diff --git a/test/kuttl/tests/manila-multibackend/04-assert.yaml b/test/kuttl/tests/manila-multibackend/04-assert.yaml
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+# Check for:
+#
+# - 1 manilaAPI
+# - 2 manilaScheduler
+# - 3 manilaShares
+# - 4 extraMounts
+
+apiVersion: manila.openstack.org/v1beta1
+kind: Manila
+metadata:
+   name: manila
+spec:
+   customServiceConfig: |
+      [DEFAULT]
+      debug = true
+   databaseInstance: openstack
+   databaseAccount: manila
+   manilaAPI:
+      customServiceConfig: |
+         [DEFAULT]
+         enabled_share_protocols=nfs,cephfs,cifs
+      replicas: 1
+      resources: {}
+   manilaScheduler:
+      customServiceConfig: '# add your customization here'
+      replicas: 1
+      resources: {}
+   manilaShares:
+      share1:
+        replicas: 1
+        customServiceConfig: |
+            [DEFAULT]
+            enabled_share_backends=cephfsnfs
+            [cephfsnfs]
+            driver_handles_share_servers=False
+            share_backend_name=cephfs
+            share_driver=manila.share.drivers.cephfs.driver.CephFSDriver
+            cephfs_auth_id=openstack
+            cephfs_cluster_name=ceph
+            cephfs_nfs_cluster_id=cephfs
+            cephfs_protocol_helper_type=NFS
+   passwordSelectors:
+      service: ManilaPassword
+   preserveJobs: false
+   rabbitMqClusterName: rabbitmq
+   secret: osp-secret
+   serviceUser: manila
+status:
+   conditions:
+      - message: Setup complete
+        reason: Ready
+        status: "True"
+        type: Ready
+      - message: CronJob completed
+        reason: Ready
+        status: "True"
+        type: CronJobReady
+      - message: DB create completed
+        reason: Ready
+        status: "True"
+        type: DBReady
+      - message: DBsync completed
+        reason: Ready
+        status: "True"
+        type: DBSyncReady
+      - message: Input data complete
+        reason: Ready
+        status: "True"
+        type: InputReady
+      - message: Setup complete
+        reason: Ready
+        status: "True"
+        type: ManilaAPIReady
+      - message: Setup complete
+        reason: Ready
+        status: "True"
+        type: ManilaSchedulerReady
+      - message: Deployment completed
+        reason: Ready
+        status: "True"
+        type: ManilaShareReady
+      - message: MariaDBAccount creation complete
+        reason: Ready
+        status: "True"
+        type: MariaDBAccountReady
+      - message: " Memcached instance has been provisioned"
+        reason: Ready
+        status: "True"
+        type: MemcachedReady
+      - message: NetworkAttachments completed
+        reason: Ready
+        status: "True"
+        type: NetworkAttachmentsReady
+      - message: RabbitMqTransportURL successfully created
+        reason: Ready
+        status: "True"
+        type: RabbitMqTransportURLReady
+      - message: RoleBinding created
+        reason: Ready
+        status: "True"
+        type: RoleBindingReady
+      - message: Role created
+        reason: Ready
+        status: "True"
+        type: RoleReady
+      - message: ServiceAccount created
+        reason: Ready
+        status: "True"
+        type: ServiceAccountReady
+      - message: Service config create completed
+        reason: Ready
+        status: "True"
+        type: ServiceConfigReady
+   databaseHostname: openstack.manila-kuttl-tests.svc
+   manilaAPIReadyCount: 1
+   manilaSchedulerReadyCount: 1
+   manilaSharesReadyCounts:
+      share1: 1
+   transportURLSecret: rabbitmq-transport-url-manila-manila-transport
+---
+apiVersion: batch/v1
+kind: CronJob
+metadata:
+  name: manila-db-purge
+spec:
+  jobTemplate:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        service: manila
+    spec:
+      completions: 1
+      parallelism: 1
+      template:
+        spec:
+          containers:
+          - args:
+            - -c
+            - /usr/bin/manila-manage --config-dir /etc/manila/manila.conf.d
+              db purge 30
+            command:
+            - /bin/bash
+            name: manila-db-purge
+            volumeMounts:
+            - mountPath: /etc/manila/manila.conf.d
+              name: db-purge-config-data
+              readOnly: true
+          serviceAccount: manila-manila
+          serviceAccountName: manila-manila
+          volumes:
+          - name: db-purge-config-data
+            secret:
+              defaultMode: 420
+              items:
+              - key: 00-config.conf
+                path: 00-config.conf
+              secretName: manila-config-data
+  schedule: 1 0 * * *
+  suspend: false
+---
+apiVersion: manila.openstack.org/v1beta1
+kind: ManilaShare
+metadata:
+  name: manila-share-share1
+spec:
+  databaseAccount: manila
+  passwordSelectors:
+    service: ManilaPassword
+  replicas: 1
+  resources: {}
+  secret: osp-secret
+  serviceAccount: manila-manila
+  serviceUser: manila
+  transportURLSecret: rabbitmq-transport-url-manila-manila-transport
+status:
+  conditions:
+  - message: Setup complete
+    reason: Ready
+    status: "True"
+    type: Ready
+  - message: Deployment completed
+    reason: Ready
+    status: "True"
+    type: DeploymentReady
+  - message: Input data complete
+    reason: Ready
+    status: "True"
+    type: InputReady
+  - message: NetworkAttachments completed
+    reason: Ready
+    status: "True"
+    type: NetworkAttachmentsReady
+  - message: Service config create completed
+    reason: Ready
+    status: "True"
+    type: ServiceConfigReady
+  - message: Input data complete
+    reason: Ready
+    status: "True"
+    type: TLSInputReady
+  readyCount: 1
+---
+# when using image digests the containerImage URLs are SHA's so we verify them with a script
+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestAssert
+commands:
+  - script: |
+      tupleTemplate='{{ range (index .spec.template.spec.containers 1).env }}{{ .name }}{{ "#" }}{{ .value}}{{"\n"}}{{ end }}'
+      imageTuples=$(oc get -n openstack-operators deployment manila-operator-controller-manager -o go-template="$tupleTemplate")
+      # format of imageTuple is: RELATED_IMAGE_MANILA_<service>#<image URL with SHA> separated by newlines
+      for ITEM in $(echo $imageTuples); do
+        # it is an image
+        if echo $ITEM | grep 'RELATED_IMAGE' &> /dev/null; then
+          NAME=$(echo $ITEM | sed -e 's|^RELATED_IMAGE_MANILA_\([^_]*\)_.*|\1|')
+          IMG_FROM_ENV=$(echo $ITEM | sed -e 's|^.*#\(.*\)|\1|')
+          template='{{.spec.containerImage}}'
+          case $NAME in
+            API)
+              SERVICE_IMAGE=$(oc get -n $NAMESPACE manilaapi manila-api -o go-template="$template")
+              ;;
+            SHARE)
+              SERVICE_IMAGE=$(oc get -n $NAMESPACE manilashares manila-share-share1 -o go-template="$template")
+              ;;
+            SCHEDULER)
+              SERVICE_IMAGE=$(oc get -n $NAMESPACE manilascheduler manila-scheduler -o go-template="$template")
+              ;;
+          esac
+          if [ "$SERVICE_IMAGE" != "$IMG_FROM_ENV" ]; then
+            echo "$NAME image does not equal $VALUE"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+        fi
+      done
+      exit 0
diff --git a/test/kuttl/tests/manila-multibackend/04-remove-share.yaml b/test/kuttl/tests/manila-multibackend/04-remove-share.yaml
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+apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TestStep
+commands:
+  - script: |
+      oc patch manila -n $NAMESPACE  manila --type='json' -p='[{"op": "remove", "path": "/spec/manilaShares/share0"}]'
diff --git a/test/kuttl/tests/manila-multibackend/04-cleanup-manila.yaml b/test/kuttl/tests/manila-multibackend/05-cleanup-manila.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/kuttl/tests/manila-multibackend/04-cleanup-manila.yaml
rename to test/kuttl/tests/manila-multibackend/05-cleanup-manila.yaml
diff --git a/test/kuttl/tests/manila-multibackend/04-errors.yaml b/test/kuttl/tests/manila-multibackend/05-errors.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/kuttl/tests/manila-multibackend/04-errors.yaml
rename to test/kuttl/tests/manila-multibackend/05-errors.yaml