diff --git a/acceptance/rackspace/db/v1/common.go b/acceptance/rackspace/db/v1/common.go
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+++ b/acceptance/rackspace/db/v1/common.go
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+// +build acceptance db
+
+package v1
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud"
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/openstack"
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/rackspace"
+	th "github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/testhelper"
+)
+
+func newClient(t *testing.T) *gophercloud.ServiceClient {
+	ao, err := openstack.AuthOptionsFromEnv()
+	th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
+
+	client, err := openstack.AuthenticatedClient(ao)
+	th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
+
+	c, err := rackspace.NewDBV1(client, gophercloud.EndpointOpts{
+		Region: os.Getenv("RS_REGION_NAME"),
+	})
+	th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
+
+	return c
+}
+
+type context struct {
+	test          *testing.T
+	client        *gophercloud.ServiceClient
+	instanceID    string
+	DBIDs         []string
+	replicaID     string
+	backupID      string
+	configGroupID string
+}
+
+func newContext(t *testing.T) context {
+	return context{
+		test:   t,
+		client: newClient(t),
+	}
+}
+
+func (c context) Logf(msg string, args ...interface{}) {
+	c.test.Logf(msg, args)
+}
+
+func (c context) AssertNoErr(err error) {
+	th.AssertNoErr(c.test, err)
+}
+
+func (c context) WaitUntilActive(id string) {
+	err := gophercloud.WaitFor(60, func() (bool, error) {
+		inst, err := instances.Get(c.client, id).Extract()
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+		if inst.Status == "ACTIVE" {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+		return false, nil
+	})
+}