diff --git a/test-info.yml.example b/test-info.yml.example
index bb4f2a6..3cf9295 100644
--- a/test-info.yml.example
+++ b/test-info.yml.example
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ shares:
     backend:
       # If present override default backend filesystem
       name: cephfs
-      # If present list the variant of the backend filesystem
-      variant: vfs
+      # If present list the variant used for samba/ctdb setup
+      variant: default
+      # If present list the method used in share configuration
+      method: vfs
     # If present, use these credentials to perform the
     # tests for this share
     users:
diff --git a/testcases/smbtorture/test_smbtorture.py b/testcases/smbtorture/test_smbtorture.py
index f501d48..646792b 100755
--- a/testcases/smbtorture/test_smbtorture.py
+++ b/testcases/smbtorture/test_smbtorture.py
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 
 def flapping_file(backend: str, variant: str = "") -> str:
     file = "flapping." + backend
-    if variant and variant != "default":
-        file_variant = f"{file}-{variant}"
+    if variant and "vfs" in variant:
+        file_variant = f"{file}-vfs"
         if os.path.exists(os.path.join(selftest_dir, file_variant)):
             return file_variant
     if os.path.exists(os.path.join(selftest_dir, file)):
@@ -62,7 +62,11 @@ def smbtorture(share_name: str, test: str, tmp_output: Path) -> bool:
     flapping_list = ["flapping", "flapping.d"]
     share = testhelper.get_share(test_info, share_name)
     test_backend = share["backend"].get("name")
-    test_backend_variant = share["backend"].get("variant")
+    test_backend_variant = (
+        share["backend"].get("method")
+        if share["backend"].get("method") is not None
+        else share["backend"].get("variant")
+    )
     if test_backend is not None:
         file = flapping_file(test_backend, test_backend_variant)
         if file is not None: