diff --git a/inc/ocf_cache.h b/inc/ocf_cache.h
index d2964f8..7020e37 100644
--- a/inc/ocf_cache.h
+++ b/inc/ocf_cache.h
@@ -100,15 +100,6 @@ struct ocf_cache_info {
  */
 ocf_volume_t ocf_cache_get_volume(ocf_cache_t cache);
 
-/**
- * @brief Get ID of given cache object
- *
- * @param[in] cache Cache object
- *
- * @retval Cache ID
- */
-ocf_cache_id_t ocf_cache_get_id(ocf_cache_t cache);
-
 /**
  * @brief Set name of given cache object
  *
diff --git a/inc/ocf_core.h b/inc/ocf_core.h
index d7825f5..24db086 100644
--- a/inc/ocf_core.h
+++ b/inc/ocf_core.h
@@ -16,6 +16,19 @@
 #include "ocf_io.h"
 #include "ocf_mngt.h"
 
+/**
+ * @brief Get OCF core by name
+ *
+ * @param[in] cache OCF cache
+ * @param[in] name Core name
+ * @param[out] core OCF core handle
+ *
+ * @retval 0 Get cache successfully
+ * @retval -OCF_ERR_CORE_NOT_EXIST Core with given name doesn't exist
+ */
+int ocf_core_get_by_name(ocf_cache_t cache, const char *name,
+		ocf_core_t *core);
+
 /**
  * @brief Obtain cache object from core
  *
@@ -82,18 +95,6 @@ ocf_seq_cutoff_policy ocf_core_get_seq_cutoff_policy(ocf_core_t core);
  */
 ocf_core_id_t ocf_core_get_id(ocf_core_t core);
 
-/**
- * @brief Set name of given core object
- *
- * @param[in] core Core object
- * @param[in] src Source of Core name
- * @param[in] src_size Size of src
- *
- * @retval 0 Success
- * @retval Non-zero Fail
- */
-int ocf_core_set_name(ocf_core_t core, const char *src, size_t src_size);
-
 /**
  * @brief Get name of given core object
  *
diff --git a/inc/ocf_err.h b/inc/ocf_err.h
index b87c41f..52345a3 100644
--- a/inc/ocf_err.h
+++ b/inc/ocf_err.h
@@ -57,12 +57,18 @@ typedef enum {
 	/** Start cache failure */
 	OCF_ERR_START_CACHE_FAIL,
 
-	/** Cache ID does not exist */
+	/** Cache ID/name does not exist */
 	OCF_ERR_CACHE_NOT_EXIST,
 
-	/** Cache ID already exists */
+	/** Core ID/name does not exist */
+	OCF_ERR_CORE_NOT_EXIST,
+
+	/** Cache ID/name already exists */
 	OCF_ERR_CACHE_EXIST,
 
+	/** Core ID/name already exists */
+	OCF_ERR_CORE_EXIST,
+
 	/** Too many core devices in cache */
 	OCF_ERR_TOO_MANY_CORES,
 
diff --git a/inc/ocf_mngt.h b/inc/ocf_mngt.h
index 5029110..65e9d4c 100644
--- a/inc/ocf_mngt.h
+++ b/inc/ocf_mngt.h
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
  * @brief Core start configuration
  */
 struct ocf_mngt_core_config {
+	/**
+	 * @brief OCF core name
+	 */
+	const char *name;
+
 	/**
 	 * @brief OCF core volume UUID
 	 */
@@ -29,17 +34,6 @@ struct ocf_mngt_core_config {
 	 */
 	uint8_t volume_type;
 
-	/**
-	 * @brief OCF core ID number
-	 */
-	ocf_core_id_t core_id;
-
-	/**
-	 * @brief OCF core name. In case of being NULL, core id is stringified
-	 *	to core name
-	 */
-	const char *name;
-
 	/**
 	 * @brief Add core to pool if cache isn't present or add core to
 	 *	earlier loaded cache
@@ -58,7 +52,7 @@ struct ocf_mngt_core_config {
 /**
  * @brief Initialize core config to default values
  *
- * @note This function doesn't initiialize uuid and volume_type fields
+ * @note This function doesn't initialize name, uuid and volume_type fields
  *       which have no default values and are required to be set by user.
  *
  * @param[in] cfg Core config stucture
@@ -66,8 +60,6 @@ struct ocf_mngt_core_config {
 static inline void ocf_mngt_core_config_set_default(
 		struct ocf_mngt_core_config *cfg)
 {
-	cfg->core_id = OCF_CORE_ID_INVALID;
-	cfg->name = NULL;
 	cfg->try_add = false;
 	cfg->seq_cutoff_threshold = 1024;
 	cfg->user_metadata.data = NULL;
@@ -86,20 +78,20 @@ uint32_t ocf_mngt_cache_get_count(ocf_ctx_t ctx);
 /* Cache instances getters */
 
 /**
- * @brief Get OCF cache
+ * @brief Get OCF cache by name
  *
- * @note This function on success also increasing reference counter
+ * @note This function on success also increases reference counter
  *       in given cache
  *
  * @param[in] ctx OCF context
- * @param[in] id OCF cache ID
+ * @param[in] name OCF cache name
  * @param[out] cache OCF cache handle
  *
  * @retval 0 Get cache successfully
- * @retval -OCF_ERR_INV_CACHE_ID Cache ID out of range
- * @retval -OCF_ERR_CACHE_NOT_EXIST Cache with given ID is not exist
+ * @retval -OCF_ERR_CACHE_NOT_EXIST Cache with given name doesn't exist
  */
-int ocf_mngt_cache_get_by_id(ocf_ctx_t ctx, ocf_cache_id_t id, ocf_cache_t *cache);
+int ocf_mngt_cache_get_by_name(ocf_ctx_t ctx, const char* name,
+		ocf_cache_t *cache);
 
 /**
  * @brief Increment reference counter of cache
@@ -241,14 +233,7 @@ int ocf_mngt_cache_visit_reverse(ocf_ctx_t ctx, ocf_mngt_cache_visitor_t visitor
  */
 struct ocf_mngt_cache_config {
 	/**
-	 * @brief Cache ID. In case of setting this field to invalid cache
-	 *		id first available cache ID will be set
-	 */
-	ocf_cache_id_t id;
-
-	/**
-	 * @brief Cache name. In case of being NULL, cache id is stringified to
-	 *		cache name
+	 * @brief Cache name
 	 */
 	const char *name;
 
@@ -309,13 +294,14 @@ struct ocf_mngt_cache_config {
 /**
  * @brief Initialize core config to default values
  *
+ * @note This function doesn't initialize name field which has no default
+ *       value and is required to be set by user.
+ *
  * @param[in] cfg Cache config stucture
  */
 static inline void ocf_mngt_cache_config_set_default(
 		struct ocf_mngt_cache_config *cfg)
 {
-	cfg->id = OCF_CACHE_ID_INVALID;
-	cfg->name = NULL;
 	cfg->cache_mode = ocf_cache_mode_default;
 	cfg->eviction_policy = ocf_eviction_default;
 	cfg->promotion_policy = ocf_promotion_default;
diff --git a/inc/ocf_trace.h b/inc/ocf_trace.h
index f46c222..445cae2 100644
--- a/inc/ocf_trace.h
+++ b/inc/ocf_trace.h
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ struct ocf_event_cache_desc {
 	/** Event header */
 	struct ocf_event_hdr hdr;
 
-	/** Cache Id */
-	ocf_cache_id_t id;
+	/** Cache name */
+	const char *name;
 
 	/** Cache line size */
 	ocf_cache_line_size_t cache_line_size;
diff --git a/inc/ocf_types.h b/inc/ocf_types.h
index fb02373..ead3b0d 100644
--- a/inc/ocf_types.h
+++ b/inc/ocf_types.h
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@
 
 #include "ocf_env_headers.h"
 
-/**
- * @brief cache id type (by default designated as 16 bit unsigned integer)
- */
-typedef uint16_t ocf_cache_id_t;
-
 /**
  * @brief cache line type (by default designated as 32 bit unsigned integer)
  */
diff --git a/src/metadata/metadata.c b/src/metadata/metadata.c
index 57d02fe..611ffc9 100644
--- a/src/metadata/metadata.c
+++ b/src/metadata/metadata.c
@@ -32,18 +32,16 @@ int ocf_metadata_init(struct ocf_cache *cache,
 
 	ENV_BUG_ON(cache->metadata.iface_priv);
 
-	ret = ocf_metadata_io_init(cache);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
 	*iface = *metadata_hash_get_iface();
 	ret = cache->metadata.iface.init(cache, cache_line_size);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
 		ocf_metadata_io_deinit(cache);
+		return ret;
+	}
 
 	ocf_metadata_concurrency_init(cache);
 
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int ocf_metadata_init_variable_size(struct ocf_cache *cache, uint64_t device_size,
diff --git a/src/metadata/metadata_superblock.h b/src/metadata/metadata_superblock.h
index 31c8cac..c1fd9c6 100644
--- a/src/metadata/metadata_superblock.h
+++ b/src/metadata/metadata_superblock.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #ifndef __METADATA_SUPERBLOCK_H__
 #define __METADATA_SUPERBLOCK_H__
 
+#include <ocf/ocf_def.h>
 #include <ocf/ocf_def.h>
 
 #define CACHE_MAGIC_NUMBER	0x187E1CA6
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ struct ocf_superblock_config {
 	/* Currently set cache mode */
 	ocf_cache_mode_t cache_mode;
 
+	char name[OCF_CACHE_NAME_SIZE];
+
 	ocf_cache_line_t cachelines;
 	uint32_t valid_parts_no;
 
diff --git a/src/mngt/ocf_mngt_cache.c b/src/mngt/ocf_mngt_cache.c
index de4afdc..d923c74 100644
--- a/src/mngt/ocf_mngt_cache.c
+++ b/src/mngt/ocf_mngt_cache.c
@@ -25,22 +25,6 @@
 
 #define OCF_ASSERT_PLUGGED(cache) ENV_BUG_ON(!(cache)->device)
 
-static ocf_cache_t _ocf_mngt_get_cache(ocf_ctx_t owner,
-		ocf_cache_id_t cache_id)
-{
-	ocf_cache_t iter = NULL;
-	ocf_cache_t cache = NULL;
-
-	list_for_each_entry(iter, &owner->caches, list) {
-		if (iter->cache_id == cache_id) {
-			cache = iter;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return cache;
-}
-
 #define DIRTY_SHUTDOWN_ERROR_MSG "Please use --load option to restore " \
 	"previous cache state (Warning: data corruption may happen)"  \
 	"\nOr initialize your cache using --force option. " \
@@ -55,9 +39,6 @@ static ocf_cache_t _ocf_mngt_get_cache(ocf_ctx_t owner,
 struct ocf_cache_mngt_init_params {
 	bool metadata_volatile;
 
-	ocf_cache_id_t id;
-		/*!< cache id */
-
 	ocf_ctx_t ctx;
 		/*!< OCF context */
 
@@ -175,18 +156,6 @@ struct ocf_cache_attach_context {
 	ocf_pipeline_t pipeline;
 };
 
-static ocf_cache_id_t _ocf_mngt_cache_find_free_id(ocf_ctx_t owner)
-{
-	ocf_cache_id_t id = OCF_CACHE_ID_INVALID;
-
-	for (id = OCF_CACHE_ID_MIN; id <= OCF_CACHE_ID_MAX; id++) {
-		if (!_ocf_mngt_get_cache(owner, id))
-			return id;
-	}
-
-	return OCF_CACHE_ID_INVALID;
-}
-
 static void __init_hash_table(ocf_cache_t cache)
 {
 	/* Initialize hash table*/
@@ -401,8 +370,6 @@ static int _ocf_mngt_init_instance_add_cores(
 		struct ocf_cache_attach_context *context)
 {
 	ocf_cache_t cache = context->cache;
-	/* FIXME: This is temporary hack. Remove after storing name it meta. */
-	char core_name[OCF_CORE_NAME_SIZE];
 	ocf_core_t core;
 	ocf_core_id_t core_id;
 	int ret = -1;
@@ -427,14 +394,6 @@ static int _ocf_mngt_init_instance_add_cores(
 		if (!core->volume.type)
 			goto err;
 
-		ret = snprintf(core_name, sizeof(core_name), "core%d", core_id);
-		if (ret < 0 || ret >= sizeof(core_name))
-			goto err;
-
-		ret = ocf_core_set_name(core, core_name, sizeof(core_name));
-		if (ret)
-			goto err;
-
 		tvolume = ocf_mngt_core_pool_lookup(ocf_cache_get_ctx(cache),
 				&core->volume.uuid, core->volume.type);
 		if (tvolume) {
@@ -624,9 +583,6 @@ static int _ocf_mngt_init_new_cache(struct ocf_cache_mngt_init_params *params)
 	/* start with freezed metadata ref counter to indicate detached device*/
 	ocf_refcnt_freeze(&cache->refcnt.metadata);
 
-	/* Copy all required initialization parameters */
-	cache->cache_id = params->id;
-
 	env_atomic_set(&(cache->last_access_ms),
 			env_ticks_to_msecs(env_get_tick_count()));
 
@@ -701,44 +657,22 @@ static int _ocf_mngt_init_prepare_cache(struct ocf_cache_mngt_init_params *param
 		struct ocf_mngt_cache_config *cfg)
 {
 	ocf_cache_t cache;
-	char cache_name[OCF_CACHE_NAME_SIZE];
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	ret = env_mutex_lock_interruptible(&param->ctx->lock);
+	ret = env_rmutex_lock_interruptible(&param->ctx->lock);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	if (param->id == OCF_CACHE_ID_INVALID) {
-		/* ID was not specified, take first free id */
-		param->id = _ocf_mngt_cache_find_free_id(param->ctx);
-		if (param->id == OCF_CACHE_ID_INVALID) {
-			ret = -OCF_ERR_TOO_MANY_CACHES;
-			goto out;
-		}
-		cfg->id = param->id;
-	} else {
-		/* ID was set, check if cache exist with specified ID */
-		cache = _ocf_mngt_get_cache(param->ctx, param->id);
-		if (cache) {
-			/* Cache already exist */
-			ret = -OCF_ERR_CACHE_EXIST;
-			goto out;
-		}
+	/* Check if cache with specified name exists */
+	ret = ocf_mngt_cache_get_by_name(param->ctx, cfg->name, &cache);
+	if (!ret) {
+		ocf_mngt_cache_put(cache);
+		/* Cache already exist */
+		ret = -OCF_ERR_CACHE_EXIST;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (cfg->name) {
-		ret = env_strncpy(cache_name, sizeof(cache_name) - 1,
-				cfg->name, sizeof(cache_name) - 1);
-		if (ret)
-			goto out;
-	} else {
-		ret = snprintf(cache_name, sizeof(cache_name),
-				"cache%hu", param->id);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			goto out;
-	}
-
-	ocf_log(param->ctx, log_info, "Inserting cache %s\n", cache_name);
+	ocf_log(param->ctx, log_info, "Inserting cache %s\n", cfg->name);
 
 	ret = _ocf_mngt_init_new_cache(param);
 	if (ret)
@@ -746,10 +680,6 @@ static int _ocf_mngt_init_prepare_cache(struct ocf_cache_mngt_init_params *param
 
 	cache = param->cache;
 
-	ret = ocf_cache_set_name(cache, cache_name, sizeof(cache_name));
-	if (ret)
-		goto out;
-
 	cache->backfill.max_queue_size = cfg->backfill.max_queue_size;
 	cache->backfill.queue_unblock_size = cfg->backfill.queue_unblock_size;
 
@@ -762,7 +692,7 @@ static int _ocf_mngt_init_prepare_cache(struct ocf_cache_mngt_init_params *param
 	cache->metadata.is_volatile = cfg->metadata_volatile;
 
 out:
-	env_mutex_unlock(&param->ctx->lock);
+	env_rmutex_unlock(&param->ctx->lock);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1196,12 +1126,12 @@ static void _ocf_mngt_init_handle_error(ocf_ctx_t ctx,
 	if (params->flags.metadata_inited)
 		ocf_metadata_deinit(cache);
 
-	env_mutex_lock(&ctx->lock);
+	env_rmutex_lock(&ctx->lock);
 
 	list_del(&cache->list);
 	env_vfree(cache);
 
-	env_mutex_unlock(&ctx->lock);
+	env_rmutex_unlock(&ctx->lock);
 }
 
 static void _ocf_mngt_attach_handle_error(
@@ -1263,12 +1193,11 @@ static int _ocf_mngt_cache_start(ocf_ctx_t ctx, ocf_cache_t *cache,
 		struct ocf_mngt_cache_config *cfg)
 {
 	struct ocf_cache_mngt_init_params params;
+	ocf_cache_t tmp_cache;
 	int result;
 
 	ENV_BUG_ON(env_memset(&params, sizeof(params), 0));
 
-	params.id = cfg->id;
-
 	params.ctx = ctx;
 	params.metadata.cache_mode = cfg->cache_mode;
 	params.metadata.layout = cfg->metadata_layout;
@@ -1282,21 +1211,30 @@ static int _ocf_mngt_cache_start(ocf_ctx_t ctx, ocf_cache_t *cache,
 	if (result)
 		goto _cache_mngt_init_instance_ERROR;
 
-	*cache  = params.cache;
+	tmp_cache = params.cache;
 
 	/*
 	 * Initialize metadata selected segments of metadata in memory
 	 */
-	result = ocf_metadata_init(*cache, params.metadata.line_size);
+	result = ocf_metadata_init(tmp_cache, params.metadata.line_size);
 	if (result) {
 		result =  -OCF_ERR_START_CACHE_FAIL;
 		goto _cache_mngt_init_instance_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	ocf_log(ctx, log_debug, "Metadata initialized\n");
 	params.flags.metadata_inited = true;
 
-	_ocf_mngt_cache_init(*cache, &params);
+	result = ocf_cache_set_name(tmp_cache, cfg->name, OCF_CACHE_NAME_SIZE);
+	if (result)
+		goto _cache_mngt_init_instance_ERROR;
+
+	result = ocf_metadata_io_init(tmp_cache);
+	if (result)
+		goto _cache_mngt_init_instance_ERROR;
+
+	ocf_cache_log(tmp_cache, log_debug, "Metadata initialized\n");
+
+	_ocf_mngt_cache_init(tmp_cache, &params);
 
 	ocf_ctx_get(ctx);
 
@@ -1304,10 +1242,12 @@ static int _ocf_mngt_cache_start(ocf_ctx_t ctx, ocf_cache_t *cache,
 		/* User did not request to lock cache instance after creation -
 		   unlock it here since we have acquired the lock to
 		   perform management operations. */
-		ocf_mngt_cache_unlock(*cache);
+		ocf_mngt_cache_unlock(tmp_cache);
 		params.flags.cache_locked = false;
 	}
 
+	*cache = tmp_cache;
+
 	return 0;
 
 _cache_mngt_init_instance_ERROR:
@@ -1640,7 +1580,7 @@ err_pipeline:
 
 static int _ocf_mngt_cache_validate_cfg(struct ocf_mngt_cache_config *cfg)
 {
-	if (cfg->id > OCF_CACHE_ID_MAX)
+	if (!cfg->name)
 		return -OCF_ERR_INVAL;
 
 	if (!ocf_cache_mode_is_valid(cfg->cache_mode))
@@ -2028,12 +1968,12 @@ static void ocf_mngt_cache_stop_put_io_queues(ocf_pipeline_t pipeline,
 
 static void ocf_mngt_cache_remove(ocf_ctx_t ctx, ocf_cache_t cache)
 {
-	env_mutex_lock(&ctx->lock);
+	env_rmutex_lock(&ctx->lock);
 	/* Mark device uninitialized */
 	ocf_refcnt_freeze(&cache->refcnt.cache);
 	/* Remove cache from the list */
 	list_del(&cache->list);
-	env_mutex_unlock(&ctx->lock);
+	env_rmutex_unlock(&ctx->lock);
 }
 
 static void ocf_mngt_cache_stop_finish(ocf_pipeline_t pipeline,
diff --git a/src/mngt/ocf_mngt_common.c b/src/mngt/ocf_mngt_common.c
index 68d0070..1a9f1a1 100644
--- a/src/mngt/ocf_mngt_common.c
+++ b/src/mngt/ocf_mngt_common.c
@@ -139,27 +139,21 @@ void ocf_mngt_cache_put(ocf_cache_t cache)
 	}
 }
 
-int ocf_mngt_cache_get_by_id(ocf_ctx_t ocf_ctx, ocf_cache_id_t id, ocf_cache_t *cache)
+int ocf_mngt_cache_get_by_name(ocf_ctx_t ctx, const char *name,
+		ocf_cache_t *cache)
 {
-	int error = 0;
 	struct ocf_cache *instance = NULL;
 	struct ocf_cache *iter = NULL;
 
-	OCF_CHECK_NULL(ocf_ctx);
+	OCF_CHECK_NULL(ctx);
 	OCF_CHECK_NULL(cache);
 
-	*cache = NULL;
-
-	if ((id < OCF_CACHE_ID_MIN) || (id > OCF_CACHE_ID_MAX)) {
-		/* Cache id out of range */
-		return -OCF_ERR_INVAL;
-	}
-
 	/* Lock caches list */
-	env_mutex_lock(&ocf_ctx->lock);
+	env_rmutex_lock(&ctx->lock);
 
-	list_for_each_entry(iter, &ocf_ctx->caches, list) {
-		if (iter->cache_id == id) {
+	list_for_each_entry(iter, &ctx->caches, list) {
+		if (!env_strncmp(ocf_cache_get_name(iter), name,
+				OCF_CACHE_NAME_SIZE)) {
 			instance = iter;
 			break;
 		}
@@ -173,14 +167,14 @@ int ocf_mngt_cache_get_by_id(ocf_ctx_t ocf_ctx, ocf_cache_id_t id, ocf_cache_t *
 		}
 	}
 
-	env_mutex_unlock(&ocf_ctx->lock);
+	env_rmutex_unlock(&ctx->lock);
 
 	if (!instance)
-		error = -OCF_ERR_CACHE_NOT_EXIST;
-	else
-		*cache = instance;
+		return -OCF_ERR_CACHE_NOT_EXIST;
 
-	return error;
+	*cache = instance;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 typedef void (*ocf_lock_fn_t)(ocf_async_lock_waiter_t waiter);
@@ -363,7 +357,7 @@ static int _ocf_mngt_cache_get_list_cpy(ocf_ctx_t ocf_ctx, ocf_cache_t **list,
 	*list = NULL;
 	*size = 0;
 
-	env_mutex_lock(&ocf_ctx->lock);
+	env_rmutex_lock(&ocf_ctx->lock);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(iter, &ocf_ctx->caches, list) {
 		count++;
@@ -392,7 +386,7 @@ static int _ocf_mngt_cache_get_list_cpy(ocf_ctx_t ocf_ctx, ocf_cache_t **list,
 	}
 
 END:
-	env_mutex_unlock(&ocf_ctx->lock);
+	env_rmutex_unlock(&ocf_ctx->lock);
 	return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/mngt/ocf_mngt_core.c b/src/mngt/ocf_mngt_core.c
index cfe10bd..c1a7e1c 100644
--- a/src/mngt/ocf_mngt_core.c
+++ b/src/mngt/ocf_mngt_core.c
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ static ocf_seq_no_t _ocf_mngt_get_core_seq_no(ocf_cache_t cache)
 	return ++cache->conf_meta->curr_core_seq_no;
 }
 
+static int ocf_mngt_core_set_name(ocf_core_t core, const char *name)
+{
+	return env_strncpy(core->conf_meta->name, OCF_CORE_NAME_SIZE,
+			name, OCF_CORE_NAME_SIZE);
+}
+
 static int _ocf_uuid_set(const struct ocf_volume_uuid *uuid,
 		struct ocf_metadata_uuid *muuid)
 {
@@ -73,53 +79,11 @@ void ocf_mngt_core_clear_uuid_metadata(ocf_core_t core)
 	ocf_mngt_core_set_uuid_metadata(core, &uuid, NULL);
 }
 
-
-static int _ocf_mngt_cache_try_add_core(ocf_cache_t cache, ocf_core_t *core,
-		struct ocf_mngt_core_config *cfg)
-{
-	int result = 0;
-	ocf_core_t tmp_core;
-	ocf_volume_t volume;
-
-	tmp_core = &cache->core[cfg->core_id];
-	volume = &tmp_core->volume;
-
-	if (ocf_ctx_get_volume_type_id(cache->owner, volume->type) !=
-			cfg->volume_type) {
-		result = -OCF_ERR_INVAL_VOLUME_TYPE;
-		goto error_out;
-	}
-
-	result = ocf_volume_open(volume, NULL);
-	if (result)
-		goto error_out;
-
-	if (!ocf_volume_get_length(volume)) {
-		result = -OCF_ERR_CORE_NOT_AVAIL;
-		goto error_after_open;
-	}
-
-	tmp_core->opened = true;
-
-	if (!(--cache->ocf_core_inactive_count))
-		env_bit_clear(ocf_cache_state_incomplete, &cache->cache_state);
-
-	*core = tmp_core;
-	return 0;
-
-error_after_open:
-	ocf_volume_close(volume);
-error_out:
-	*core = NULL;
-	return result;
-}
-
 struct ocf_cache_add_core_context {
 	ocf_mngt_cache_add_core_end_t cmpl;
 	void *priv;
 	ocf_pipeline_t pipeline;
 	struct ocf_mngt_core_config cfg;
-	char core_name[OCF_CORE_NAME_SIZE];
 	ocf_cache_t cache;
 	ocf_core_t core;
 
@@ -135,20 +99,21 @@ struct ocf_cache_add_core_context {
 static void _ocf_mngt_cache_add_core_handle_error(
 		struct ocf_cache_add_core_context *context)
 {
-	struct ocf_mngt_core_config *cfg = &context->cfg;
 	ocf_cache_t cache = context->cache;
 	ocf_core_t core = context->core;
+	ocf_core_id_t core_id;
 	ocf_volume_t volume;
 	ocf_cleaning_t clean_type;
 
 	if (!core)
 		return;
 
+	core_id = ocf_core_get_id(core);
 	volume = &core->volume;
 	clean_type = cache->conf_meta->cleaning_policy_type;
 
 	if (context->flags.counters_allocated) {
-		env_bit_clear(cfg->core_id,
+		env_bit_clear(core_id,
 				cache->conf_meta->valid_core_bitmap);
 		core->conf_meta->added = false;
 		core->opened = false;
@@ -160,7 +125,7 @@ static void _ocf_mngt_cache_add_core_handle_error(
 	if (context->flags.clean_pol_added) {
 		if (cleaning_policy_ops[clean_type].remove_core)
 			cleaning_policy_ops[clean_type].remove_core(cache,
-					cfg->core_id);
+					core_id);
 	}
 
 	if (context->flags.volume_opened)
@@ -173,123 +138,6 @@ static void _ocf_mngt_cache_add_core_handle_error(
 		ocf_mngt_core_clear_uuid_metadata(core);
 }
 
-static void _ocf_mngt_cache_add_core_flush_sb_complete(void *priv, int error)
-{
-	struct ocf_cache_add_core_context *context = priv;
-
-	if (error)
-		OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(context->pipeline, -OCF_ERR_WRITE_CACHE);
-
-	/* Increase value of added cores */
-	context->cache->conf_meta->core_count++;
-
-	ocf_pipeline_next(context->pipeline);
-}
-
-static void _ocf_mngt_cache_add_core(ocf_cache_t cache,
-		struct ocf_cache_add_core_context *context)
-{
-	struct ocf_mngt_core_config *cfg = &context->cfg;
-	ocf_core_t core;
-	struct ocf_volume_uuid new_uuid;
-	ocf_volume_t volume;
-	ocf_volume_type_t type;
-	ocf_seq_no_t core_sequence_no;
-	ocf_cleaning_t clean_type;
-	uint64_t length;
-	int result = 0;
-
-	core = ocf_cache_get_core(cache, cfg->core_id);
-	context->core = core;
-
-	volume = &core->volume;
-	volume->cache = cache;
-
-	/* Set uuid */
-	result = ocf_mngt_core_set_uuid_metadata(core, &cfg->uuid, &new_uuid);
-	if (result)
-		OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(context->pipeline, result);
-
-	context->flags.uuid_set = true;
-
-	type = ocf_ctx_get_volume_type(cache->owner, cfg->volume_type);
-	if (!type) {
-		OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(context->pipeline,
-				-OCF_ERR_INVAL_VOLUME_TYPE);
-	}
-
-	result = ocf_volume_init(volume, type, &new_uuid, false);
-	if (result)
-		OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(context->pipeline, result);
-
-	context->flags.volume_inited = true;
-
-	if (cfg->user_metadata.data && cfg->user_metadata.size > 0) {
-		result = ocf_mngt_core_set_user_metadata(core,
-				cfg->user_metadata.data,
-				cfg->user_metadata.size);
-		if (result)
-			OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(context->pipeline, result);
-	}
-
-	result = ocf_volume_open(volume, NULL);
-	if (result)
-		OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(context->pipeline, result);
-
-	context->flags.volume_opened = true;
-
-	length = ocf_volume_get_length(volume);
-	if (!length)
-		OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(context->pipeline, -OCF_ERR_CORE_NOT_AVAIL);
-
-	core->conf_meta->length = length;
-
-	clean_type = cache->conf_meta->cleaning_policy_type;
-	if (ocf_cache_is_device_attached(cache) &&
-			cleaning_policy_ops[clean_type].add_core) {
-		result = cleaning_policy_ops[clean_type].add_core(cache,
-				cfg->core_id);
-		if (result)
-			OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(context->pipeline, result);
-
-		context->flags.clean_pol_added = true;
-	}
-
-	/* When adding new core to cache, allocate stat counters */
-	core->counters =
-		env_zalloc(sizeof(*core->counters), ENV_MEM_NORMAL);
-	if (!core->counters)
-		OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(context->pipeline, -OCF_ERR_NO_MEM);
-
-	context->flags.counters_allocated = true;
-
-	/* When adding new core to cache, reset all core/cache statistics */
-	ocf_core_stats_initialize(core);
-	env_atomic_set(&core->runtime_meta->cached_clines, 0);
-	env_atomic_set(&core->runtime_meta->dirty_clines, 0);
-	env_atomic64_set(&core->runtime_meta->dirty_since, 0);
-
-	/* In metadata mark data this core was added into cache */
-	env_bit_set(cfg->core_id, cache->conf_meta->valid_core_bitmap);
-	core->conf_meta->added = true;
-	core->opened = true;
-
-	/* Set default cache parameters for sequential */
-	core->conf_meta->seq_cutoff_policy = ocf_seq_cutoff_policy_default;
-	core->conf_meta->seq_cutoff_threshold = cfg->seq_cutoff_threshold;
-
-	/* Add core sequence number for atomic metadata matching */
-	core_sequence_no = _ocf_mngt_get_core_seq_no(cache);
-	if (core_sequence_no == OCF_SEQ_NO_INVALID)
-		OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(context->pipeline, -OCF_ERR_TOO_MANY_CORES);
-
-	core->conf_meta->seq_no = core_sequence_no;
-
-	/* Update super-block with core device addition */
-	ocf_metadata_flush_superblock(cache,
-			_ocf_mngt_cache_add_core_flush_sb_complete, context);
-}
-
 static unsigned long _ffz(unsigned long word)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -325,117 +173,21 @@ static unsigned long _ocf_mngt_find_first_free_core(const unsigned long *bitmap)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int __ocf_mngt_lookup_core_uuid(ocf_cache_t cache,
-		struct ocf_mngt_core_config *cfg)
+static int ocf_mngt_find_free_core(ocf_cache_t cache, ocf_core_t *core)
 {
-	int i;
+	ocf_core_id_t core_id;
+	ocf_core_t tmp_core;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < OCF_CORE_MAX; i++) {
-		ocf_core_t core = &cache->core[i];
+	core_id = _ocf_mngt_find_first_free_core(
+			cache->conf_meta->valid_core_bitmap);
 
-		if (!env_bit_test(i, cache->conf_meta->valid_core_bitmap))
-			continue;
-
-		if (cache->core[i].opened)
-			continue;
-
-		if (ocf_ctx_get_volume_type_id(cache->owner, core->volume.type)
-				!= cfg->volume_type) {
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		if (!env_strncmp(core->volume.uuid.data, cfg->uuid.data,
-					OCF_MIN(core->volume.uuid.size,
-						cfg->uuid.size)))
-			return i;
-	}
-
-	return OCF_CORE_MAX;
-}
-
-static int __ocf_mngt_try_find_core_id(ocf_cache_t cache,
-		struct ocf_mngt_core_config *cfg, ocf_core_id_t tmp_core_id)
-{
-	if (tmp_core_id == OCF_CORE_MAX) {
-		ocf_cache_log(cache, log_err, "Core with given uuid not found "
-				"in cache metadata\n");
-		return -OCF_ERR_CORE_NOT_AVAIL;
-	}
-
-	if (cfg->core_id == OCF_CORE_MAX) {
-		cfg->core_id = tmp_core_id;
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	if (cfg->core_id != tmp_core_id) {
-		ocf_cache_log(cache, log_err,
-				"Given core id doesn't match with metadata\n");
-		return -OCF_ERR_CORE_NOT_AVAIL;
-	}
-
-
-	cfg->core_id = tmp_core_id;
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int __ocf_mngt_find_core_id(ocf_cache_t cache,
-		struct ocf_mngt_core_config *cfg, ocf_core_id_t tmp_core_id)
-{
-	if (tmp_core_id != OCF_CORE_MAX) {
-		ocf_cache_log(cache, log_err,
-				"Core ID already added as inactive with id:"
-				" %hu.\n", tmp_core_id);
-		return -OCF_ERR_CORE_NOT_AVAIL;
-	}
-
-	if (cfg->core_id == OCF_CORE_MAX) {
-		ocf_cache_log(cache, log_debug, "Core ID is unspecified - "
-				"will set first available number\n");
-
-		/* Core is unspecified */
-		cfg->core_id = _ocf_mngt_find_first_free_core(
-				cache->conf_meta->valid_core_bitmap);
-		/* no need to check if find_first_zero_bit failed and
-		 * *core_id == MAX_CORE_OBJS_PER_CACHE, as above there is check
-		 * for core_count being greater or equal to
-		 * MAX_CORE_OBJS_PER_CACHE
-		 */
-	} else if (cfg->core_id < OCF_CORE_MAX) {
-		/* check if id is not used already */
-		if (env_bit_test(cfg->core_id,
-					cache->conf_meta->valid_core_bitmap)) {
-			ocf_cache_log(cache, log_debug,
-					"Core ID already allocated: %d.\n",
-					cfg->core_id);
-			return -OCF_ERR_CORE_NOT_AVAIL;
-		}
-	} else {
-		ocf_cache_log(cache, log_err,
-				"Core ID exceeds maximum of %d.\n",
-				OCF_CORE_MAX);
-		return -OCF_ERR_CORE_NOT_AVAIL;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int _ocf_mngt_find_core_id(ocf_cache_t cache,
-		struct ocf_mngt_core_config *cfg)
-{
-	int result;
-	ocf_core_id_t tmp_core_id;
-
-	if (cache->conf_meta->core_count >= OCF_CORE_MAX)
+	tmp_core = ocf_cache_get_core(cache, core_id);
+	if (!tmp_core)
 		return -OCF_ERR_TOO_MANY_CORES;
 
-	tmp_core_id = __ocf_mngt_lookup_core_uuid(cache, cfg);
+	*core = tmp_core;
 
-	if (cfg->try_add)
-		result = __ocf_mngt_try_find_core_id(cache, cfg, tmp_core_id);
-	else
-		result = __ocf_mngt_find_core_id(cache, cfg, tmp_core_id);
-
-	return result;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int ocf_mngt_core_init_front_volume(ocf_core_t core)
@@ -463,35 +215,117 @@ int ocf_mngt_core_init_front_volume(ocf_core_t core)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void ocf_mngt_cache_add_core_prepare(ocf_pipeline_t pipeline,
+static void ocf_mngt_cache_try_add_core_prepare(ocf_pipeline_t pipeline,
+		void *priv, ocf_pipeline_arg_t arg)
+{
+	struct ocf_cache_add_core_context *context = priv;
+	struct ocf_mngt_core_config *cfg = &context->cfg;
+	ocf_cache_t cache = context->cache;
+	ocf_core_t core;
+	ocf_volume_t volume;
+	ocf_volume_type_t type;
+	ocf_ctx_t ctx = cache->owner;
+	int result;
+
+	result = ocf_core_get_by_name(cache, cfg->name, &core);
+	if (result)
+		goto err;
+
+	if (core->opened) {
+		result = -OCF_ERR_INVAL;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	volume = ocf_core_get_volume(core);
+	type = ocf_volume_get_type(volume);
+
+	if (ocf_ctx_get_volume_type_id(ctx, type) != cfg->volume_type) {
+		result = -OCF_ERR_INVAL_VOLUME_TYPE;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	if (env_strncmp(volume->uuid.data, cfg->uuid.data,
+			OCF_MIN(volume->uuid.size, cfg->uuid.size))) {
+		result = -OCF_ERR_INVAL;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	context->core = core;
+
+	OCF_PL_NEXT_RET(pipeline);
+
+err:
+	ocf_cache_log(cache, log_err, "Core with given uuid not found "
+			"in cache metadata\n");
+	OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(pipeline, result);
+}
+
+static void ocf_mngt_cache_try_add_core_insert(ocf_pipeline_t pipeline,
 		void *priv, ocf_pipeline_arg_t arg)
 {
 	struct ocf_cache_add_core_context *context = priv;
 	ocf_cache_t cache = context->cache;
-	char *core_name = context->core_name;
+	ocf_core_t core = context->core;
+	ocf_volume_t volume;
 	int result;
 
-	result = _ocf_mngt_find_core_id(cache, &context->cfg);
-	if (result)
-		OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(context->pipeline, result);
+	ocf_core_log(core, log_debug, "Inserting core\n");
 
-	if (context->cfg.name) {
-		result = env_strncpy(core_name, sizeof(context->core_name),
-				context->cfg.name, sizeof(context->core_name));
-		if (result)
-			OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(context->pipeline, result);
-	} else {
-		result = snprintf(core_name, sizeof(context->core_name),
-				"core%hu", context->cfg.core_id);
-		if (result < 0)
-			OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(context->pipeline, result);
+	volume = ocf_core_get_volume(core);
+
+	result = ocf_volume_open(volume, NULL);
+	if (result)
+		OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(pipeline, result);
+
+	if (!ocf_volume_get_length(volume)) {
+		result = -OCF_ERR_CORE_NOT_AVAIL;
+		goto error_after_open;
 	}
 
-	result = ocf_core_set_name(&cache->core[context->cfg.core_id],
-			core_name, sizeof(context->core_name));
+	core->opened = true;
+
+	if (!(--cache->ocf_core_inactive_count))
+		env_bit_clear(ocf_cache_state_incomplete, &cache->cache_state);
+
+	OCF_PL_NEXT_RET(pipeline);
+
+error_after_open:
+	ocf_volume_close(volume);
+	OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(pipeline, result);
+}
+
+static void ocf_mngt_cache_add_core_prepare(ocf_pipeline_t pipeline,
+		void *priv, ocf_pipeline_arg_t arg)
+{
+	struct ocf_cache_add_core_context *context = priv;
+	struct ocf_mngt_core_config *cfg = &context->cfg;
+	ocf_cache_t cache = context->cache;
+	ocf_core_t core;
+	int result;
+
+	result = ocf_core_get_by_name(cache, cfg->name, &core);
+	if (!result)
+		OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(context->pipeline, -OCF_ERR_CORE_EXIST);
+
+	result = ocf_mngt_find_free_core(cache, &core);
 	if (result)
 		OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(context->pipeline, result);
 
+	context->core = core;
+
+	ocf_pipeline_next(context->pipeline);
+}
+
+static void _ocf_mngt_cache_add_core_flush_sb_complete(void *priv, int error)
+{
+	struct ocf_cache_add_core_context *context = priv;
+
+	if (error)
+		OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(context->pipeline, -OCF_ERR_WRITE_CACHE);
+
+	/* Increase value of added cores */
+	context->cache->conf_meta->core_count++;
+
 	ocf_pipeline_next(context->pipeline);
 }
 
@@ -499,20 +333,109 @@ static void ocf_mngt_cache_add_core_insert(ocf_pipeline_t pipeline,
 		void *priv, ocf_pipeline_arg_t arg)
 {
 	struct ocf_cache_add_core_context *context = priv;
+	struct ocf_mngt_core_config *cfg = &context->cfg;
 	ocf_cache_t cache = context->cache;
-	char *core_name = context->core_name;
-	int result;
+	ocf_core_t core = context->core;
+	ocf_core_id_t core_id;
+	struct ocf_volume_uuid new_uuid;
+	ocf_volume_t volume;
+	ocf_volume_type_t type;
+	ocf_seq_no_t core_sequence_no;
+	ocf_cleaning_t clean_type;
+	uint64_t length;
+	int result = 0;
 
-	ocf_cache_log(cache, log_debug, "Inserting core %s\n", core_name);
+	ocf_cache_log(cache, log_debug, "Inserting core %s\n", cfg->name);
 
-	if (context->cfg.try_add) {
-		result = _ocf_mngt_cache_try_add_core(cache, &context->core,
-				&context->cfg);
+	volume = ocf_core_get_volume(core);
+	volume->cache = cache;
+	core_id = ocf_core_get_id(core);
 
-		OCF_PL_NEXT_ON_SUCCESS_RET(context->pipeline, result);
+	result = ocf_mngt_core_set_name(core, cfg->name);
+	if (result)
+		OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(pipeline, result);
+
+	/* Set uuid */
+	result = ocf_mngt_core_set_uuid_metadata(core, &cfg->uuid, &new_uuid);
+	if (result)
+		OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(pipeline, result);
+
+	context->flags.uuid_set = true;
+
+	type = ocf_ctx_get_volume_type(cache->owner, cfg->volume_type);
+	if (!type)
+		OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(pipeline, -OCF_ERR_INVAL_VOLUME_TYPE);
+
+	result = ocf_volume_init(volume, type, &new_uuid, false);
+	if (result)
+		OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(pipeline, result);
+
+	context->flags.volume_inited = true;
+
+	if (cfg->user_metadata.data && cfg->user_metadata.size > 0) {
+		result = ocf_mngt_core_set_user_metadata(core,
+				cfg->user_metadata.data,
+				cfg->user_metadata.size);
+		if (result)
+			OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(pipeline, result);
 	}
 
-	_ocf_mngt_cache_add_core(cache, context);
+	result = ocf_volume_open(volume, NULL);
+	if (result)
+		OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(pipeline, result);
+
+	context->flags.volume_opened = true;
+
+	length = ocf_volume_get_length(volume);
+	if (!length)
+		OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(pipeline, -OCF_ERR_CORE_NOT_AVAIL);
+
+	core->conf_meta->length = length;
+
+	clean_type = cache->conf_meta->cleaning_policy_type;
+	if (ocf_cache_is_device_attached(cache) &&
+			cleaning_policy_ops[clean_type].add_core) {
+		result = cleaning_policy_ops[clean_type].add_core(cache,
+				core_id);
+		if (result)
+			OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(pipeline, result);
+
+		context->flags.clean_pol_added = true;
+	}
+
+	/* When adding new core to cache, allocate stat counters */
+	core->counters =
+		env_zalloc(sizeof(*core->counters), ENV_MEM_NORMAL);
+	if (!core->counters)
+		OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(context->pipeline, -OCF_ERR_NO_MEM);
+
+	context->flags.counters_allocated = true;
+
+	/* When adding new core to cache, reset all core/cache statistics */
+	ocf_core_stats_initialize(core);
+	env_atomic_set(&core->runtime_meta->cached_clines, 0);
+	env_atomic_set(&core->runtime_meta->dirty_clines, 0);
+	env_atomic64_set(&core->runtime_meta->dirty_since, 0);
+
+	/* In metadata mark data this core was added into cache */
+	env_bit_set(core_id, cache->conf_meta->valid_core_bitmap);
+	core->conf_meta->added = true;
+	core->opened = true;
+
+	/* Set default cache parameters for sequential */
+	core->conf_meta->seq_cutoff_policy = ocf_seq_cutoff_policy_default;
+	core->conf_meta->seq_cutoff_threshold = cfg->seq_cutoff_threshold;
+
+	/* Add core sequence number for atomic metadata matching */
+	core_sequence_no = _ocf_mngt_get_core_seq_no(cache);
+	if (core_sequence_no == OCF_SEQ_NO_INVALID)
+		OCF_PL_FINISH_RET(pipeline, -OCF_ERR_TOO_MANY_CORES);
+
+	core->conf_meta->seq_no = core_sequence_no;
+
+	/* Update super-block with core device addition */
+	ocf_metadata_flush_superblock(cache,
+			_ocf_mngt_cache_add_core_flush_sb_complete, context);
 }
 
 static void ocf_mngt_cache_add_core_init_front_volume(ocf_pipeline_t pipeline,
@@ -540,10 +463,10 @@ static void ocf_mngt_cache_add_core_finish(ocf_pipeline_t pipeline,
 
 		if (error == -OCF_ERR_CORE_NOT_AVAIL) {
 			ocf_cache_log(cache, log_err, "Core %s is zero size\n",
-					context->core_name);
+					context->cfg.name);
 		}
 		ocf_cache_log(cache, log_err, "Adding core %s failed\n",
-				context->core_name);
+				context->cfg.name);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -551,11 +474,23 @@ static void ocf_mngt_cache_add_core_finish(ocf_pipeline_t pipeline,
 
 out:
 	context->cmpl(cache, core, context->priv, error);
+	env_vfree(context->cfg.name);
 	env_vfree(context->cfg.uuid.data);
 	ocf_pipeline_destroy(context->pipeline);
 }
 
-struct ocf_pipeline_properties ocf_mngt_cache_add_core_pipeline_properties = {
+struct ocf_pipeline_properties ocf_mngt_cache_try_add_core_pipeline_props = {
+	.priv_size = sizeof(struct ocf_cache_add_core_context),
+	.finish = ocf_mngt_cache_add_core_finish,
+	.steps = {
+		OCF_PL_STEP(ocf_mngt_cache_try_add_core_prepare),
+		OCF_PL_STEP(ocf_mngt_cache_try_add_core_insert),
+		OCF_PL_STEP(ocf_mngt_cache_add_core_init_front_volume),
+		OCF_PL_STEP_TERMINATOR(),
+	},
+};
+
+struct ocf_pipeline_properties ocf_mngt_cache_add_core_pipeline_props = {
 	.priv_size = sizeof(struct ocf_cache_add_core_context),
 	.finish = ocf_mngt_cache_add_core_finish,
 	.steps = {
@@ -572,6 +507,7 @@ void ocf_mngt_cache_add_core(ocf_cache_t cache,
 {
 	struct ocf_cache_add_core_context *context;
 	ocf_pipeline_t pipeline;
+	char *name;
 	void *data;
 	int result;
 
@@ -580,8 +516,12 @@ void ocf_mngt_cache_add_core(ocf_cache_t cache,
 	if (!cache->mngt_queue)
 		OCF_CMPL_RET(cache, NULL, priv, -OCF_ERR_INVAL);
 
-	result = ocf_pipeline_create(&pipeline, cache,
-			&ocf_mngt_cache_add_core_pipeline_properties);
+	if (!cfg->name)
+		OCF_CMPL_RET(cache, NULL, priv, -OCF_ERR_INVAL);
+
+	result = ocf_pipeline_create(&pipeline, cache, cfg->try_add ?
+			&ocf_mngt_cache_try_add_core_pipeline_props :
+			&ocf_mngt_cache_add_core_pipeline_props);
 	if (result)
 		OCF_CMPL_RET(cache, NULL, priv, -OCF_ERR_NO_MEM);
 
@@ -593,10 +533,23 @@ void ocf_mngt_cache_add_core(ocf_cache_t cache,
 	context->cache = cache;
 	context->cfg = *cfg;
 
+	name = env_vmalloc(OCF_CORE_NAME_SIZE);
+	if (!name) {
+		result = -OCF_ERR_NO_MEM;
+		goto err_pipeline;
+	}
+
+	result = env_strncpy(name, OCF_CORE_NAME_SIZE,
+			cfg->name, OCF_CORE_NAME_SIZE);
+	if (result)
+		goto err_name;
+
+	context->cfg.name = name;
+
 	data = env_vmalloc(cfg->uuid.size);
 	if (!data) {
 		result = -OCF_ERR_NO_MEM;
-		goto err_pipeline;
+		goto err_name;
 	}
 
 	result = env_memcpy(data, cfg->uuid.size, cfg->uuid.data,
@@ -610,6 +563,8 @@ void ocf_mngt_cache_add_core(ocf_cache_t cache,
 
 err_uuid:
 	env_vfree(data);
+err_name:
+	env_vfree(context->cfg.name);
 err_pipeline:
 	ocf_pipeline_destroy(context->pipeline);
 	OCF_CMPL_RET(cache, NULL, priv, result);
@@ -848,7 +803,7 @@ void ocf_mngt_cache_detach_core(ocf_core_t core,
 	context->cmpl = cmpl;
 	context->priv = priv;
 	context->pipeline = pipeline;
-	context->cache = ocf_core_get_cache(core);
+	context->cache = cache;
 	context->core = core;
 	context->core_name = ocf_core_get_name(core);
 
diff --git a/src/mngt/ocf_mngt_core_pool.c b/src/mngt/ocf_mngt_core_pool.c
index a80bb57..8e28463 100644
--- a/src/mngt/ocf_mngt_core_pool.c
+++ b/src/mngt/ocf_mngt_core_pool.c
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ int ocf_mngt_core_pool_get_count(ocf_ctx_t ctx)
 {
 	int count;
 	OCF_CHECK_NULL(ctx);
-	env_mutex_lock(&ctx->lock);
+	env_rmutex_lock(&ctx->lock);
 	count = ctx->core_pool.core_pool_count;
-	env_mutex_unlock(&ctx->lock);
+	env_rmutex_unlock(&ctx->lock);
 	return count;
 }
 
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ int ocf_mngt_core_pool_add(ocf_ctx_t ctx, ocf_uuid_t uuid, uint8_t type)
 		return result;
 	}
 
-	env_mutex_lock(&ctx->lock);
+	env_rmutex_lock(&ctx->lock);
 	list_add(&volume->core_pool_item, &ctx->core_pool.core_pool_head);
 	ctx->core_pool.core_pool_count++;
-	env_mutex_unlock(&ctx->lock);
+	env_rmutex_unlock(&ctx->lock);
 	return result;
 }
 
@@ -59,14 +59,14 @@ int ocf_mngt_core_pool_visit(ocf_ctx_t ctx,
 	OCF_CHECK_NULL(ctx);
 	OCF_CHECK_NULL(visitor);
 
-	env_mutex_lock(&ctx->lock);
+	env_rmutex_lock(&ctx->lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(svolume, &ctx->core_pool.core_pool_head,
 			core_pool_item) {
 		result = visitor(&svolume->uuid, visitor_ctx);
 		if (result)
 			break;
 	}
-	env_mutex_unlock(&ctx->lock);
+	env_rmutex_unlock(&ctx->lock);
 	return result;
 }
 
@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ void ocf_mngt_core_pool_remove(ocf_ctx_t ctx, ocf_volume_t volume)
 {
 	OCF_CHECK_NULL(ctx);
 	OCF_CHECK_NULL(volume);
-	env_mutex_lock(&ctx->lock);
+	env_rmutex_lock(&ctx->lock);
 	ctx->core_pool.core_pool_count--;
 	list_del(&volume->core_pool_item);
-	env_mutex_unlock(&ctx->lock);
+	env_rmutex_unlock(&ctx->lock);
 	ocf_volume_destroy(volume);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/mngt/ocf_mngt_flush.c b/src/mngt/ocf_mngt_flush.c
index a09f82c..4ddb7a8 100644
--- a/src/mngt/ocf_mngt_flush.c
+++ b/src/mngt/ocf_mngt_flush.c
@@ -179,13 +179,12 @@ static int _ocf_mngt_get_sectors(ocf_cache_t cache, ocf_core_id_t core_id,
 			break;
 	}
 
-	ocf_core_log(&cache->core[core_id], log_debug,
+	ocf_core_log(core, log_debug,
 			"%u dirty cache lines to clean\n", j);
 
 	if (dirty != j) {
-		ocf_cache_log(cache, log_debug, "Wrong number of dirty "
-				"blocks for flushing core %s (%u!=%u)\n",
-				cache->core[core_id].name, j, dirty);
+		ocf_core_log(core, log_debug, "Wrong number of dirty "
+				"blocks for flushing (%u!=%u)\n", j, dirty);
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/src/mngt/ocf_mngt_misc.c b/src/mngt/ocf_mngt_misc.c
index 002b23c..d7a8623 100644
--- a/src/mngt/ocf_mngt_misc.c
+++ b/src/mngt/ocf_mngt_misc.c
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ uint32_t ocf_mngt_cache_get_count(ocf_ctx_t ctx)
 
 	OCF_CHECK_NULL(ctx);
 
-	env_mutex_lock(&ctx->lock);
+	env_rmutex_lock(&ctx->lock);
 
 	/* currently, there are no macros in list.h to get list size.*/
 	list_for_each_entry(cache, &ctx->caches, list)
 		count++;
 
-	env_mutex_unlock(&ctx->lock);
+	env_rmutex_unlock(&ctx->lock);
 
 	return count;
 }
diff --git a/src/ocf_cache.c b/src/ocf_cache.c
index 1962263..86ffabb 100644
--- a/src/ocf_cache.c
+++ b/src/ocf_cache.c
@@ -17,22 +17,17 @@ ocf_volume_t ocf_cache_get_volume(ocf_cache_t cache)
 	return cache->device ? &cache->device->volume : NULL;
 }
 
-ocf_cache_id_t ocf_cache_get_id(ocf_cache_t cache)
-{
-	OCF_CHECK_NULL(cache);
-	return cache->cache_id;
-}
-
 int ocf_cache_set_name(ocf_cache_t cache, const char *src, size_t src_size)
 {
 	OCF_CHECK_NULL(cache);
-	return env_strncpy(cache->name, OCF_CACHE_NAME_SIZE - 1, src, src_size);
+	return env_strncpy(cache->conf_meta->name, OCF_CACHE_NAME_SIZE,
+			src, src_size);
 }
 
 const char *ocf_cache_get_name(ocf_cache_t cache)
 {
 	OCF_CHECK_NULL(cache);
-	return cache->name;
+	return cache->conf_meta->name;
 }
 
 bool ocf_cache_is_incomplete(ocf_cache_t cache)
diff --git a/src/ocf_cache_priv.h b/src/ocf_cache_priv.h
index 1078da9..033102f 100644
--- a/src/ocf_cache_priv.h
+++ b/src/ocf_cache_priv.h
@@ -112,10 +112,6 @@ struct ocf_cache {
 
 	ocf_eviction_t eviction_policy_init;
 
-	int cache_id;
-
-	char name[OCF_CACHE_NAME_SIZE];
-
 	struct {
 		/* cache get/put counter */
 		struct ocf_refcnt cache;
@@ -176,9 +172,19 @@ struct ocf_cache {
 static inline ocf_core_t ocf_cache_get_core(ocf_cache_t cache,
 		ocf_core_id_t core_id)
 {
+	if (core_id >= OCF_CORE_MAX)
+		return NULL;
+
 	return &cache->core[core_id];
 }
 
+#define for_each_core_all(_cache, _core, _id) \
+	for (_id = 0; _core = &cache->core[_id], _id < OCF_CORE_MAX; _id++)
+
+#define for_each_core(_cache, _core, _id) \
+	for_each_core_all(_cache, _core, _id) \
+		if (_core->conf_meta->added)
+
 #define ocf_cache_log_prefix(cache, lvl, prefix, fmt, ...) \
 	ocf_log_prefix(ocf_cache_get_ctx(cache), lvl, "%s" prefix, \
 			fmt, ocf_cache_get_name(cache), ##__VA_ARGS__)
diff --git a/src/ocf_core.c b/src/ocf_core.c
index 6446c6c..f337b69 100644
--- a/src/ocf_core.c
+++ b/src/ocf_core.c
@@ -49,19 +49,28 @@ ocf_core_id_t ocf_core_get_id(ocf_core_t core)
 	return core_id;
 }
 
-int ocf_core_set_name(ocf_core_t core, const char *src, size_t src_size)
+int ocf_core_get_by_name(ocf_cache_t cache, const char *name,
+		ocf_core_t *core)
 {
-	OCF_CHECK_NULL(core);
-	OCF_CHECK_NULL(src);
+	ocf_core_t i_core;
+	ocf_core_id_t i_core_id;
 
-	return env_strncpy(core->name, OCF_CORE_NAME_SIZE - 1, src, src_size);
+	for_each_core(cache, i_core, i_core_id) {
+		if (!env_strncmp(ocf_core_get_name(i_core), name,
+				OCF_CORE_NAME_SIZE)) {
+			*core = i_core;
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return -OCF_ERR_CORE_NOT_EXIST;
 }
 
 const char *ocf_core_get_name(ocf_core_t core)
 {
 	OCF_CHECK_NULL(core);
 
-	return core->name;
+	return core->conf_meta->name;
 }
 
 ocf_core_state_t ocf_core_get_state(ocf_core_t core)
diff --git a/src/ocf_core_priv.h b/src/ocf_core_priv.h
index 0030e11..6378ce2 100644
--- a/src/ocf_core_priv.h
+++ b/src/ocf_core_priv.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ struct ocf_metadata_uuid {
 #define OCF_CORE_USER_DATA_SIZE 64
 
 struct ocf_core_meta_config {
+	char name[OCF_CORE_NAME_SIZE];
+
 	uint8_t type;
 
 	/* This bit means that object was added into cache */
@@ -69,8 +71,6 @@ struct ocf_core_meta_runtime {
 
 
 struct ocf_core {
-	char name[OCF_CORE_NAME_SIZE];
-
 	struct ocf_volume front_volume;
 	struct ocf_volume volume;
 
@@ -97,11 +97,4 @@ int ocf_core_volume_type_init(ocf_ctx_t ctx);
 
 void ocf_core_volume_type_deinit(ocf_ctx_t ctx);
 
-#define for_each_core_all(_cache, _core, _id) \
-	for (_id = 0; _core = &cache->core[_id], _id < OCF_CORE_MAX; _id++)
-
-#define for_each_core(_cache, _core, _id) \
-	for_each_core_all(_cache, _core, _id) \
-		if (core->conf_meta->added)
-
 #endif /* __OCF_CORE_PRIV_H__ */
diff --git a/src/ocf_ctx.c b/src/ocf_ctx.c
index 113d631..08914e7 100644
--- a/src/ocf_ctx.c
+++ b/src/ocf_ctx.c
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ int ocf_ctx_register_volume_type_extended(ocf_ctx_t ctx, uint8_t type_id,
 	if (!ctx || !properties)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	env_mutex_lock(&ctx->lock);
+	env_rmutex_lock(&ctx->lock);
 
 	if (type_id >= OCF_VOLUME_TYPE_MAX || ctx->volume_type[type_id]) {
-		env_mutex_unlock(&ctx->lock);
+		env_rmutex_unlock(&ctx->lock);
 		result = -EINVAL;
 		goto err;
 	}
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ int ocf_ctx_register_volume_type_extended(ocf_ctx_t ctx, uint8_t type_id,
 	if (!ctx->volume_type[type_id])
 		result = -EINVAL;
 
-	env_mutex_unlock(&ctx->lock);
+	env_rmutex_unlock(&ctx->lock);
 
 	if (result)
 		goto err;
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@ void ocf_ctx_unregister_volume_type(ocf_ctx_t ctx, uint8_t type_id)
 {
 	OCF_CHECK_NULL(ctx);
 
-	env_mutex_lock(&ctx->lock);
+	env_rmutex_lock(&ctx->lock);
 
 	if (type_id < OCF_VOLUME_TYPE_MAX && ctx->volume_type[type_id]) {
 		ocf_volume_type_deinit(ctx->volume_type[type_id]);
 		ctx->volume_type[type_id] = NULL;
 	}
 
-	env_mutex_unlock(&ctx->lock);
+	env_rmutex_unlock(&ctx->lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ int ocf_ctx_create(ocf_ctx_t *ctx, const struct ocf_ctx_config *cfg)
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ocf_ctx->caches);
 	env_atomic_set(&ocf_ctx->ref_count, 1);
-	ret = env_mutex_init(&ocf_ctx->lock);
+	ret = env_rmutex_init(&ocf_ctx->lock);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_ctx;
 
@@ -216,9 +216,9 @@ void ocf_ctx_put(ocf_ctx_t ctx)
 	if (env_atomic_dec_return(&ctx->ref_count))
 		return;
 
-	env_mutex_lock(&ctx->lock);
+	env_rmutex_lock(&ctx->lock);
 	ENV_BUG_ON(!list_empty(&ctx->caches));
-	env_mutex_unlock(&ctx->lock);
+	env_rmutex_unlock(&ctx->lock);
 
 	ocf_mngt_core_pool_deinit(ctx);
 	ocf_core_volume_type_deinit(ctx);
diff --git a/src/ocf_ctx_priv.h b/src/ocf_ctx_priv.h
index e3a2153..f7a41d2 100644
--- a/src/ocf_ctx_priv.h
+++ b/src/ocf_ctx_priv.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ struct ocf_ctx {
 	struct ocf_logger logger;
 	struct ocf_volume_type *volume_type[OCF_VOLUME_TYPE_MAX];
 	env_atomic ref_count;
-	env_mutex lock;
+	env_rmutex lock;
 	struct list_head caches;
 	struct {
 		struct list_head core_pool_head;
diff --git a/src/ocf_trace.c b/src/ocf_trace.c
index e2b243e..334d9e4 100644
--- a/src/ocf_trace.c
+++ b/src/ocf_trace.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static int _ocf_trace_cache_info(ocf_cache_t cache, ocf_queue_t io_queue)
 			env_ticks_to_nsecs(env_get_tick_count()),
 			sizeof(cache_desc));
 
-	cache_desc.id = ocf_cache_get_id(cache);
+	cache_desc.name = ocf_cache_get_name(cache);
 	cache_desc.cache_line_size = ocf_cache_get_line_size(cache);
 	cache_desc.cache_mode = ocf_cache_get_mode(cache);
 
@@ -85,9 +85,7 @@ int ocf_mngt_start_trace(ocf_cache_t cache, void *trace_ctx,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (cache->trace.trace_callback) {
-		ocf_cache_log(cache, log_err,
-				"Tracing already started for cache %u\n",
-				ocf_cache_get_id(cache));
+		ocf_cache_log(cache, log_err, "Tracing already started\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
@@ -107,8 +105,7 @@ int ocf_mngt_start_trace(ocf_cache_t cache, void *trace_ctx,
 		}
 	}
 
-	ocf_cache_log(cache, log_info,
-			"Tracing started for cache %u\n", ocf_cache_get_id(cache));
+	ocf_cache_log(cache, log_info, "Tracing started\n");
 
 	return result;
 }
@@ -120,9 +117,7 @@ int ocf_mngt_stop_trace(ocf_cache_t cache)
 	OCF_CHECK_NULL(cache);
 
 	if (!cache->trace.trace_callback) {
-		ocf_cache_log(cache, log_err,
-				"Tracing not started for cache %u\n",
-				ocf_cache_get_id(cache));
+		ocf_cache_log(cache, log_err, "Tracing not started\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/pyocf/types/cache.py b/tests/functional/pyocf/types/cache.py
index 9559cd3..31c6711 100644
--- a/tests/functional/pyocf/types/cache.py
+++ b/tests/functional/pyocf/types/cache.py
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ class Backfill(Structure):
 
 class CacheConfig(Structure):
     _fields_ = [
-        ("_id", c_uint16),
         ("_name", c_char_p),
         ("_cache_mode", c_uint32),
         ("_eviction_policy", c_uint32),
@@ -134,8 +133,7 @@ class Cache:
     def __init__(
         self,
         owner,
-        cache_id: int = DEFAULT_ID,
-        name: str = "",
+        name: str = "cache",
         cache_mode: CacheMode = CacheMode.DEFAULT,
         eviction_policy: EvictionPolicy = EvictionPolicy.DEFAULT,
         promotion_policy: PromotionPolicy = PromotionPolicy.DEFAULT,
@@ -154,8 +152,7 @@ class Cache:
         self.cache_line_size = cache_line_size
 
         self.cfg = CacheConfig(
-            _id=cache_id,
-            _name=name.encode("ascii") if name else None,
+            _name=cast(create_string_buffer(name.encode("ascii")), c_char_p),
             _cache_mode=cache_mode,
             _eviction_policy=eviction_policy,
             _promotion_policy=promotion_policy,
@@ -437,7 +434,7 @@ class Cache:
             raise OcfError("Failed getting stats", status)
 
         line_size = CacheLineSize(cache_info.cache_line_size)
-        cache_id = self.owner.lib.ocf_cache_get_id(self)
+        cache_name = self.owner.lib.ocf_cache_get_name(self).decode("ascii")
 
         self.read_unlock()
         return {
@@ -468,7 +465,7 @@ class Cache:
                 "core_count": cache_info.core_count,
                 "metadata_footprint": Size(cache_info.metadata_footprint),
                 "metadata_end_offset": Size(cache_info.metadata_end_offset),
-                "cache_id": cache_id,
+                "cache_name": cache_name,
             },
             "block": struct_to_dict(block),
             "req": struct_to_dict(req),
diff --git a/tests/functional/pyocf/types/core.py b/tests/functional/pyocf/types/core.py
index 223f9e6..9d39683 100644
--- a/tests/functional/pyocf/types/core.py
+++ b/tests/functional/pyocf/types/core.py
@@ -38,11 +38,9 @@ class UserMetadata(Structure):
 
 class CoreConfig(Structure):
     _fields_ = [
+        ("_name", c_char_p),
         ("_uuid", Uuid),
         ("_volume_type", c_uint8),
-        ("_core_id", c_uint16),
-        ("_name", c_char_p),
-        ("_cache_id", c_uint16),
         ("_try_add", c_bool),
         ("_seq_cutoff_threshold", c_uint32),
         ("_user_metadata", UserMetadata),
@@ -57,14 +55,12 @@ class Core:
         self,
         device: Volume,
         try_add: bool,
-        name: str = "",
-        core_id: int = DEFAULT_ID,
+        name: str = "core",
         seq_cutoff_threshold: int = DEFAULT_SEQ_CUTOFF_THRESHOLD,
     ):
         self.cache = None
         self.device = device
         self.device_name = device.uuid
-        self.core_id = core_id
         self.handle = c_void_p()
         self.cfg = CoreConfig(
             _uuid=Uuid(
@@ -74,8 +70,7 @@ class Core:
                 ),
                 _size=len(self.device_name) + 1,
             ),
-            _core_id=self.core_id,
-            _name=name.encode("ascii") if name else None,
+            _name=cast(create_string_buffer(name.encode("ascii")), c_char_p),
             _volume_type=self.device.type_id,
             _try_add=try_add,
             _seq_cutoff_threshold=seq_cutoff_threshold,
diff --git a/tests/functional/pyocf/types/ctx.py b/tests/functional/pyocf/types/ctx.py
index eb01997..14c4b57 100644
--- a/tests/functional/pyocf/types/ctx.py
+++ b/tests/functional/pyocf/types/ctx.py
@@ -118,5 +118,5 @@ def get_default_ctx(logger):
 
 
 lib = OcfLib.getInstance()
-lib.ocf_mngt_cache_get_by_id.argtypes = [c_void_p, c_void_p, c_void_p]
-lib.ocf_mngt_cache_get_by_id.restype = c_int
+lib.ocf_mngt_cache_get_by_name.argtypes = [c_void_p, c_void_p, c_void_p]
+lib.ocf_mngt_cache_get_by_name.restype = c_int
diff --git a/tests/functional/pyocf/types/shared.py b/tests/functional/pyocf/types/shared.py
index 2467599..b317603 100644
--- a/tests/functional/pyocf/types/shared.py
+++ b/tests/functional/pyocf/types/shared.py
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ class OcfErrorCode(IntEnum):
     OCF_ERR_NO_FREE_RAM = auto()
     OCF_ERR_START_CACHE_FAIL = auto()
     OCF_ERR_CACHE_NOT_EXIST = auto()
+    OCF_ERR_CORE_NOT_EXIST = auto()
     OCF_ERR_CACHE_EXIST = auto()
+    OCF_ERR_CORE_EXIST = auto()
     OCF_ERR_TOO_MANY_CORES = auto()
     OCF_ERR_CORE_NOT_AVAIL = auto()
     OCF_ERR_NOT_OPEN_EXC = auto()
diff --git a/tests/functional/tests/management/test_add_remove.py b/tests/functional/tests/management/test_add_remove.py
index e855c17..9c35df7 100644
--- a/tests/functional/tests/management/test_add_remove.py
+++ b/tests/functional/tests/management/test_add_remove.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def test_add_remove_30core(pyocf_ctx):
         stats = cache.get_stats()
         assert stats["conf"]["core_count"] == i
         core_device = Volume(S.from_MiB(10))
-        core = Core.using_device(core_device)
+        core = Core.using_device(core_device, name=f"core{i}")
         core_devices.append(core)
         cache.add_core(core)
 
@@ -152,13 +152,13 @@ def test_adding_to_random_cache(pyocf_ctx):
     # Create 5 cache devices
     for i in range(0, cache_amount):
         cache_device = Volume(S.from_MiB(30))
-        cache = Cache.start_on_device(cache_device)
+        cache = Cache.start_on_device(cache_device, name=f"cache{i}")
         cache_devices.append(cache)
 
     # Create 50 core devices and add to random cache
     for i in range(0, core_amount):
         core_device = Volume(S.from_MiB(10))
-        core = Core.using_device(core_device)
+        core = Core.using_device(core_device, name=f"core{i}")
         core_devices[core] = randint(0, cache_amount - 1)
         cache_devices[core_devices[core]].add_core(core)
 
@@ -204,13 +204,13 @@ def test_adding_core_already_used(pyocf_ctx, cache_mode, cls):
     # Start first cache device
     cache_device1 = Volume(S.from_MiB(30))
     cache1 = Cache.start_on_device(
-        cache_device1, cache_mode=cache_mode, cache_line_size=cls
+        cache_device1, cache_mode=cache_mode, cache_line_size=cls, name="cache1"
     )
 
     # Start second cache device
     cache_device2 = Volume(S.from_MiB(30))
     cache2 = Cache.start_on_device(
-        cache_device2, cache_mode=cache_mode, cache_line_size=cls
+        cache_device2, cache_mode=cache_mode, cache_line_size=cls, name="cache2"
     )
 
     # Create core device
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ def test_add_remove_incrementally(pyocf_ctx, cache_mode, cls):
     # Create 5 core devices and add to cache
     for i in range(0, core_amount):
         core_device = Volume(S.from_MiB(10))
-        core = Core.using_device(core_device)
+        core = Core.using_device(core_device, name=f"core{i}")
         core_devices.append(core)
         cache.add_core(core)
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/tests/management/test_change_params.py b/tests/functional/tests/management/test_change_params.py
index d607fe6..69b25e4 100644
--- a/tests/functional/tests/management/test_change_params.py
+++ b/tests/functional/tests/management/test_change_params.py
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ def test_cache_change_seq_cut_off_policy(pyocf_ctx, cm, cls):
 
     # Create 2 core devices
     core_device1 = Volume(S.from_MiB(10))
-    core1 = Core.using_device(core_device1)
+    core1 = Core.using_device(core_device1, name="core1")
     core_device2 = Volume(S.from_MiB(10))
-    core2 = Core.using_device(core_device2)
+    core2 = Core.using_device(core_device2, name="core2")
 
     # Add cores
     cache.add_core(core1)
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ def test_core_change_seq_cut_off_policy(pyocf_ctx, cm, cls):
 
     # Create 2 core devices
     core_device1 = Volume(S.from_MiB(10))
-    core1 = Core.using_device(core_device1)
+    core1 = Core.using_device(core_device1, name="core1")
     core_device2 = Volume(S.from_MiB(10))
-    core2 = Core.using_device(core_device2)
+    core2 = Core.using_device(core_device2, name="core2")
 
     # Add cores
     cache.add_core(core1)
diff --git a/tests/functional/tests/management/test_start_stop.py b/tests/functional/tests/management/test_start_stop.py
index d765bc9..d946fc3 100644
--- a/tests/functional/tests/management/test_start_stop.py
+++ b/tests/functional/tests/management/test_start_stop.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import logging
 from ctypes import c_int, c_void_p, byref
 from random import randrange
+from itertools import count
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -134,7 +135,6 @@ def test_start_params(pyocf_ctx, mode: CacheMode, cls: CacheLineSize, layout: Me
     cache_device = Volume(Size.from_MiB(20))
     queue_size = randrange(60000, 2**32)
     unblock_size = randrange(1, queue_size)
-    cache_id = randrange(1, 16385)
     volatile_metadata = randrange(2) == 1
     unaligned_io = randrange(2) == 1
     submit_fast = randrange(2) == 1
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ def test_start_params(pyocf_ctx, mode: CacheMode, cls: CacheLineSize, layout: Me
         cache_device,
         cache_mode=mode,
         cache_line_size=cls,
-        cache_id=cache_id,
         name=name,
         metadata_layout=MetadataLayout.SEQUENTIAL,
         metadata_volatile=volatile_metadata,
@@ -158,7 +157,6 @@ def test_start_params(pyocf_ctx, mode: CacheMode, cls: CacheLineSize, layout: Me
     assert stats["conf"]["cache_mode"] == mode, "Cache mode"
     assert stats["conf"]["cache_line_size"] == cls, "Cache line size"
     assert stats["conf"]["eviction_policy"] == EvictionPolicy.DEFAULT, "Eviction policy"
-    assert stats["conf"]["cache_id"] == cache_id, "Cache id"
     assert cache.get_name() == name, "Cache name"
     # TODO: metadata_layout, metadata_volatile, max_queue_size,
     #  queue_unblock_size, pt_unaligned_io, use_submit_fast
@@ -209,27 +207,29 @@ def test_start_stop_multiple(pyocf_ctx):
     caches_no = randrange(6, 11)
     for i in range(1, caches_no):
         cache_device = Volume(Size.from_MiB(20))
+        cache_name = f"cache{i}"
         cache_mode = CacheMode(randrange(0, len(CacheMode)))
         size = 4096 * 2**randrange(0, len(CacheLineSize))
         cache_line_size = CacheLineSize(size)
 
         cache = Cache.start_on_device(
             cache_device,
+            name=cache_name,
             cache_mode=cache_mode,
             cache_line_size=cache_line_size)
         caches.append(cache)
         stats = cache.get_stats()
         assert stats["conf"]["cache_mode"] == cache_mode, "Cache mode"
         assert stats["conf"]["cache_line_size"] == cache_line_size, "Cache line size"
-        assert stats["conf"]["cache_id"] == i, "Cache id"
+        assert stats["conf"]["cache_name"] == cache_name, "Cache name"
 
     caches.sort(key=lambda e: randrange(1000))
     for cache in caches:
         logger.info("Getting stats before stopping cache")
         stats = cache.get_stats()
-        cache_id = stats["conf"]["cache_id"]
+        cache_name = stats["conf"]["cache_name"]
         cache.stop()
-        assert get_cache_by_id(pyocf_ctx, cache_id) != 0, "Try getting cache after stopping it"
+        assert get_cache_by_name(pyocf_ctx, cache_name) != 0, "Try getting cache after stopping it"
 
 
 def test_100_start_stop(pyocf_ctx):
@@ -239,20 +239,22 @@ def test_100_start_stop(pyocf_ctx):
 
     for i in range(1, 101):
         cache_device = Volume(Size.from_MiB(20))
+        cache_name = f"cache{i}"
         cache_mode = CacheMode(randrange(0, len(CacheMode)))
         size = 4096 * 2**randrange(0, len(CacheLineSize))
         cache_line_size = CacheLineSize(size)
 
         cache = Cache.start_on_device(
             cache_device,
+            name=cache_name,
             cache_mode=cache_mode,
             cache_line_size=cache_line_size)
         stats = cache.get_stats()
         assert stats["conf"]["cache_mode"] == cache_mode, "Cache mode"
         assert stats["conf"]["cache_line_size"] == cache_line_size, "Cache line size"
-        assert stats["conf"]["cache_id"] == 1, "Cache id"
+        assert stats["conf"]["cache_name"] == cache_name, "Cache name"
         cache.stop()
-        assert get_cache_by_id(pyocf_ctx, 1) != 0, "Try getting cache after stopping it"
+        assert get_cache_by_name(pyocf_ctx, "cache1") != 0, "Try getting cache after stopping it"
 
 
 def test_start_stop_incrementally(pyocf_ctx):
@@ -262,6 +264,7 @@ def test_start_stop_incrementally(pyocf_ctx):
     and then proportions are reversed and number of caches gradually falls to 0.
     """
 
+    counter = count()
     caches = []
     caches_limit = 10
     add = True
@@ -271,19 +274,21 @@ def test_start_stop_incrementally(pyocf_ctx):
         if add:
             for i in range(0, randrange(3, 5) if increase else randrange(1, 3)):
                 cache_device = Volume(Size.from_MiB(20))
+                cache_name = f"cache{next(counter)}"
                 cache_mode = CacheMode(randrange(0, len(CacheMode)))
                 size = 4096 * 2**randrange(0, len(CacheLineSize))
                 cache_line_size = CacheLineSize(size)
 
                 cache = Cache.start_on_device(
                     cache_device,
+                    name=cache_name,
                     cache_mode=cache_mode,
                     cache_line_size=cache_line_size)
                 caches.append(cache)
                 stats = cache.get_stats()
                 assert stats["conf"]["cache_mode"] == cache_mode, "Cache mode"
                 assert stats["conf"]["cache_line_size"] == cache_line_size, "Cache line size"
-                assert stats["conf"]["cache_id"] == len(caches), "Cache id"
+                assert stats["conf"]["cache_name"] == cache_name, "Cache name"
                 if len(caches) == caches_limit:
                     increase = False
         else:
@@ -294,34 +299,34 @@ def test_start_stop_incrementally(pyocf_ctx):
                 cache = caches.pop()
                 logger.info("Getting stats before stopping cache")
                 stats = cache.get_stats()
-                cache_id = stats["conf"]["cache_id"]
+                cache_name = stats["conf"]["cache_name"]
                 cache.stop()
-                assert get_cache_by_id(pyocf_ctx, cache_id) !=\
-                    0, "Try getting cache after stopping it"
+                assert get_cache_by_name(pyocf_ctx, cache_name) != 0, \
+                    "Try getting cache after stopping it"
         add = not add
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("mode", CacheMode)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("cls", CacheLineSize)
 def test_start_cache_same_id(pyocf_ctx, mode, cls):
-    """Adding two caches with the same cache_id
-    Check that OCF does not allow for 2 caches to be started with the same cache_id
+    """Adding two caches with the same name
+    Check that OCF does not allow for 2 caches to be started with the same cache_name
     """
 
     cache_device1 = Volume(Size.from_MiB(20))
     cache_device2 = Volume(Size.from_MiB(20))
-    cache_id = randrange(1, 16385)
+    cache_name = "cache"
     cache = Cache.start_on_device(cache_device1,
                                   cache_mode=mode,
                                   cache_line_size=cls,
-                                  cache_id=cache_id)
+                                  name=cache_name)
     cache.get_stats()
 
     with pytest.raises(OcfError, match="OCF_ERR_CACHE_EXIST"):
         cache = Cache.start_on_device(cache_device2,
                                       cache_mode=mode,
                                       cache_line_size=cls,
-                                      cache_id=cache_id)
+                                      name=cache_name)
     cache.get_stats()
 
 
@@ -333,11 +338,15 @@ def test_start_cache_same_device(pyocf_ctx, mode, cls):
     """
 
     cache_device = Volume(Size.from_MiB(20))
-    cache = Cache.start_on_device(cache_device, cache_mode=mode, cache_line_size=cls)
+    cache = Cache.start_on_device(
+        cache_device, cache_mode=mode, cache_line_size=cls, name="cache1"
+    )
     cache.get_stats()
 
     with pytest.raises(OcfError, match="OCF_ERR_NOT_OPEN_EXC"):
-        cache = Cache.start_on_device(cache_device, cache_mode=mode, cache_line_size=cls)
+        cache = Cache.start_on_device(
+            cache_device, cache_mode=mode, cache_line_size=cls, name="cache2"
+        )
     cache.get_stats()
 
 
@@ -504,8 +513,8 @@ def check_md5_sums(exported_obj: Core, mode: CacheMode):
             "MD5 check: core device vs exported object"
 
 
-def get_cache_by_id(ctx, cache_id):
+def get_cache_by_name(ctx, cache_name):
     cache_pointer = c_void_p()
-    return OcfLib.getInstance().ocf_mngt_cache_get_by_id(ctx.ctx_handle,
-                                                         cache_id,
-                                                         byref(cache_pointer))
+    return OcfLib.getInstance().ocf_mngt_cache_get_by_name(
+        ctx.ctx_handle, cache_name, byref(cache_pointer)
+    )