diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-clang-10-ubuntu-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-clang-10-ubuntu-mpich.yml
index 0f6b2cb65b..a27dfe336e 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-clang-10-ubuntu-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-clang-10-ubuntu-mpich.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ variables:
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 0
   VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
-  TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
+  VT_CI_TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
   cache_name: ubuntu-clang-10-cache
   volume_name: ubuntu-cpp
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-clang-11-ubuntu-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-clang-11-ubuntu-mpich.yml
index 281a162626..472f2621a3 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-clang-11-ubuntu-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-clang-11-ubuntu-mpich.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ variables:
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 0
   VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
-  TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
+  VT_CI_TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
   cache_name: ubuntu-clang-11-cache
   volume_name: ubuntu-cpp
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-clang-12-ubuntu-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-clang-12-ubuntu-mpich.yml
index 8139910e3e..ed04fe94e2 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-clang-12-ubuntu-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-clang-12-ubuntu-mpich.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ variables:
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 0
   VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
-  TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
+  VT_CI_TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
   cache_name: ubuntu-clang-12-cache
   volume_name: ubuntu-cpp
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-clang-13-ubuntu-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-clang-13-ubuntu-mpich.yml
index 73619bf76c..0cf61444a7 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-clang-13-ubuntu-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-clang-13-ubuntu-mpich.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ variables:
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 0
   VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
-  TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
+  VT_CI_TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
   cache_name: ubuntu-clang-13-cache
   volume_name: ubuntu-cpp
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-clang-14-ubuntu-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-clang-14-ubuntu-mpich.yml
index 84015c9de0..49241f8d2b 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-clang-14-ubuntu-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-clang-14-ubuntu-mpich.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ variables:
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 1
   VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
-  TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
+  VT_CI_TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
   cache_name: ubuntu-clang-14-cache
   volume_name: ubuntu-cpp
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-clang-9-ubuntu-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-clang-9-ubuntu-mpich.yml
index f610c3880c..94558b9e23 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-clang-9-ubuntu-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-clang-9-ubuntu-mpich.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ variables:
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 0
   VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
-  TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
+  VT_CI_TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
   cache_name: ubuntu-clang-9-cache
   volume_name: ubuntu-cpp
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-clang-alpine-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-clang-alpine-mpich.yml
index 3c41ba56e2..b9ae33d1e3 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-clang-alpine-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-clang-alpine-mpich.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ variables:
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 0
   VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
-  TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
+  VT_CI_TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
   cache_name: alpine-clang-13-cache
   volume_name: alpine-cpp
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-gcc-10-ubuntu-openmpi.yml b/ci/azure/azure-gcc-10-ubuntu-openmpi.yml
index 62cea11228..7497831d01 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-gcc-10-ubuntu-openmpi.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-gcc-10-ubuntu-openmpi.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ variables:
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 0
   VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
-  TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
+  VT_CI_TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
   cache_name: ubuntu-gcc-10-cache
   volume_name: ubuntu-cpp
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-gcc-11-ubuntu-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-gcc-11-ubuntu-mpich.yml
index 7805b1f6c0..4c27fe6faa 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-gcc-11-ubuntu-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-gcc-11-ubuntu-mpich.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ variables:
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 0
   VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
-  TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
+  VT_CI_TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
   cache_name: ubuntu-gcc-11-cache
   volume_name: ubuntu-cpp
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-gcc-12-ubuntu-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-gcc-12-ubuntu-mpich.yml
index 35be998973..b8b73ec0dc 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-gcc-12-ubuntu-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-gcc-12-ubuntu-mpich.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ variables:
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 1
   VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 1
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
-  TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
+  VT_CI_TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
   cache_name: ubuntu-gcc-12-cache
   volume_name: ubuntu-cpp
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-gcc-8-ubuntu-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-gcc-8-ubuntu-mpich.yml
index b286ab0bc5..50c5b26ab4 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-gcc-8-ubuntu-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-gcc-8-ubuntu-mpich.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ variables:
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 0
   VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
-  TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
+  VT_CI_TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
   cache_name: ubuntu-gcc-8-cache
   volume_name: ubuntu-cpp
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-gcc-9-ubuntu-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-gcc-9-ubuntu-mpich.yml
index 358d8f9047..d9d4c84f7a 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-gcc-9-ubuntu-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-gcc-9-ubuntu-mpich.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ variables:
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 0
   VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
-  TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 1
+  VT_CI_TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 1
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
   cache_name: ubuntu-gcc-9-cache
   volume_name: ubuntu-cpp
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-intel-oneapi-icpc-ubuntu-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-intel-oneapi-icpc-ubuntu-mpich.yml
index d60306c4ae..f2918c71b7 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-intel-oneapi-icpc-ubuntu-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-intel-oneapi-icpc-ubuntu-mpich.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ variables:
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 0
   VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
-  TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
+  VT_CI_TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
   cache_name: ubuntu-intel-oneapi-icpc-cache
   volume_name: ubuntu-cpp
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-intel-oneapi-icpx-ubuntu-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-intel-oneapi-icpx-ubuntu-mpich.yml
index ceac87ff31..108a2de15f 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-intel-oneapi-icpx-ubuntu-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-intel-oneapi-icpx-ubuntu-mpich.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ variables:
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 1
   VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
-  TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
+  VT_CI_TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
   cache_name: ubuntu-intel-oneapi-icpx-cache
   volume_name: ubuntu-cpp
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-nvidia-11-2-ubuntu-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-nvidia-11-2-ubuntu-mpich.yml
index e30c8760f1..9f6a642c61 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-nvidia-11-2-ubuntu-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-nvidia-11-2-ubuntu-mpich.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ variables:
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 0
   VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
-  TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
+  VT_CI_TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
   cache_name: ubuntu-nvidia-11.2-cache
   volume_name: ubuntu-cpp
diff --git a/ci/azure/azure-nvidia-12-ubuntu-mpich.yml b/ci/azure/azure-nvidia-12-ubuntu-mpich.yml
index 5a19ca429d..3ae10b3251 100644
--- a/ci/azure/azure-nvidia-12-ubuntu-mpich.yml
+++ b/ci/azure/azure-nvidia-12-ubuntu-mpich.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ variables:
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: 1
   VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: 0
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: 17
-  TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
+  VT_CI_TEST_LB_SCHEMA: 0
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
   cache_name: ubuntu-nvidia-12-cache
   volume_name: ubuntu-cpp
diff --git a/ci/build_cpp.sh b/ci/build_cpp.sh
index 669914e5b4..899cd80bec 100755
--- a/ci/build_cpp.sh
+++ b/ci/build_cpp.sh
@@ -147,11 +147,11 @@ cmake -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR:-Ninja}" \
       -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH:-}" \
       -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$VT_BUILD/install" \
       -Dvt_ci_build="${VT_CI_BUILD:-0}" \
+      -Dvt_ci_generate_lb_files="${VT_CI_TEST_LB_SCHEMA:-0}" \
       -Dvt_debug_verbose="${VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE:-0}" \
       -Dvt_tests_num_nodes="${VT_TESTS_NUM_NODES:-}" \
       -Dvt_external_fmt="${VT_EXTERNAL_FMT:-0}" \
       -Dvt_no_color_enabled="${VT_NO_COLOR_ENABLED:-0}" \
-      -Dvt_test_lb_schema="${TEST_LB_SCHEMA:-0}" \
       -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD="${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD:-17}" \
       -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS="${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS:-0}" \
       "$VT"
diff --git a/ci/test_cpp.sh b/ci/test_cpp.sh
index 461505b71c..9b32b48ff1 100755
--- a/ci/test_cpp.sh
+++ b/ci/test_cpp.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ then
     popd
 fi
 
-if test "${TEST_LB_SCHEMA:-0}" -eq 1
+if test "${VT_CI_TEST_LB_SCHEMA:-0}" -eq 1
 then
     echo "Validating schema of json files..."
     "${VT}/scripts/check_lb_data_files.sh" "${VT_BUILD}" "${VT}"
diff --git a/cmake/configure_options.cmake b/cmake/configure_options.cmake
index 8927d0873b..031671c495 100644
--- a/cmake/configure_options.cmake
+++ b/cmake/configure_options.cmake
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ define_option(vt_werror_enabled "-Werror" "Build VT with -Werror enabled" OFF em
 define_option(vt_build_tests "tests" "Build VT tests" ON empty_feature)
 define_option(vt_build_tools "tools" "Build VT tools" ON empty_feature)
 define_option(vt_build_examples "examples" "Build VT examples" ON empty_feature)
-define_option(vt_test_lb_schema "lb schema tests" "Enable testing of LBDatafile schema" OFF empty_feature)
+define_option(vt_ci_generate_lb_files "generate lb files" "Enable generation of LBDatafiles when runnning examples" OFF empty_feature)
 
 option(vt_external_fmt "Build VT with external fmt" OFF)
 if(${vt_external_fmt})
diff --git a/cmake/test_vt.cmake b/cmake/test_vt.cmake
index 3f28f82307..37a9100a4d 100644
--- a/cmake/test_vt.cmake
+++ b/cmake/test_vt.cmake
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ macro(add_test_for_example_vt test_target test_exec test_list)
     endif()
 
     # Append parameters required for the examples to output LBDatafiles.
-    if (vt_test_lb_schema)
+    if (vt_ci_generate_lb_files)
       list(APPEND EXEC_ARGS
         "--vt_lb_interval=1"
         "--vt_lb_data"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 77fee64a9f..d81e1ac6f0 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ x-vtopts: &vtopts
   BUILD_SHARED_LIBS: ${VT_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS:-0}
   VT_INCLUSION_TYPE: ${VT_INCLUSION:-TPL}
   CODECOV_TOKEN: ${CODECOV_TOKEN:-}
-  TEST_LB_SCHEMA: ${TEST_LB_SCHEMA:-0}
+  VT_CI_TEST_LB_SCHEMA: ${VT_CI_TEST_LB_SCHEMA:-0}
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: ${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD:-17}
 
 services:
diff --git a/scripts/workflow-azure-template.yml b/scripts/workflow-azure-template.yml
index 6cd0c9f447..c4da44fe9f 100644
--- a/scripts/workflow-azure-template.yml
+++ b/scripts/workflow-azure-template.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ variables:
   VT_DEBUG_VERBOSE: [% vt_debug_verbose %]
   VT_KOKKOS_ENABLED: [% vt_kokkos_enabled %]
   CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD: [% cmake_cxx_standard %]
-  TEST_LB_SCHEMA: [% test_lb_schema %]
+  VT_CI_TEST_LB_SCHEMA: [% vt_ci_test_lb_schema %]
   CACHE: "$(Agent.TempDirectory)/cache/"
   cache_name: [% cache_name %]
   volume_name: [% volume_name %]
diff --git a/scripts/workflows-azure.ini b/scripts/workflows-azure.ini
index e7ba1a75fb..a8da0b759d 100644
--- a/scripts/workflows-azure.ini
+++ b/scripts/workflows-azure.ini
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ vt_zoltan = 0
 vt_ci_build = 1
 vt_tests_num_nodes = 2
 vt_external_fmt = 0
-test_lb_schema = 0
+vt_ci_test_lb_schema = 0
 ulimit_core = 0
 vt_code_coverage = 0
 build_type = release
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ test_configuration = "gcc-9, ubuntu, mpich, zoltan, json schema test"
 compiler_type = gnu
 compiler = gcc-9
 output_name = ci/azure/azure-gcc-9-ubuntu-mpich.yml
-test_lb_schema = 1
+vt_ci_test_lb_schema = 1
 vt_zoltan = 1
 
 [PR-tests-gcc-10]