diff --git a/trove/tests/unittests/guestagent/test_backups.py b/trove/tests/unittests/guestagent/test_backups.py
index 44204c2109..3541668df7 100644
--- a/trove/tests/unittests/guestagent/test_backups.py
+++ b/trove/tests/unittests/guestagent/test_backups.py
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ class GuestAgentBackupTest(trove_testtools.TestCase):
         self.get_data_dir_patcher = patch.object(
             MySqlApp, 'get_data_dir', return_value='/var/lib/mysql/data')
         self.mock_get_datadir = self.get_data_dir_patcher.start()
+        backupBase.BackupRunner.is_zipped = True
+        backupBase.BackupRunner.is_encrypted = True
+        restoreBase.RestoreRunner.is_zipped = True
+        restoreBase.RestoreRunner.is_encrypted = True
 
     def tearDown(self):
         super(GuestAgentBackupTest, self).tearDown()
@@ -111,7 +115,6 @@ class GuestAgentBackupTest(trove_testtools.TestCase):
         self.get_data_dir_patcher.stop()
 
     def test_backup_decrypted_xtrabackup_command(self):
-        backupBase.BackupRunner.is_zipped = True
         backupBase.BackupRunner.is_encrypted = False
         RunnerClass = utils.import_class(BACKUP_XTRA_CLS)
         bkup = RunnerClass(12345, extra_opts="")
@@ -119,7 +122,6 @@ class GuestAgentBackupTest(trove_testtools.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual("12345.xbstream.gz", bkup.manifest)
 
     def test_backup_decrypted_xtrabackup_with_extra_opts_command(self):
-        backupBase.BackupRunner.is_zipped = True
         backupBase.BackupRunner.is_encrypted = False
         RunnerClass = utils.import_class(BACKUP_XTRA_CLS)
         bkup = RunnerClass(12345, extra_opts="--no-lock")
@@ -127,8 +129,6 @@ class GuestAgentBackupTest(trove_testtools.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual("12345.xbstream.gz", bkup.manifest)
 
     def test_backup_encrypted_xtrabackup_command(self):
-        backupBase.BackupRunner.is_zipped = True
-        backupBase.BackupRunner.is_encrypted = True
         backupBase.BackupRunner.encrypt_key = CRYPTO_KEY
         RunnerClass = utils.import_class(BACKUP_XTRA_CLS)
         bkup = RunnerClass(12345, extra_opts="")
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ class GuestAgentBackupTest(trove_testtools.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual("12345.xbstream.gz.enc", bkup.manifest)
 
     def test_backup_xtrabackup_incremental(self):
-        backupBase.BackupRunner.is_zipped = True
         backupBase.BackupRunner.is_encrypted = False
         RunnerClass = utils.import_class(BACKUP_XTRA_INCR_CLS)
         opts = {'lsn': '54321', 'extra_opts': ''}
@@ -147,7 +146,6 @@ class GuestAgentBackupTest(trove_testtools.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual("12345.xbstream.gz", bkup.manifest)
 
     def test_backup_xtrabackup_incremental_with_extra_opts_command(self):
-        backupBase.BackupRunner.is_zipped = True
         backupBase.BackupRunner.is_encrypted = False
         RunnerClass = utils.import_class(BACKUP_XTRA_INCR_CLS)
         opts = {'lsn': '54321', 'extra_opts': '--no-lock'}
@@ -157,8 +155,6 @@ class GuestAgentBackupTest(trove_testtools.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual("12345.xbstream.gz", bkup.manifest)
 
     def test_backup_xtrabackup_incremental_encrypted(self):
-        backupBase.BackupRunner.is_zipped = True
-        backupBase.BackupRunner.is_encrypted = True
         backupBase.BackupRunner.encrypt_key = CRYPTO_KEY
         RunnerClass = utils.import_class(BACKUP_XTRA_INCR_CLS)
         opts = {'lsn': '54321', 'extra_opts': ''}
@@ -168,7 +164,6 @@ class GuestAgentBackupTest(trove_testtools.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual("12345.xbstream.gz.enc", bkup.manifest)
 
     def test_backup_decrypted_mysqldump_command(self):
-        backupBase.BackupRunner.is_zipped = True
         backupBase.BackupRunner.is_encrypted = False
         RunnerClass = utils.import_class(BACKUP_SQLDUMP_CLS)
         bkup = RunnerClass(12345, extra_opts="")
@@ -176,7 +171,6 @@ class GuestAgentBackupTest(trove_testtools.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual("12345.gz", bkup.manifest)
 
     def test_backup_decrypted_mysqldump_with_extra_opts_command(self):
-        backupBase.BackupRunner.is_zipped = True
         backupBase.BackupRunner.is_encrypted = False
         RunnerClass = utils.import_class(BACKUP_SQLDUMP_CLS)
         bkup = RunnerClass(12345, extra_opts="--events --routines --triggers")
@@ -184,8 +178,6 @@ class GuestAgentBackupTest(trove_testtools.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual("12345.gz", bkup.manifest)
 
     def test_backup_encrypted_mysqldump_command(self):
-        backupBase.BackupRunner.is_zipped = True
-        backupBase.BackupRunner.is_encrypted = True
         backupBase.BackupRunner.encrypt_key = CRYPTO_KEY
         RunnerClass = utils.import_class(BACKUP_SQLDUMP_CLS)
         bkup = RunnerClass(12345, user="user",
@@ -195,7 +187,6 @@ class GuestAgentBackupTest(trove_testtools.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual("12345.gz.enc", bkup.manifest)
 
     def test_restore_decrypted_xtrabackup_command(self):
-        restoreBase.RestoreRunner.is_zipped = True
         restoreBase.RestoreRunner.is_encrypted = False
         RunnerClass = utils.import_class(RESTORE_XTRA_CLS)
         restr = RunnerClass(None, restore_location="/var/lib/mysql/data",
@@ -204,8 +195,6 @@ class GuestAgentBackupTest(trove_testtools.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(PREPARE, restr.prepare_cmd)
 
     def test_restore_encrypted_xtrabackup_command(self):
-        restoreBase.RestoreRunner.is_zipped = True
-        restoreBase.RestoreRunner.is_encrypted = True
         restoreBase.RestoreRunner.decrypt_key = CRYPTO_KEY
         RunnerClass = utils.import_class(RESTORE_XTRA_CLS)
         restr = RunnerClass(None, restore_location="/var/lib/mysql/data",
@@ -230,7 +219,6 @@ class GuestAgentBackupTest(trove_testtools.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(expected, observed)
 
     def test_restore_decrypted_xtrabackup_incremental_command(self):
-        restoreBase.RestoreRunner.is_zipped = True
         restoreBase.RestoreRunner.is_encrypted = False
         RunnerClass = utils.import_class(RESTORE_XTRA_INCR_CLS)
         restr = RunnerClass(None, restore_location="/var/lib/mysql/data",
@@ -245,8 +233,6 @@ class GuestAgentBackupTest(trove_testtools.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(expected, observed)
 
     def test_restore_encrypted_xtrabackup_incremental_command(self):
-        restoreBase.RestoreRunner.is_zipped = True
-        restoreBase.RestoreRunner.is_encrypted = True
         restoreBase.RestoreRunner.decrypt_key = CRYPTO_KEY
         RunnerClass = utils.import_class(RESTORE_XTRA_INCR_CLS)
         restr = RunnerClass(None, restore_location="/var/lib/mysql/data",
@@ -261,7 +247,6 @@ class GuestAgentBackupTest(trove_testtools.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(expected, observed)
 
     def test_restore_decrypted_mysqldump_command(self):
-        restoreBase.RestoreRunner.is_zipped = True
         restoreBase.RestoreRunner.is_encrypted = False
         RunnerClass = utils.import_class(RESTORE_SQLDUMP_CLS)
         restr = RunnerClass(None, restore_location="/var/lib/mysql/data",
@@ -269,8 +254,6 @@ class GuestAgentBackupTest(trove_testtools.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(UNZIP + PIPE + SQLDUMP_RESTORE, restr.restore_cmd)
 
     def test_restore_encrypted_mysqldump_command(self):
-        restoreBase.RestoreRunner.is_zipped = True
-        restoreBase.RestoreRunner.is_encrypted = True
         restoreBase.RestoreRunner.decrypt_key = CRYPTO_KEY
         RunnerClass = utils.import_class(RESTORE_SQLDUMP_CLS)
         restr = RunnerClass(None, restore_location="/var/lib/mysql/data",
@@ -279,7 +262,6 @@ class GuestAgentBackupTest(trove_testtools.TestCase):
                          restr.restore_cmd)
 
     def test_backup_encrypted_cbbackup_command(self):
-        backupBase.BackupRunner.is_encrypted = True
         backupBase.BackupRunner.encrypt_key = CRYPTO_KEY
         RunnerClass = utils.import_class(BACKUP_CBBACKUP_CLS)
         utils.execute_with_timeout = mock.Mock(return_value=None)
@@ -300,7 +282,6 @@ class GuestAgentBackupTest(trove_testtools.TestCase):
         self.assertIn("gz", bkp.manifest)
 
     def test_restore_decrypted_cbbackup_command(self):
-        restoreBase.RestoreRunner.is_zipped = True
         restoreBase.RestoreRunner.is_encrypted = False
         RunnerClass = utils.import_class(RESTORE_CBBACKUP_CLS)
         restr = RunnerClass(None, restore_location="/tmp",
@@ -308,8 +289,6 @@ class GuestAgentBackupTest(trove_testtools.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(UNZIP + PIPE + CBBACKUP_RESTORE, restr.restore_cmd)
 
     def test_restore_encrypted_cbbackup_command(self):
-        restoreBase.RestoreRunner.is_zipped = True
-        restoreBase.RestoreRunner.is_encrypted = True
         restoreBase.RestoreRunner.decrypt_key = CRYPTO_KEY
         RunnerClass = utils.import_class(RESTORE_CBBACKUP_CLS)
         restr = RunnerClass(None, restore_location="/tmp",
@@ -335,7 +314,6 @@ class GuestAgentBackupTest(trove_testtools.TestCase):
 
     @mock.patch.object(MongoDBApp, '_init_overrides_dir')
     def test_backup_encrypted_mongodump_command(self, _):
-        backupBase.BackupRunner.is_encrypted = True
         backupBase.BackupRunner.encrypt_key = CRYPTO_KEY
         RunnerClass = utils.import_class(BACKUP_MONGODUMP_CLS)
         utils.execute_with_timeout = mock.Mock(return_value=None)
@@ -358,7 +336,6 @@ class GuestAgentBackupTest(trove_testtools.TestCase):
 
     @mock.patch.object(MongoDBApp, '_init_overrides_dir')
     def test_restore_decrypted_mongodump_command(self, _):
-        restoreBase.RestoreRunner.is_zipped = True
         restoreBase.RestoreRunner.is_encrypted = False
         RunnerClass = utils.import_class(RESTORE_MONGODUMP_CLS)
         restr = RunnerClass(None, restore_location="/tmp",
@@ -367,8 +344,6 @@ class GuestAgentBackupTest(trove_testtools.TestCase):
 
     @mock.patch.object(MongoDBApp, '_init_overrides_dir')
     def test_restore_encrypted_mongodump_command(self, _):
-        restoreBase.RestoreRunner.is_zipped = True
-        restoreBase.RestoreRunner.is_encrypted = True
         restoreBase.RestoreRunner.decrypt_key = CRYPTO_KEY
         RunnerClass = utils.import_class(RESTORE_MONGODUMP_CLS)
         restr = RunnerClass(None, restore_location="/tmp",
@@ -381,7 +356,6 @@ class GuestAgentBackupTest(trove_testtools.TestCase):
                   mock.Mock(return_value={'dir': '/var/lib/redis',
                                           'dbfilename': 'dump.rdb'}))
     def test_backup_encrypted_redisbackup_command(self, *mocks):
-        backupBase.BackupRunner.is_encrypted = True
         backupBase.BackupRunner.encrypt_key = CRYPTO_KEY
         RunnerClass = utils.import_class(BACKUP_REDIS_CLS)
         bkp = RunnerClass(12345)
@@ -409,7 +383,6 @@ class GuestAgentBackupTest(trove_testtools.TestCase):
     @patch.object(operating_system, 'chown')
     @patch.object(operating_system, 'create_directory')
     def test_restore_decrypted_redisbackup_command(self, *mocks):
-        restoreBase.RestoreRunner.is_zipped = True
         restoreBase.RestoreRunner.is_encrypted = False
         RunnerClass = utils.import_class(RESTORE_REDIS_CLS)
         restr = RunnerClass(None, restore_location="/tmp",
@@ -422,8 +395,6 @@ class GuestAgentBackupTest(trove_testtools.TestCase):
     @patch.object(operating_system, 'chown')
     @patch.object(operating_system, 'create_directory')
     def test_restore_encrypted_redisbackup_command(self, *mocks):
-        restoreBase.RestoreRunner.is_zipped = True
-        restoreBase.RestoreRunner.is_encrypted = True
         restoreBase.RestoreRunner.decrypt_key = CRYPTO_KEY
         RunnerClass = utils.import_class(RESTORE_REDIS_CLS)
         restr = RunnerClass(None, restore_location="/tmp",