diff --git a/rally/cli/commands/deployment.py b/rally/cli/commands/deployment.py
index 81a5c6d5be..5f516d48b1 100644
--- a/rally/cli/commands/deployment.py
+++ b/rally/cli/commands/deployment.py
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ import yaml
 from rally import api
 from rally.cli import cliutils
 from rally.cli import envutils
+from rally.common import db
 from rally.common import fileutils
 from rally.common.i18n import _
 from rally.common import utils
-from rally import db
 from rally import exceptions
 from rally import objects
 from rally import osclients
diff --git a/rally/cli/commands/show.py b/rally/cli/commands/show.py
index 65455a516c..3ef7b0d450 100644
--- a/rally/cli/commands/show.py
+++ b/rally/cli/commands/show.py
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 
 from rally.cli import cliutils
 from rally.cli import envutils
+from rally.common import db
 from rally.common.i18n import _
 from rally.common import utils
-from rally import db
 from rally import objects
 from rally import osclients
 
diff --git a/rally/cli/commands/task.py b/rally/cli/commands/task.py
index 0b98b9ed54..00d28d8d75 100644
--- a/rally/cli/commands/task.py
+++ b/rally/cli/commands/task.py
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ import yaml
 from rally import api
 from rally.cli import cliutils
 from rally.cli import envutils
+from rally.common import db
 from rally.common import fileutils
 from rally.common.i18n import _
 from rally.common import junit
 from rally.common import log as logging
 from rally.common import utils as rutils
 from rally import consts
-from rally import db
 from rally import exceptions
 from rally import objects
 from rally import plugins
diff --git a/rally/cli/commands/verify.py b/rally/cli/commands/verify.py
index ef9c7c7735..dfeeffcc22 100644
--- a/rally/cli/commands/verify.py
+++ b/rally/cli/commands/verify.py
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ import six
 from rally import api
 from rally.cli import cliutils
 from rally.cli import envutils
+from rally.common import db
 from rally.common import fileutils
 from rally.common.i18n import _
 from rally import consts
-from rally import db
 from rally import exceptions
 from rally import objects
 from rally.verification.tempest import diff
diff --git a/rally/cli/manage.py b/rally/cli/manage.py
index 1958e8b68a..cb342e2f3e 100644
--- a/rally/cli/manage.py
+++ b/rally/cli/manage.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import sys
 from rally import api
 from rally.cli import cliutils
 from rally.cli import envutils
-from rally import db
+from rally.common import db
 
 
 class DBCommands(object):
diff --git a/rally/db/__init__.py b/rally/common/db/__init__.py
similarity index 93%
rename from rally/db/__init__.py
rename to rally/common/db/__init__.py
index 08780c3b1e..f09aa7a209 100644
--- a/rally/db/__init__.py
+++ b/rally/common/db/__init__.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-from rally.db.api import *  # noqa
+from rally.common.db.api import *  # noqa
diff --git a/rally/db/api.py b/rally/common/db/api.py
similarity index 97%
rename from rally/db/api.py
rename to rally/common/db/api.py
index 892461e144..5c148fefd6 100644
--- a/rally/db/api.py
+++ b/rally/common/db/api.py
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
 
 The underlying driver is loaded as a :class:`LazyPluggable`.
 
-Functions in this module are imported into the rally.db namespace. Call these
-functions from rally.db namespace, not the rally.db.api namespace.
+Functions in this module are imported into the rally.common.db namespace.
+Call these functions from rally.common.db namespace, not the
+rally.common.db.api namespace.
 
 All functions in this module return objects that implement a dictionary-like
 interface. Currently, many of these objects are sqlalchemy objects that
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ def get_impl():
     global IMPL
 
     if not IMPL:
-        _BACKEND_MAPPING = {"sqlalchemy": "rally.db.sqlalchemy.api"}
+        _BACKEND_MAPPING = {"sqlalchemy": "rally.common.db.sqlalchemy.api"}
         IMPL = db_api.DBAPI.from_config(CONF, backend_mapping=_BACKEND_MAPPING)
 
     return IMPL
diff --git a/rally/db/sqlalchemy/__init__.py b/rally/common/db/sqlalchemy/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from rally/db/sqlalchemy/__init__.py
rename to rally/common/db/sqlalchemy/__init__.py
diff --git a/rally/db/sqlalchemy/api.py b/rally/common/db/sqlalchemy/api.py
similarity index 98%
rename from rally/db/sqlalchemy/api.py
rename to rally/common/db/sqlalchemy/api.py
index f045dc0423..3af3ec3826 100644
--- a/rally/db/sqlalchemy/api.py
+++ b/rally/common/db/sqlalchemy/api.py
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ from oslo_utils import timeutils
 import sqlalchemy as sa
 from sqlalchemy.orm.exc import NoResultFound
 
+from rally.common.db.sqlalchemy import models
 from rally.common.i18n import _
-from rally.db.sqlalchemy import models
 from rally import exceptions
 
 
@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@ class Connection(object):
         """The helper method to create query.
 
         :param model: The instance of
-                      :class:`rally.db.sqlalchemy.models.RallyBase` to
+                      :class:`rally.common.db.sqlalchemy.models.RallyBase` to
                       request it.
         :param session: Reuse the session object or get new one if it is
                         None.
         :returns: The query object.
         :raises: :class:`Exception` when the model is not a sublcass of
-                 :class:`rally.db.sqlalchemy.models.RallyBase`.
+                 :class:`rally.common.db.sqlalchemy.models.RallyBase`.
         """
         session = session or get_session()
         query = session.query(model)
diff --git a/rally/db/sqlalchemy/models.py b/rally/common/db/sqlalchemy/models.py
similarity index 97%
rename from rally/db/sqlalchemy/models.py
rename to rally/common/db/sqlalchemy/models.py
index 2afb6c0152..9f15edb41f 100644
--- a/rally/db/sqlalchemy/models.py
+++ b/rally/common/db/sqlalchemy/models.py
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
 from sqlalchemy import schema
 from sqlalchemy import types
 
+from rally.common.db.sqlalchemy import types as sa_types
 from rally import consts
-from rally.db.sqlalchemy import types as sa_types
 
 
 BASE = declarative_base()
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class RallyBase(models.ModelBase):
                            onupdate=lambda: timeutils.utcnow())
 
     def save(self, session=None):
-        from rally.db.sqlalchemy import api as sa_api
+        from rally.common.db.sqlalchemy import api as sa_api
 
         if session is None:
             session = sa_api.get_session()
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ class Worker(BASE, RallyBase):
 
 
 def create_db():
-    from rally.db.sqlalchemy import api as sa_api
+    from rally.common.db.sqlalchemy import api as sa_api
 
     BASE.metadata.create_all(sa_api.get_engine())
 
@@ -281,5 +281,5 @@ def drop_all_objects(engine):
 
 
 def drop_db():
-    from rally.db.sqlalchemy import api as sa_api
+    from rally.common.db.sqlalchemy import api as sa_api
     drop_all_objects(sa_api.get_engine())
diff --git a/rally/db/sqlalchemy/types.py b/rally/common/db/sqlalchemy/types.py
similarity index 100%
rename from rally/db/sqlalchemy/types.py
rename to rally/common/db/sqlalchemy/types.py
diff --git a/rally/deployment/engines/multihost.py b/rally/deployment/engines/multihost.py
index 792f2e035e..f4dd96c3b5 100644
--- a/rally/deployment/engines/multihost.py
+++ b/rally/deployment/engines/multihost.py
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ import six
 from six.moves.urllib import parse
 
 import rally
+from rally.common import db
 from rally import consts
-from rally import db
 from rally.deployment import engine
 from rally import objects
 
diff --git a/rally/objects/deploy.py b/rally/objects/deploy.py
index cfd940f47a..be5d1a4acb 100644
--- a/rally/objects/deploy.py
+++ b/rally/objects/deploy.py
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 
 import datetime
 
+from rally.common import db
 from rally import consts
-from rally import db
 
 
 class Deployment(object):
diff --git a/rally/objects/task.py b/rally/objects/task.py
index 5239d5e5f7..bf17342c57 100644
--- a/rally/objects/task.py
+++ b/rally/objects/task.py
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 import json
 import uuid
 
+from rally.common import db
 from rally import consts
-from rally import db
 
 
 TASK_RESULT_SCHEMA = {
diff --git a/rally/objects/verification.py b/rally/objects/verification.py
index f39c014c93..a4cadc0806 100644
--- a/rally/objects/verification.py
+++ b/rally/objects/verification.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
+from rally.common import db
 from rally import consts
-from rally import db
 from rally import exceptions
 
 
diff --git a/rally/verification/tempest/config.py b/rally/verification/tempest/config.py
index 62e549a63c..6a0b75ab61 100644
--- a/rally/verification/tempest/config.py
+++ b/rally/verification/tempest/config.py
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ import requests
 from six.moves import configparser
 from six.moves.urllib import parse
 
+from rally.common import db
 from rally.common.i18n import _
 from rally.common import log as logging
-from rally import db
 from rally import exceptions
 from rally import objects
 from rally import osclients
diff --git a/tests/unit/cli/commands/test_verify.py b/tests/unit/cli/commands/test_verify.py
index 04616e71ab..badc054e5e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/cli/commands/test_verify.py
+++ b/tests/unit/cli/commands/test_verify.py
@@ -95,27 +95,27 @@ class VerifyCommandsTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.assertFalse(mock_verification_verify.called)
 
     @mock.patch("rally.cli.cliutils.print_list")
-    @mock.patch("rally.db.verification_list")
-    def test_list(self, mock_db_verification_list, mock_print_list):
+    @mock.patch("rally.common.db.verification_list")
+    def test_list(self, mock_common_db_verification_list, mock_print_list):
         fields = ["UUID", "Deployment UUID", "Set name", "Tests", "Failures",
                   "Created at", "Duration", "Status"]
         verifications = [{"created_at": date.datetime.now(),
                           "updated_at": date.datetime.now()}]
-        mock_db_verification_list.return_value = verifications
+        mock_common_db_verification_list.return_value = verifications
         self.verify.list()
 
         for row in verifications:
             self.assertEqual(row["updated_at"] - row["created_at"],
                              row["duration"])
 
-        mock_db_verification_list.assert_called_once_with()
+        mock_common_db_verification_list.assert_called_once_with()
         mock_print_list.assert_called_once_with(verifications, fields,
                                                 sortby_index=fields.index(
                                                     "Created at"))
 
     @mock.patch("rally.cli.cliutils.print_list")
-    @mock.patch("rally.db.verification_get")
-    @mock.patch("rally.db.verification_result_get")
+    @mock.patch("rally.common.db.verification_get")
+    @mock.patch("rally.common.db.verification_result_get")
     @mock.patch("rally.objects.Verification")
     def test_show(self, mock_objects_verification,
                   mock_verification_result_get, mock_verification_get,
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ class VerifyCommandsTestCase(test.TestCase):
         mock_verification_get.assert_called_once_with(verification_id)
         mock_verification_result_get.assert_called_once_with(verification_id)
 
-    @mock.patch("rally.db.verification_result_get", return_value={"data": {}})
+    @mock.patch("rally.common.db.verification_result_get",
+                return_value={"data": {}})
     @mock.patch("json.dumps")
     def test_results(self, mock_json_dumps, mock_verification_result_get):
         verification_uuid = "a0231bdf-6a4e-4daf-8ab1-ae076f75f070"
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ class VerifyCommandsTestCase(test.TestCase):
         mock_verification_result_get.assert_called_once_with(verification_uuid)
         mock_json_dumps.assert_called_once_with({}, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
 
-    @mock.patch("rally.db.verification_result_get")
+    @mock.patch("rally.common.db.verification_result_get")
     def test_results_verification_not_found(
             self, mock_verification_result_get):
         verification_uuid = "9044ced5-9c84-4666-8a8f-4b73a2b62acb"
@@ -172,7 +173,8 @@ class VerifyCommandsTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
     @mock.patch("rally.cli.commands.verify.open",
                 side_effect=mock.mock_open(), create=True)
-    @mock.patch("rally.db.verification_result_get", return_value={"data": {}})
+    @mock.patch("rally.common.db.verification_result_get",
+                return_value={"data": {}})
     def test_results_with_output_json_and_output_file(
             self, mock_verification_result_get, mock_open):
         mock_open.side_effect = mock.mock_open()
@@ -186,7 +188,7 @@ class VerifyCommandsTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
     @mock.patch("rally.cli.commands.verify.open",
                 side_effect=mock.mock_open(), create=True)
-    @mock.patch("rally.db.verification_result_get")
+    @mock.patch("rally.common.db.verification_result_get")
     @mock.patch("rally.verification.tempest.json2html.HtmlOutput")
     def test_results_with_output_html_and_output_file(
             self, mock_html_output, mock_verification_result_get, mock_open):
@@ -205,7 +207,7 @@ class VerifyCommandsTestCase(test.TestCase):
         mock_open.assert_called_once_with("results", "wb")
         mock_open.side_effect().write.assert_called_once_with("html_report")
 
-    @mock.patch("rally.db.verification_result_get",
+    @mock.patch("rally.common.db.verification_result_get",
                 return_value={"data": {"test_cases": {}}})
     @mock.patch("json.dumps")
     def test_compare(self, mock_json_dumps, mock_verification_result_get):
@@ -221,7 +223,7 @@ class VerifyCommandsTestCase(test.TestCase):
         mock_json_dumps.assert_called_once_with(fake_data, sort_keys=True,
                                                 indent=4)
 
-    @mock.patch("rally.db.verification_result_get",
+    @mock.patch("rally.common.db.verification_result_get",
                 side_effect=exceptions.NotFoundException())
     def test_compare_verification_not_found(self,
                                             mock_verification_result_get):
@@ -236,7 +238,7 @@ class VerifyCommandsTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
     @mock.patch("rally.cli.commands.verify.open",
                 side_effect=mock.mock_open(), create=True)
-    @mock.patch("rally.db.verification_result_get",
+    @mock.patch("rally.common.db.verification_result_get",
                 return_value={"data": {"test_cases": {}}})
     def test_compare_with_output_csv_and_output_file(
             self, mock_verification_result_get, mock_open):
@@ -256,7 +258,7 @@ class VerifyCommandsTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
     @mock.patch("rally.cli.commands.verify.open",
                 side_effect=mock.mock_open(), create=True)
-    @mock.patch("rally.db.verification_result_get",
+    @mock.patch("rally.common.db.verification_result_get",
                 return_value={"data": {"test_cases": {}}})
     def test_compare_with_output_json_and_output_file(
             self, mock_verification_result_get, mock_open):
@@ -275,7 +277,7 @@ class VerifyCommandsTestCase(test.TestCase):
 
     @mock.patch("rally.cli.commands.verify.open",
                 side_effect=mock.mock_open(), create=True)
-    @mock.patch("rally.db.verification_result_get")
+    @mock.patch("rally.common.db.verification_result_get")
     @mock.patch(("rally.verification.tempest."
                  "compare2html.create_report"), return_value="")
     def test_compare_with_output_html_and_output_file(
diff --git a/tests/unit/cli/test_cliutils.py b/tests/unit/cli/test_cliutils.py
index 588a8a94be..54ef354328 100644
--- a/tests/unit/cli/test_cliutils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/cli/test_cliutils.py
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class CliUtilsTestCase(test.TestCase):
         ret = cliutils.run(["rally", "show", "keypairs"], self.categories)
         self.assertEqual(ret, 1)
 
-    @mock.patch("rally.db.task_get",
+    @mock.patch("rally.common.db.task_get",
                 side_effect=exceptions.TaskNotFound(FAKE_TASK_UUID))
     def test_run_task_not_found(self, mock_task_get):
         ret = cliutils.run(["rally", "task", "status", "%s" % FAKE_TASK_UUID],
diff --git a/tests/unit/db/__init__.py b/tests/unit/common/db/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/unit/db/__init__.py
rename to tests/unit/common/db/__init__.py
diff --git a/tests/unit/db/test_api.py b/tests/unit/common/db/test_api.py
similarity index 99%
rename from tests/unit/db/test_api.py
rename to tests/unit/common/db/test_api.py
index 343f1f4071..f730727542 100644
--- a/tests/unit/db/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/unit/common/db/test_api.py
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 
 from six import moves
 
+from rally.common import db
 from rally import consts
-from rally import db
 from rally import exceptions
 from tests.unit import test
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test.py b/tests/unit/test.py
index 744efa7792..b4fd9f82fc 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from oslo_config import fixture
 from oslotest import base
 from oslotest import mockpatch
 
-from rally import db
+from rally.common import db
 from rally import plugins
 from tests.unit import fakes