diff --git a/continuousintegration/orchestration/setup/configure_eoscta_tape.sh b/continuousintegration/orchestration/setup/configure_eoscta_tape.sh
index a3f29ed71b22d5e5defb8098f01b521b350f84dc..9c1a00486715e3752faf37f9329fbb025708adaa 100644
--- a/continuousintegration/orchestration/setup/configure_eoscta_tape.sh
+++ b/continuousintegration/orchestration/setup/configure_eoscta_tape.sh
@@ -6,11 +6,14 @@
 eos vid enable unix
 eos vid enable https
 eos space config default space.filearchivedgc=on
+eos space config default space.tapeawaregc.minfreebytes=0
 eos space config default space.wfe=on
 eos space config default space.wfe.ntx=100
 eos space config default taperestapi.status=on
 eos space config default taperestapi.stage=on
 eos space config default space.token.generation=1
+eos space config default space.scanrate=0
+eos space config default space.scaninterval=0
 eos attr -r set default=replica /eos
 eos attr -r set sys.forced.nstripes=1 /eos
 
@@ -63,6 +66,11 @@ eos attr set sys.acl=g:eosusers:rwx!d,u:poweruser1:rwx+dp,u:poweruser2:rwx+dp,z:
 eos attr set sys.archive.storage_class=${CTA_STORAGE_CLASS} ${CTA_PREPROD_DIR}
 eos attr link ${CTA_WF_DIR} ${CTA_PREPROD_DIR} # Link workflows
 
+# create tmp disk only directory for tests
+EOS_TMP_DIR=/eos/${EOS_INSTANCE_NAME}/tmp
+eos mkdir ${EOS_TMP_DIR}
+eos chmod 777 ${EOS_TMP_DIR}
+
 # ${CTA_TEST_DIR} must be writable by eosusers and powerusers
 # but as there is no sticky bit in eos, we need to remove deletion for non owner to eosusers members
 # this is achieved through the ACLs.