diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/tasks/prepare_libvirt.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/tasks/prepare_libvirt.yml
index b4b925443..bfbb54763 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/tasks/prepare_libvirt.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-create-vm-nodes/tasks/prepare_libvirt.yml
@@ -139,6 +139,12 @@
     recurse: yes
     mode: "0755"
 
+- name: ensure parent dir for bm logs has proper rights
+  file:
+    state: directory
+    path: "{{ test_vm_logdir | dirname }}"
+    mode: "0755"
+
 - name: install virtualbmc
   pip:
     name: virtualbmc
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/bootstrap.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/bootstrap.yml
index 3039acfba..cde9070fa 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/bootstrap.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/bootstrap.yml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 
 - name: Setting MySQL socket fact
   set_fact:
-    mysql_socket_path: "/var/run/{% if ansible_distribution | lower is search('suse') %}mysql/mysql.sock{% else %}mysqld/mysqld.sock{% endif %}"
+    mysql_socket_path: "/var/{% if ansible_os_family | lower == 'redhat' %}lib{% else %}run{% endif %}/{% if ansible_os_family | lower == 'debian' %}mysqld/mysqld.sock{% else %}mysql/mysql.sock{% endif %}"
   when: ansible_version.full is version_compare('2.6.5', '>=')
 
 - name: "MySQL - Creating DB"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/inspector_bootstrap.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/inspector_bootstrap.yml
index a625764f7..75a1802e1 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/inspector_bootstrap.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/inspector_bootstrap.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 ---
 - name: Setting MySQL socket fact
   set_fact:
-    mysql_socket_path: "/var/run/{% if ansible_distribution | lower is search('suse') %}mysql/mysql.sock{% else %}mysqld/mysqld.sock{% endif %}"
+    mysql_socket_path: "/var/{% if ansible_os_family | lower == 'redhat' %}lib{% else %}run{% endif %}/{% if ansible_os_family | lower == 'debian' %}mysqld/mysqld.sock{% else %}mysql/mysql.sock{% endif %}"
   when: ansible_version.full is version_compare('2.6.5', '>=')
 
 - name: "MySQL - Create database"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-keystone-install/tasks/bootstrap.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-keystone-install/tasks/bootstrap.yml
index de02a674c..c45026220 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-keystone-install/tasks/bootstrap.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-keystone-install/tasks/bootstrap.yml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 
 - name: Setting MySQL socket fact
   set_fact:
-    mysql_socket_path: "/var/run/{% if ansible_distribution | lower is search('suse') %}mysql/mysql.sock{% else %}mysqld/mysqld.sock{% endif %}"
+    mysql_socket_path: "/var/{% if ansible_os_family | lower == 'redhat' %}lib{% else %}run{% endif %}/{% if ansible_os_family | lower == 'debian' %}mysqld/mysqld.sock{% else %}mysql/mysql.sock{% endif %}"
   when: ansible_version.full is version_compare('2.6.5', '>=')
 
 - name: "MySQL - Creating DB"
diff --git a/scripts/collect-test-info.sh b/scripts/collect-test-info.sh
index d2af7edb4..b522c7272 100755
--- a/scripts/collect-test-info.sh
+++ b/scripts/collect-test-info.sh
@@ -37,10 +37,12 @@ if $(journalctl --version &>/dev/null); then
     sudo journalctl -u ironic-api &> ${LOG_LOCATION}/ironic-api.log
     sudo journalctl -u ironic-conductor &> ${LOG_LOCATION}/ironic-conductor.log
     sudo journalctl -u ironic-inspector &> ${LOG_LOCATION}/ironic-inspector.log
+    sudo journalctl -u libvirtd &> ${LOG_LOCATION}/libvirtd.log
 else
    sudo cp /var/log/upstart/ironic-api.log ${LOG_LOCATION}/
    sudo cp /var/log/upstart/ironic-conductor.log ${LOG_LOCATION}/
    sudo cp /var/log/upstart/ironic-inspector.log ${LOG_LOCATION}/
+   sudo cp /var/log/upstart/libvirtd.log ${LOG_LOCATION}/
 fi
 
 # Copy PXE information
@@ -58,6 +60,10 @@ if [ -d "/var/log/ironic" ]; then
    cp -a "/var/log/ironic" ${LOG_LOCATION}/ipa-logs
 fi
 
+sudo vbmc list &> ${LOG_LOCATION}/vbmc.txt
+sudo virsh list --all &> ${LOG_LOCATION}/virsh-list.txt
+ps auxf &> ${LOG_LOCATION}/ps.txt
+
 sudo chown -R $USER ${LOG_LOCATION}
 # In CI scenarios, we want other users to be able to read the logs.
 sudo chmod -R o+r ${LOG_LOCATION}
diff --git a/scripts/install-deps.sh b/scripts/install-deps.sh
index 8e13d9d97..b8e7f6555 100644
--- a/scripts/install-deps.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-deps.sh
@@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ sudo -H -E ${PIP} install "pip>6.0"
 # upgrade setuptools, as latest version is needed to install some projects
 sudo -H -E ${PIP} install --upgrade --force setuptools
 
+if [ "$OS_FAMILY" == "RedHat" ]; then
+    sudo -H -E ${PIP} freeze
+    sudo -H -E ${PIP} install --ignore-installed pyparsing ipaddress
+fi
+
 sudo -H -E ${PIP} install -r "$(dirname $0)/../requirements.txt"
 
 # Install the rest of required packages using bindep