diff --git a/trove_dashboard/content/database_clusters/forms.py b/trove_dashboard/content/database_clusters/forms.py
index 5cbb87d..c7149b4 100644
--- a/trove_dashboard/content/database_clusters/forms.py
+++ b/trove_dashboard/content/database_clusters/forms.py
@@ -238,7 +238,18 @@ class LaunchForm(forms.SelfHandlingForm):
                     # only add to choices if datastore has at least one version
                     version_choices = ()
                     for v in versions:
-                        if hasattr(v, 'active') and not v.active:
+                        # NOTE(zhaochao): troveclient API resources are lazy
+                        # loading objects. When an attribute is not found, the
+                        # get() method of the Manager object will be called
+                        # with the ID of the resource. However for
+                        # datastore_versions, the get() method is expecting two
+                        # arguments: datastore and datastore_version(name), so
+                        # TypeError will be raised as not enough arguments are
+                        # passed. In Python 2.x, hasattr() won't reraise the
+                        # exception(which is not correct), but reraise under
+                        # Python 3(which should be correct).
+                        # Use v.to_dict() to verify the 'active' info instead.
+                        if not v.to_dict().get('active', True):
                             continue
                         selection_text = self._build_datastore_display_text(
                             ds.name, v.name)
diff --git a/trove_dashboard/content/database_configurations/tests.py b/trove_dashboard/content/database_configurations/tests.py
index 20fba8f..ea0c291 100644
--- a/trove_dashboard/content/database_configurations/tests.py
+++ b/trove_dashboard/content/database_configurations/tests.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-import copy
 import logging
 import six
 
@@ -378,7 +377,26 @@ class DatabaseConfigurationsTests(test.TestCase):
                                     'configuration_update',),
                         config_param_manager: ('get',)})
     def test_values_tab_apply_action(self):
-        config = copy.deepcopy(self.database_configurations.first())
+        # NOTE(zhaochao): we cannot use copy.deepcopy() under Python 3,
+        # because of the lazy-loading feature of the troveclient Resource
+        # objects. copy.deepcopy will use hasattr to search for the
+        # '__setstate__' attribute of the resource object. As the resource
+        # object is lazy loading, searching attributes relys on the 'is_load'
+        # property, unfortunately this property is also not loaded at the
+        # moment, then we're getting in an infinite loop there. Python will
+        # raise RuntimeError saying "maximum recursion depth exceeded", this is
+        # ignored under Python 2.x, but reraised under Python 3 by hasattr().
+        #
+        # Temporarily importing troveclient and reconstructing a configuration
+        # object from the original config object's dict info will make this
+        # case (and the next) working under Python 3.
+        original_config = self.database_configurations.first()
+        from troveclient.v1 import configurations
+        config = configurations.Configuration(
+            configurations.Configurations(None), original_config.to_dict())
+        # Making sure the newly constructed config object is the same as
+        # the original one.
+        self.assertEqual(config, original_config)
 
         # setup the configuration parameter manager
         config_param_mgr = config_param_manager.ConfigParamManager(
@@ -412,7 +430,16 @@ class DatabaseConfigurationsTests(test.TestCase):
                                     'configuration_update',),
                         config_param_manager: ('get',)})
     def test_values_tab_apply_action_exception(self):
-        config = copy.deepcopy(self.database_configurations.first())
+        # NOTE(zhaochao) Please refer to the comment at the beginning of the
+        # 'test_values_tab_apply_action' about not using copy.deepcopy() for
+        # details.
+        original_config = self.database_configurations.first()
+        from troveclient.v1 import configurations
+        config = configurations.Configuration(
+            configurations.Configurations(None), original_config.to_dict())
+        # Making sure the newly constructed config object is the same as
+        # the original one.
+        self.assertEqual(config, original_config)
 
         # setup the configuration parameter manager
         config_param_mgr = config_param_manager.ConfigParamManager(
diff --git a/trove_dashboard/content/databases/workflows/create_instance.py b/trove_dashboard/content/databases/workflows/create_instance.py
index 281dfde..4f120ba 100644
--- a/trove_dashboard/content/databases/workflows/create_instance.py
+++ b/trove_dashboard/content/databases/workflows/create_instance.py
@@ -211,7 +211,12 @@ class SetInstanceDetailsAction(workflows.Action):
                     # only add to choices if datastore has at least one version
                     version_choices = ()
                     for v in versions:
-                        if hasattr(v, 'active') and not v.active:
+                        # NOTE(zhaochao): please refer to the comment about
+                        # the same change for 'populate_datastore_choices'
+                        # of 'LaunchForm' in
+                        # trove_dashboard/content/database_clusters/forms.py
+                        # for details.
+                        if not v.to_dict().get('active', True):
                             continue
                         if self.backup_id:
                             if v.id != backup.datastore['version_id']: