Start work on backups :monkey:
diff --git a/rackspace/db/v1/backups/requests_test.go b/rackspace/db/v1/backups/requests_test.go
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+package backups
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/pagination"
+	th "github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/testhelper"
+	fake "github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/testhelper/client"
+)
+
+//const instanceID = "{instanceID}"
+
+func TestCreate(t *testing.T) {
+	th.SetupHTTP()
+	defer th.TeardownHTTP()
+
+	HandleCreateSuccessfully(t)
+
+	opts := CreateOpts{
+		Name:        "snapshot",
+		Description: "My Backup",
+		InstanceID:  "d4603f69-ec7e-4e9b-803f-600b9205576f",
+	}
+
+	instance, err := Create(fake.ServiceClient(), opts).Extract()
+	th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
+
+	expected := &Backup{
+		Created:     "2014-02-13T21:47:16",
+		Description: "My Backup",
+		ID:          "61f12fef-edb1-4561-8122-e7c00ef26a82",
+		InstanceID:  "d4603f69-ec7e-4e9b-803f-600b9205576f",
+		LocationRef: "",
+		Name:        "snapshot",
+		ParentID:    "",
+		Size:        100,
+		Status:      "NEW",
+		Updated:     "2014-02-13T21:47:16",
+	}
+
+	th.AssertDeepEquals(t, expected, instance)
+}
+
+func TestList(t *testing.T) {
+	th.SetupHTTP()
+	defer th.TeardownHTTP()
+
+	HandleListSuccessfully(t)
+
+	count := 0
+
+	List(fake.ServiceClient(), nil).EachPage(func(page pagination.Page) (bool, error) {
+		count++
+		actual, err := ExtractBackups(page)
+		th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
+
+		expected := []Backup{
+			Backup{
+				Created:     "2014-06-18T21:23:35",
+				Description: "Backup from Restored Instance",
+				ID:          "87972694-4be2-40f5-83f8-501656e0032a",
+				InstanceID:  "29af2cd9-0674-48ab-b87a-b160f00208e6",
+				LocationRef: "http://localhost/path/to/backup",
+				Name:        "restored_backup",
+				ParentID:    "",
+				Size:        0.141026,
+				Status:      "COMPLETED",
+				Updated:     "2014-06-18T21:24:39",
+			},
+		}
+
+		th.AssertDeepEquals(t, expected, actual)
+
+		return true, nil
+	})
+
+	if count != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected 1 page, got %d", count)
+	}
+}