diff --git a/oximeter/db/src/client/dbwrite.rs b/oximeter/db/src/client/dbwrite.rs
index 17bc2c9db8..dadecb6a7e 100644
--- a/oximeter/db/src/client/dbwrite.rs
+++ b/oximeter/db/src/client/dbwrite.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ impl DbWrite for Client {
         debug!(self.log, "initializing ClickHouse database");
         self.run_many_sql_statements(include_str!(concat!(
             env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"),
-            "/schema/replicated/db-init-test.sql"
+            "/schema/replicated/db-init.sql"
         )))
         .await
     }
@@ -99,6 +99,27 @@ impl DbWrite for Client {
     }
 }
 
+/// Allow initializing a minimal subset of db tables for replicated cluster
+/// testing
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+pub trait TestDbWrite {
+    /// Initialize the replicated telemetry database, creating a subset of tables.
+    async fn init_test_minimal_replicated_db(&self) -> Result<(), Error>;
+}
+
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+impl TestDbWrite for Client {
+    /// Initialize the replicated telemetry database, creating tables as needed.
+    async fn init_test_minimal_replicated_db(&self) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        debug!(self.log, "initializing ClickHouse database");
+        self.run_many_sql_statements(include_str!(concat!(
+            env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"),
+            "/schema/replicated/db-init-test.sql"
+        )))
+        .await
+    }
+}
+
 impl Client {
     // Unroll each sample into its consituent rows, after verifying the schema.
     //
diff --git a/oximeter/db/src/client/mod.rs b/oximeter/db/src/client/mod.rs
index 767c5224e7..2a8efb833b 100644
--- a/oximeter/db/src/client/mod.rs
+++ b/oximeter/db/src/client/mod.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ pub(crate) mod query_summary;
 mod sql;
 
 pub use self::dbwrite::DbWrite;
+pub use self::dbwrite::TestDbWrite;
 use crate::client::query_summary::QuerySummary;
 use crate::model;
 use crate::query;
diff --git a/oximeter/db/src/lib.rs b/oximeter/db/src/lib.rs
index 8c1693e192..218a753b15 100644
--- a/oximeter/db/src/lib.rs
+++ b/oximeter/db/src/lib.rs
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ pub use client::query_summary::QuerySummary;
 pub use client::Client;
 pub use client::DbWrite;
 pub use client::RawSql;
+pub use client::TestDbWrite;
 pub use model::OXIMETER_VERSION;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
diff --git a/oximeter/db/tests/integration_test.rs b/oximeter/db/tests/integration_test.rs
index 82b1ee1b72..a658578d2b 100644
--- a/oximeter/db/tests/integration_test.rs
+++ b/oximeter/db/tests/integration_test.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use dropshot::test_util::log_prefix_for_test;
 use omicron_test_utils::dev::poll;
 use omicron_test_utils::dev::test_setup_log;
 use oximeter::test_util;
-use oximeter_db::{Client, DbWrite, OxqlResult, Sample};
+use oximeter_db::{Client, DbWrite, OxqlResult, Sample, TestDbWrite};
 use std::default::Default;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
@@ -67,7 +67,10 @@ async fn test_cluster() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     println!("deploy setup time = {:?}", end - start);
 
     let start = tokio::time::Instant::now();
-    client1.init_replicated_db().await.context("failed to initialize db")?;
+    client1
+        .init_test_minimal_replicated_db()
+        .await
+        .context("failed to initialize db")?;
     let end = tokio::time::Instant::now();
     println!("init replicated db time = {:?}", end - start);
 
@@ -124,7 +127,10 @@ async fn test_cluster() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     // We need to initiate copying from existing replicated tables by creating
     // the DB and those tables on the new node.
-    client3.init_replicated_db().await.expect("failed to initialized db");
+    client3
+        .init_test_minimal_replicated_db()
+        .await
+        .expect("failed to initialized db");
 
     // Wait for all the data to be copied to node 3
     let start = tokio::time::Instant::now();