diff --git a/Calibration/TkAlCaRecoProducers/test/parseFwkJobReport.py b/Calibration/TkAlCaRecoProducers/test/parseFwkJobReport.py
index 6b1b78905d609..f579c8ecbfca9 100644
--- a/Calibration/TkAlCaRecoProducers/test/parseFwkJobReport.py
+++ b/Calibration/TkAlCaRecoProducers/test/parseFwkJobReport.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 TARGET_DQM_FILES=1
 TARGET_DQM_FILENAME='./DQM_V0001_R000325022__Express__PCLTest__ALCAPROMPT.root'
 TARGET_DB_FILES=12
-TARGET_DB_FILENAME='sqlite_file:promptCalibConditions.db'
+TARGET_DB_FILENAME='sqlite_file:testPCLAlCaHarvesting.db'
+TARGET_XML_FILENAME='testPCLAlCaHarvesting.xml'
 TOTAL_TARGET_FILES=TARGET_DQM_FILES+TARGET_DB_FILES
 
 #_____________________________________________________
@@ -67,13 +68,13 @@ def parseXML(xmlfile):
 #_____________________________________________________
 def main():
     try:
-        f = open("FrameworkJobReport.xml")
+        f = open(TARGET_XML_FILENAME)
     except IOError:
-        print("FrameworkJobReport.xml is not accessible")
+        print("%s is not accessible" % TARGET_XML_FILENAME)
         sys.exit(1)
 
     # parse xml file
-    result = parseXML('FrameworkJobReport.xml')
+    result = parseXML(TARGET_XML_FILENAME)
     if(result==0):
         print("All is fine with the world!")
         sys.exit(0)
diff --git a/Calibration/TkAlCaRecoProducers/test/testAlCaHarvesting.sh b/Calibration/TkAlCaRecoProducers/test/testAlCaHarvesting.sh
index ec219c1f42858..2266d5af1a289 100755
--- a/Calibration/TkAlCaRecoProducers/test/testAlCaHarvesting.sh
+++ b/Calibration/TkAlCaRecoProducers/test/testAlCaHarvesting.sh
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ function cleanTheHouse {
     rm -fr millepede.*
     rm -fr pede*
     rm -fr treeFile.root
+    rm -fr testPCLAlCaHarvesting.db
 }
 
 echo "TESTING Calibration/TkAlCaRecoProducers ..."
-cmsRun -e ${LOCAL_TEST_DIR}/testPCLAlCaHarvesting.py || die "Failure running testPCLAlCaHarvesting.py" $? 
+cmsRun -e -j testPCLAlCaHarvesting.xml ${LOCAL_TEST_DIR}/testPCLAlCaHarvesting.py || die "Failure running testPCLAlCaHarvesting.py" $?
 cleanTheHouse
 echo "PARSING Framework Job Report ..."
 python ${LOCAL_TEST_DIR}/parseFwkJobReport.py
diff --git a/Calibration/TkAlCaRecoProducers/test/testPCLAlCaHarvesting.py b/Calibration/TkAlCaRecoProducers/test/testPCLAlCaHarvesting.py
index d72de7123bc39..d3108c904b854 100644
--- a/Calibration/TkAlCaRecoProducers/test/testPCLAlCaHarvesting.py
+++ b/Calibration/TkAlCaRecoProducers/test/testPCLAlCaHarvesting.py
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ def findRunStopTime(run_number):
 process.PoolDBOutputService.toPut.append(process.ALCAHARVESTBeamSpotHPByRun_dbOutput)
 process.PoolDBOutputService.toPut.append(process.ALCAHARVESTBeamSpotHPByLumi_dbOutput)
 
+##
+## change the output sqlite file in order to avoid concurrent writing from other unit tests
+##
+process.PoolDBOutputService.connect = cms.string('sqlite_file:testPCLAlCaHarvesting.db')
+
 ##
 ## Define the file metadatas
 ##