diff --git a/test/long-haul/utils.sh b/test/long-haul/utils.sh
index c0e9cea8b..bf40a76f4 100755
--- a/test/long-haul/utils.sh
+++ b/test/long-haul/utils.sh
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ fast_exit () {
 
 reset_csi_driver () {
     echo "Reset CSI driver"
-    kubectl delete -f $REPO_ROOT_PATH/deploy/csi-azurelustre-controller.yaml
-    kubectl delete -f $REPO_ROOT_PATH/deploy/csi-azurelustre-node.yaml
+    kubectl delete -f $REPO_ROOT_PATH/deploy/csi-azurelustre-controller.yaml --ignore-not-found
+    kubectl delete -f $REPO_ROOT_PATH/deploy/csi-azurelustre-node.yaml --ignore-not-found
     kubectl wait pod -n kube-system --for=delete --selector='app in (csi-azurelustre-controller,csi-azurelustre-node)' --timeout=300s
 
     echo "Reset node label"
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ verify_csi_driver () {
 
 start_sample_workload () {
     stop_sample_workload
-    kubectl apply -f ./sample-workload/deployment_write_print_file.yaml --timeout=60s
-    kubectl wait pod --for=condition=Ready --selector=app=azurelustre-longhaulsample-deployment --timeout=60s
+    kubectl apply -f ./sample-workload/deployment_write_print_file.yaml --timeout=300s
+    kubectl wait pod --for=condition=Ready --selector=app=azurelustre-longhaulsample-deployment --timeout=300s
     sleep 15
 }
 
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ stop_sample_workload () {
         kubectl patch pvc azurelustre-longhaulsample-pvc -p '{"metadata":{"finalizers":null}}'
     fi
 
-    kubectl delete -f ./sample-workload/deployment_write_print_file.yaml --ignore-not-found --timeout=60s --grace-period=0 --force --cascade
-    kubectl wait pod --for=delete --selector=app=azurelustre-longhaulsample-deployment --timeout=60s
+    kubectl delete -f ./sample-workload/deployment_write_print_file.yaml --ignore-not-found --timeout=300s --grace-period=0 --force --cascade
+    kubectl wait pod --for=delete --selector=app=azurelustre-longhaulsample-deployment --timeout=300s
 }
 
 verify_sample_workload_logs () {
diff --git a/test/scale/run_test.py b/test/scale/run_test.py
index 94e6f2cc0..3f08f5c2f 100644
--- a/test/scale/run_test.py
+++ b/test/scale/run_test.py
@@ -203,15 +203,24 @@ def generate_workload_yaml(self):
         logger.info("generated workload yaml:")
         self.run_command(f"cat {self._generated_workload_yaml}")
 
-    def run_command(self, command: str, need_stdout=False, raise_error=True):
+    def run_command(self, command: str, need_stdout=False, raise_error=True, retries=5):
         logger.info(f"run command {command}")
         stdout = None
         if need_stdout:
             stdout = subprocess.PIPE
-        process = subprocess.run(command, shell=True, text=True, stdout=stdout)
-        if process.returncode != 0 and raise_error:
-            raise RuntimeError(f"command {command} exit with error"
-                               f" code {process.returncode}")
+        total_retries = retries # used for calculating sleep later
+        while retries > 0:
+            process = subprocess.run(command, shell=True, text=True, stdout=stdout)
+            retries -=1
+            if process.returncode == 0:
+                break
+            elif process.returncode != 0 and raise_error and retries == 0:
+                raise RuntimeError(f"command {command} exit with error"
+                                f" code {process.returncode}")
+            logger.info(f"command {command} failed, retrying"
+                                f" attempt {retries}")
+            time.sleep(10 * (total_retries - retries)) # sleep between retries
+
         stdout = process.stdout
         if need_stdout:
             logger.info(stdout)
@@ -221,7 +230,10 @@ def setup(self, current_scale):
         logger.info("reinstalling CSI driver")
         self.run_command(f"{ROOT_PATH}/deploy/uninstall-driver.sh")
         self.run_command(f"{ROOT_PATH}/deploy/install-driver.sh local")
-        os.mkdir(self._csi_log_path)
+        if os.path.exists(self._csi_log_path):
+            pass
+        else:
+            os.mkdir(self._csi_log_path)
 
         self._perf_result = PerfResultCollector()
         for target_func in self.TARGET_FUNCS:
@@ -256,7 +268,7 @@ def delete_workload(self):
             f" -f {self._generated_workload_yaml}"
             f" --ignore-not-found"
             f" --wait=true"
-            f" --timeout=300s"
+            f" --timeout=600s"
         )
         logger.info("workload was deleted")
 
@@ -289,7 +301,8 @@ def collection_logs(self):
             self.run_command(f"kubectl logs {pod}"
                              f" -nkube-system"
                              f" -cazurelustre"
-                             f" >{self._csi_log_path}/{pod}")
+                             f" >{self._csi_log_path}/{pod}",
+                             raise_error=False)
 
     def parse_result_from_log(self):
         logger.info("parsing log file for perf result")