diff --git a/lib/bdev/ocf/utils.c b/lib/bdev/ocf/utils.c
index 9f7307d50..f26ed8ab1 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/ocf/utils.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/ocf/utils.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "spdk/stdinc.h"
 
 #include "utils.h"
+#include "vbdev_ocf.h"
 
 static char *cache_modes[ocf_cache_mode_max] = {
 	[ocf_cache_mode_wt] = "wt",
@@ -66,3 +67,71 @@ ocf_get_cache_modename(ocf_cache_mode_t mode)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 }
+
+static int
+mngt_poll_fn(void *opaque)
+{
+	struct vbdev_ocf *vbdev = opaque;
+
+	if (vbdev->mngt_ctx.poller_fn) {
+		vbdev->mngt_ctx.poller_fn(vbdev);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int
+vbdev_ocf_mngt_start(struct vbdev_ocf *vbdev, vbdev_ocf_mngt_fn *path,
+		     vbdev_ocf_mngt_callback cb, void *cb_arg)
+{
+	if (vbdev->mngt_ctx.current_step) {
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+
+	memset(&vbdev->mngt_ctx, 0, sizeof(vbdev->mngt_ctx));
+
+	vbdev->mngt_ctx.poller = spdk_poller_register(mngt_poll_fn, vbdev, 200);
+	if (vbdev->mngt_ctx.poller == NULL) {
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	vbdev->mngt_ctx.current_step = path;
+	vbdev->mngt_ctx.cb = cb;
+	vbdev->mngt_ctx.cb_arg = cb_arg;
+
+	(*vbdev->mngt_ctx.current_step)(vbdev);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void
+vbdev_ocf_mngt_poll(struct vbdev_ocf *vbdev, vbdev_ocf_mngt_fn fn)
+{
+	assert(vbdev->mngt_ctx.poller != NULL);
+	vbdev->mngt_ctx.poller_fn = fn;
+}
+
+void
+vbdev_ocf_mngt_continue(struct vbdev_ocf *vbdev, int status)
+{
+	if (vbdev->mngt_ctx.current_step == NULL) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	assert((*vbdev->mngt_ctx.current_step) != NULL);
+
+	vbdev->mngt_ctx.status = status;
+	vbdev->mngt_ctx.poller_fn = NULL;
+
+	vbdev->mngt_ctx.current_step++;
+	if (*vbdev->mngt_ctx.current_step) {
+		(*vbdev->mngt_ctx.current_step)(vbdev);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	spdk_poller_unregister(&vbdev->mngt_ctx.poller);
+	if (vbdev->mngt_ctx.cb) {
+		vbdev->mngt_ctx.cb(vbdev->mngt_ctx.status, vbdev->mngt_ctx.cb_arg);
+	}
+	memset(&vbdev->mngt_ctx, 0, sizeof(vbdev->mngt_ctx));
+}
diff --git a/lib/bdev/ocf/utils.h b/lib/bdev/ocf/utils.h
index c8966cb3e..22439c9aa 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/ocf/utils.h
+++ b/lib/bdev/ocf/utils.h
@@ -35,8 +35,25 @@
 #define VBDEV_OCF_UTILS_H
 
 #include <ocf/ocf.h>
+#include "vbdev_ocf.h"
 
 ocf_cache_mode_t ocf_get_cache_mode(const char *cache_mode);
 const char *ocf_get_cache_modename(ocf_cache_mode_t mode);
 
+/* Initiate management operation
+ * Receives NULL terminated array of functions (path)
+ * and callback (cb)
+ * and callback argument (cb_arg)
+ * This function may fail with ENOMEM or EBUSY */
+int vbdev_ocf_mngt_start(struct vbdev_ocf *vbdev, vbdev_ocf_mngt_fn *path,
+			 vbdev_ocf_mngt_callback cb, void *cb_arg);
+
+/* Continue execution with polling operation (fn)
+ * fn must invoke vbdev_ocf_mngt_continue() to stop polling */
+void vbdev_ocf_mngt_poll(struct vbdev_ocf *vbdev, vbdev_ocf_mngt_fn fn);
+
+/* Continue execution with next function that is on path
+ * If next function is NULL, finish management operation and invoke callback */
+void vbdev_ocf_mngt_continue(struct vbdev_ocf *vbdev, int status);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/bdev/ocf/vbdev_ocf.h b/lib/bdev/ocf/vbdev_ocf.h
index c9fc7ffbe..7b014645c 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/ocf/vbdev_ocf.h
+++ b/lib/bdev/ocf/vbdev_ocf.h
@@ -81,6 +81,31 @@ struct vbdev_ocf_config {
 	struct ocf_mngt_core_config         core;
 };
 
+/* Types for management operations */
+typedef void (*vbdev_ocf_mngt_fn)(struct vbdev_ocf *);
+typedef void (*vbdev_ocf_mngt_callback)(int, void *);
+
+/* Context for asynchronous management operations
+ * Single management operation usually contains a list of sub procedures,
+ * this structure handles sharing between those sub procedures */
+struct vbdev_ocf_mngt_ctx {
+	/* Pointer to function that is currently being executed
+	 * It gets incremented on each step until it dereferences to NULL */
+	vbdev_ocf_mngt_fn                  *current_step;
+
+	/* Poller, registered once per whole management operation */
+	struct spdk_poller                 *poller;
+	/* Function that gets invoked by poller on each iteration */
+	vbdev_ocf_mngt_fn                   poller_fn;
+
+	/* Status of management operation */
+	int                                 status;
+
+	/* External callback and its argument */
+	vbdev_ocf_mngt_callback             cb;
+	void                               *cb_arg;
+};
+
 /* Base device info */
 struct vbdev_ocf_base {
 	/* OCF unique internal id */
@@ -125,6 +150,9 @@ struct vbdev_ocf {
 	struct vbdev_ocf_config      cfg;
 	struct vbdev_ocf_state       state;
 
+	/* Management context */
+	struct vbdev_ocf_mngt_ctx    mngt_ctx;
+
 	/* Exposed SPDK bdev. Registered in bdev layer */
 	struct spdk_bdev             exp_bdev;