diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin_jinja/so-raid-status b/salt/common/tools/sbin_jinja/so-raid-status
index 3fe238c23..ca3c34608 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin_jinja/so-raid-status
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin_jinja/so-raid-status
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 . /usr/sbin/so-common
 
-software_raid=("SOSMN" "SOSMN-DE02" "SOSSNNV" "SOSSNNV-DE02" "SOS10k-DE02" "SOS10KNV" "SOS10KNV-DE02" "SOS10KNV-DE02" "SOS2000-DE02" "SOS-GOFAST-LT-DE02" "SOS-GOFAST-MD-DE02" "SOS-GOFAST-HV-DE02")
+software_raid=("SOSMN" "SOSMN-DE02" "SOSSNNV" "SOSSNNV-DE02" "SOS10k-DE02" "SOS10KNV" "SOS10KNV-DE02" "SOS10KNV-DE02" "SOS2000-DE02" "SOS-GOFAST-LT-DE02" "SOS-GOFAST-MD-DE02" "SOS-GOFAST-HV-DE02" "HVGUEST")
 hardware_raid=("SOS1000" "SOS1000F" "SOSSN7200" "SOS5000" "SOS4000")
 
 {%- if salt['grains.get']('sosmodel', '') %}
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ check_boss_raid() {
 }
 
 check_software_raid() {
+  if [[ ! -f /proc/mdstat ]]; then
+    SWRAID=0
+    return
+  fi
+
   SWRC=$(grep "_" /proc/mdstat)
   if [[ -n $SWRC ]]; then
       # RAID is failed in some way
@@ -107,7 +112,9 @@ if [[ "$is_hwraid" == "true" ]]; then
 fi
 if [[ "$is_softwareraid" == "true" ]]; then
 	check_software_raid
-  check_boss_raid
+  if [ "$model" != "HVGUEST" ]; then
+    check_boss_raid
+  fi
 fi
 
 sum=$(($SWRAID + $BOSSRAID + $HWRAID))
diff --git a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
index a3b5daa23..2d36cf7eb 100755
--- a/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ BACKUPTOPFILE=/opt/so/saltstack/default/salt/top.sls.backup
 SALTUPGRADED=false
 SALT_CLOUD_INSTALLED=false
 SALT_CLOUD_CONFIGURED=false
+# Check if salt-cloud is installed
+if rpm -q salt-cloud &>/dev/null; then
+  SALT_CLOUD_INSTALLED=true
+fi
+# Check if salt-cloud is configured
+if [[ -f /etc/salt/cloud.profiles.d/socloud.conf ]]; then
+  SALT_CLOUD_CONFIGURED=true
+fi
 # used to display messages to the user at the end of soup
 declare -a FINAL_MESSAGE_QUEUE=()
 
@@ -489,6 +497,10 @@ up_to_3.1.0() {
 
 post_to_3.1.0() {
   /usr/sbin/so-kibana-space-defaults
+  # ensure manager has new version of socloud.conf
+  if [[ $SALT_CLOUD_CONFIGURED == true ]]; then
+    salt-call state.apply salt.cloud.config concurrent=True
+  fi
 
   POSTVERSION=3.1.0
 }
@@ -663,15 +675,6 @@ upgrade_check_salt() {
 upgrade_salt() {
   echo "Performing upgrade of Salt from $INSTALLEDSALTVERSION to $NEWSALTVERSION."
   echo ""
-  # Check if salt-cloud is installed
-  if rpm -q salt-cloud &>/dev/null; then
-    SALT_CLOUD_INSTALLED=true
-  fi
-  # Check if salt-cloud is configured
-  if [[ -f /etc/salt/cloud.profiles.d/socloud.conf ]]; then
-    SALT_CLOUD_CONFIGURED=true
-  fi
-
   echo "Removing yum versionlock for Salt."
   echo ""
   yum versionlock delete "salt"
diff --git a/salt/salt/cloud/cloud.profiles.d/socloud.conf.jinja b/salt/salt/cloud/cloud.profiles.d/socloud.conf.jinja
index f8e5d5555..44bef4108 100644
--- a/salt/salt/cloud/cloud.profiles.d/socloud.conf.jinja
+++ b/salt/salt/cloud/cloud.profiles.d/socloud.conf.jinja
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ sool9_{{host}}:
     log_file: /opt/so/log/salt/minion
   grains:
     hypervisor_host: {{host ~ "_" ~ role}}
+    sosmodel: HVGUEST
   preflight_cmds:
     - |
       {%- set hostnames = [MANAGERHOSTNAME] %}