diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_volumes_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_volumes_negative.py
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+# Copyright 2016 NEC Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed 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.
+
+from tempest.api.compute import base
+from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
+from tempest import config
+from tempest.lib import exceptions as lib_exc
+from tempest import test
+
+CONF = config.CONF
+
+
+class VolumesAdminNegativeTest(base.BaseV2ComputeAdminTest):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(VolumesAdminNegativeTest, cls).skip_checks()
+        if not CONF.service_available.cinder:
+            skip_msg = ("%s skipped as Cinder is not available" % cls.__name__)
+            raise cls.skipException(skip_msg)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(VolumesAdminNegativeTest, cls).setup_clients()
+        cls.servers_admin_client = cls.os_adm.servers_client
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(VolumesAdminNegativeTest, cls).resource_setup()
+        cls.server = cls.create_test_server(wait_until='ACTIVE')
+
+    @test.idempotent_id('309b5ecd-0585-4a7e-a36f-d2b2bf55259d')
+    def test_update_attached_volume_with_nonexistent_volume_in_uri(self):
+        volume = self.create_volume()
+        nonexistent_volume = data_utils.rand_uuid()
+        self.assertRaises(lib_exc.NotFound,
+                          self.servers_admin_client.update_attached_volume,
+                          self.server['id'], nonexistent_volume,
+                          volumeId=volume['id'])
+
+    @test.idempotent_id('7dcac15a-b107-46d3-a5f6-cb863f4e454a')
+    def test_update_attached_volume_with_nonexistent_volume_in_body(self):
+        volume = self.create_volume()
+        self.attach_volume(self.server, volume)
+
+        nonexistent_volume = data_utils.rand_uuid()
+        self.assertRaises(lib_exc.BadRequest,
+                          self.servers_admin_client.update_attached_volume,
+                          self.server['id'], volume['id'],
+                          volumeId=nonexistent_volume)