterMetrics.getMetrics().getNumDecommisionedNMs());
+    } finally {
+      if (rm1 != null) {
+        rm1.stop();
       }
-    };
-    rm1.start();
-    MockNM nm1 = rm1.registerNode("localhost:1234", 8000);
-    MockNM nm2 = rm1.registerNode("host2:1234", 8000);
-    Assert
-      .assertEquals(0, ClusterMetrics.getMetrics().getNumDecommisionedNMs());
-    String ip = NetUtils.normalizeHostName("localhost");
-    // Add 2 hosts to exclude list.
-    writeToHostsFile("host2", ip);
-
-    // refresh nodes
-    rm1.getNodesListManager().refreshNodes(conf);
-    NodeHeartbeatResponse nodeHeartbeat = nm1.nodeHeartbeat(true);
-    Assert
-        .assertTrue(NodeAction.SHUTDOWN.equals(nodeHeartbeat.getNodeAction()));
-    nodeHeartbeat = nm2.nodeHeartbeat(true);
-    Assert.assertTrue("The decommisioned metrics are not updated",
-        NodeAction.SHUTDOWN.equals(nodeHeartbeat.getNodeAction()));
-
-    dispatcher.await();
-    Assert
-      .assertEquals(2, ClusterMetrics.getMetrics().getNumDecommisionedNMs());
-    rm1.stop();
-    Assert
-        .assertEquals(0, ClusterMetrics.getMetrics().getNumDecommisionedNMs());
-
-    // restart RM.
-    MockRM rm2 = new MockRM(conf);
-    rm2.start();
-    Assert
-      .assertEquals(2, ClusterMetrics.getMetrics().getNumDecommisionedNMs());
-    rm2.stop();
+      if (rm2 != null) {
+        rm2.stop();
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   // Test Delegation token is renewed synchronously so that recover events
@@ -1891,7 +1893,7 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
     memStore.init(conf);
 
     // start RM
-    MockRM rm1 = new MockRM(conf, memStore);
+    MockRM rm1 = createMockRM(conf, memStore);
     rm1.start();
     final MockNM nm1 =
         new MockNM("127.0.0.1:1234", 15120, rm1.getResourceTrackerService());
@@ -1914,24 +1916,29 @@ public class TestRMRestart {
             nm1.setResourceTrackerService(getResourceTrackerService());
             NMContainerStatus status =
                 TestRMRestart.createNMContainerStatus(
-                  am0.getApplicationAttemptId(), 1, ContainerState.COMPLETE);
+                    am0.getApplicationAttemptId(), 1, ContainerState.COMPLETE);
             nm1.registerNode(Arrays.asList(status), null);
           }
         };
       }
     };
-    // Re-start RM
-    rm2.start();
 
-    // wait for the 2nd attempt to be started.
-    RMApp loadedApp0 =
-        rm2.getRMContext().getRMApps().get(app0.getApplicationId());
-    int timeoutSecs = 0;
-    while (loadedApp0.getAppAttempts().size() != 2 && timeoutSecs++ < 40) {
-      Thread.sleep(200);
+    try {
+      // Re-start RM
+      rm2.start();
+
+      // wait for the 2nd attempt to be started.
+      RMApp loadedApp0 =
+          rm2.getRMContext().getRMApps().get(app0.getApplicationId());
+      int timeoutSecs = 0;
+      while (loadedApp0.getAppAttempts().size() != 2 && timeoutSecs++ < 40) {
+        Thread.sleep(200);
+      }
+      MockAM am1 = MockRM.launchAndRegisterAM(loadedApp0, rm2, nm1);
+      MockRM.finishAMAndVerifyAppState(loadedApp0, rm2, nm1, am1);
+    } finally {
+      rm2.stop();
     }
-    MockAM am1 = MockRM.launchAndRegisterAM(loadedApp0, rm2, nm1);
-    MockRM.finishAMAndVerifyAppState(loadedApp0, rm2, nm1, am1);
   }
 
   private void writeToHostsFile(String... hosts) throws IOException {
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/security/TestClientToAMTokens.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/security/TestClientToAMTokens.java
index b5636bda018..78bc728ac77 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/security/TestClientToAMTokens.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/security/TestClientToAMTokens.java
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@
 
 package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.security;
 
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager
+    .ParameterizedSchedulerTestBase;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+import org.junit.Before;
 import static org.mockito.Matchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
@@ -79,7 +83,17 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.ConverterUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.util.Records;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-public class TestClientToAMTokens {
+public class TestClientToAMTokens extends ParameterizedSchedulerTestBase {
+  private YarnConfiguration conf;
+
+  public TestClientToAMTokens(SchedulerType type) {
+    super(type);
+  }
+
+  @Before
+  public void setup() {
+    conf = getConf();
+  }
 
   private interface CustomProtocol {
     @SuppressWarnings("unused")
@@ -166,8 +180,6 @@ public class TestClientToAMTokens {
 
   @Test
   public void testClientToAMTokens() throws Exception {
-
-    final Configuration conf = new Configuration();
     conf.set(CommonConfigurationKeysPublic.HADOOP_SECURITY_AUTHENTICATION,
       "kerberos");
     UserGroupInformation.setConfiguration(conf);