diff --git a/common/testutil/testutil.go b/common/testutil/testutil.go
index 8e2bffc1b..cf0118907 100644
--- a/common/testutil/testutil.go
+++ b/common/testutil/testutil.go
@@ -40,12 +40,14 @@ func GetBareSession() (*mongo.Client, error) {
 // GetBareSessionProvider returns a session provider from the environment or
 // from a default host and port.
 func GetBareSessionProvider() (*db.SessionProvider, *options.ToolOptions, error) {
+	fmt.Printf("-- GetBareSessionProvider ...\n")
 	var toolOptions *options.ToolOptions
 
 	// get ToolOptions from URI or defaults
 	if uri := os.Getenv("TOOLS_TESTING_MONGOD"); uri != "" {
+		fmt.Printf("-- GetBareSessionProvider --uri=%s ...\n", uri)
 		fakeArgs := []string{"--uri=" + uri}
-		toolOptions = options.New("mongodump", "", "", "", true, options.EnabledOptions{URI: true})
+		toolOptions = options.New("mongodump", "", "", "", true, options.EnabledOptions{Auth: true, URI: true})
 		_, err := toolOptions.ParseArgs(fakeArgs)
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(fmt.Sprintf("Could not parse TOOLS_TESTING_MONGOD environment variable: %v", err))
@@ -70,10 +72,12 @@ func GetBareSessionProvider() (*db.SessionProvider, *options.ToolOptions, error)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
+	fmt.Printf("-- db.NewSessionProvider ...\n")
 	sessionProvider, err := db.NewSessionProvider(*toolOptions)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
+	fmt.Printf("-- db.NewSessionProvider done\n")
 	return sessionProvider, toolOptions, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/mongodump/mongodump_test.go b/mongodump/mongodump_test.go
index 5531315a9..07733ed64 100644
--- a/mongodump/mongodump_test.go
+++ b/mongodump/mongodump_test.go
@@ -265,6 +265,14 @@ func setUpMongoDumpTestData() error {
 	for i, collectionName := range testCollectionNames {
 		coll := session.Database(testDB).Collection(collectionName)
 
+		idx := mongo.IndexModel{
+			Keys: bson.M{`"`: 1},
+		}
+		_, err = coll.Indexes().CreateOne(context.Background(), idx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
 		for j := 0; j < 10*(i+1); j++ {
 			_, err = coll.InsertOne(
 				context.Background(),
@@ -279,13 +287,6 @@ func setUpMongoDumpTestData() error {
 				return err
 			}
 
-			idx := mongo.IndexModel{
-				Keys: bson.M{`"`: 1},
-			}
-			_, err = coll.Indexes().CreateOne(context.Background(), idx)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1480,7 +1481,11 @@ func TestMongoDumpTOOLS2498(t *testing.T) {
 		// during this period. Before the fix, the process will panic with Nil pointer error since it fails to getCollectionInfo.
 		go func() {
 			time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
-			session, _ := md.SessionProvider.GetSession()
+			session, err := md.SessionProvider.GetSession()
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Error from GetSession: %v", err)
+				return
+			}
 			disconnectErr = session.Disconnect(context.Background())
 		}()
 
diff --git a/rcownie_disagg1 b/rcownie_disagg1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb9571763
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rcownie_disagg1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This branch is for work related to disaggregated storage testing.
diff --git a/run_integration_tests.sh b/run_integration_tests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..1958f2319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run_integration_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Set environment variables here for the cluster to be tested.
+export TOOLS_TESTING_AUTH_USERNAME="rcownie"
+export TOOLS_TESTING_AUTH_PASSWORD="penguin"
+export TOOLS_TESTING_MONGOD="mongodb+srv://rcownie:penguin@rcownie1.aswvt.mongodb-dev.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority&appName=rcownie1"
+export TOOLS_TESTING_AUTH="true"
+export TOOLS_TESTING_REPLSET="true"
+
+echo "Running integration tests for cluster connection ${TOOLS_TESTING_MONGOD}"
+go run build.go test:integration
+