diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/common/AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil.java b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/common/AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
index fb87a8e1..4046943 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/common/AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/common/AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
 
 public class AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil {
 
-    public static final String NC1_ID = "nc1";
-    public static final String NC2_ID = "nc2";
+    public static final String[] NC_IDS = { "nc1", "nc2" };
     public static final String[] ASTERIX_DATA_DIRS = new String[] { "nc1data", "nc2data" };
 
     public static final int DEFAULT_HYRACKS_CC_CLIENT_PORT = 1098;
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@
         ncConfig1.dataIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
         ncConfig1.datasetIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
         ncConfig1.resultHistorySize = 1000;
-        ncConfig1.nodeId = NC1_ID;
+        ncConfig1.nodeId = NC_IDS[0];
         ncConfig1.ioDevices = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + File.separator + "nc1/iodevice0" + ","
                 + System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + File.separator + "nc1/iodevice1";
         ncConfig1.appNCMainClass = NCApplicationEntryPoint.class.getName();
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@
         ncConfig2.dataIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
         ncConfig2.datasetIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
         ncConfig2.resultHistorySize = 1000;
-        ncConfig2.nodeId = NC2_ID;
+        ncConfig2.nodeId = NC_IDS[1];
         ncConfig2.ioDevices = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + File.separator + "nc2/iodevice0" + ","
                 + System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + File.separator + "nc2/iodevice1";
         ncConfig2.appNCMainClass = NCApplicationEntryPoint.class.getName();
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml b/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml
index e85e56874..16042c1 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/resources/asterix-build-configuration.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@
      <ncId>nc2</ncId>
      <storeDirs>nc2data</storeDirs> 
   </store>
+  <transactionLogDir>
+  	 <ncId>nc1</ncId>
+  	 <txnLogDirPath>target/txnLogDir/nc1</txnLogDirPath> 
+  </transactionLogDir>
+  <transactionLogDir>
+  	 <ncId>nc2</ncId>
+  	 <txnLogDirPath>target/txnLogDir/nc2</txnLogDirPath> 
+  </transactionLogDir>
   <property>
      <name>log.level</name>
      <value>WARNING</value>
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/metadata/MetadataTest.java b/asterix-app/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/metadata/MetadataTest.java
index dfbd305..dd15d31 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/metadata/MetadataTest.java
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/metadata/MetadataTest.java
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameters;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.api.common.AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.config.AsterixPropertiesAccessor;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.config.AsterixTransactionProperties;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.config.GlobalConfig;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.test.aql.TestsUtils;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.testframework.context.TestCaseContext;
@@ -44,6 +46,8 @@
     private static final String TEST_CONFIG_FILE_NAME = "asterix-build-configuration.xml";
     private static final String WEB_SERVER_PORT = "19002";
 
+    private static AsterixTransactionProperties txnProperties;
+
     @BeforeClass
     public static void setUp() throws Exception {
         System.setProperty(GlobalConfig.CONFIG_FILE_PROPERTY, TEST_CONFIG_FILE_NAME);
@@ -51,13 +55,12 @@
         File outdir = new File(PATH_ACTUAL);
         outdir.mkdirs();
 
-        File log = new File("asterix_logs");
-        if (log.exists()) {
-            FileUtils.deleteDirectory(log);
-        }
+        AsterixPropertiesAccessor apa = new AsterixPropertiesAccessor();
+        txnProperties = new AsterixTransactionProperties(apa);
+
+        deleteTransactionLogs();
 
         AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil.init();
-
     }
 
     @AfterClass
@@ -74,9 +77,15 @@
             TestsUtils.deleteRec(new File(d));
         }
 
-        File log = new File("asterix_logs");
-        if (log.exists()) {
-            FileUtils.deleteDirectory(log);
+        deleteTransactionLogs();
+    }
+
+    private static void deleteTransactionLogs() throws Exception {
+        for (String ncId : AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil.NC_IDS) {
+            File log = new File(txnProperties.getLogDirectory(ncId));
+            if (log.exists()) {
+                FileUtils.deleteDirectory(log);
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/optimizer/OptimizerTest.java b/asterix-app/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/optimizer/OptimizerTest.java
index 0f1f8b5..b7ef7a8 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/optimizer/OptimizerTest.java
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/optimizer/OptimizerTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.api.common.AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.api.java.AsterixJavaClient;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.config.AsterixPropertiesAccessor;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.config.AsterixTransactionProperties;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.config.GlobalConfig;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.exceptions.AsterixException;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.FileSystemBasedAdapter;
@@ -49,6 +51,8 @@
     private static final ArrayList<String> only = AsterixTestHelper.readFile(FILENAME_ONLY, PATH_BASE);
     private static final String TEST_CONFIG_FILE_NAME = "asterix-build-configuration.xml";
 
+    private static AsterixTransactionProperties txnProperties;
+
     @BeforeClass
     public static void setUp() throws Exception {
         // File outdir = new File(PATH_ACTUAL);
@@ -59,10 +63,10 @@
         File outdir = new File(PATH_ACTUAL);
         outdir.mkdirs();
 
-        File log = new File("asterix_logs");
-        if (log.exists()) {
-            FileUtils.deleteDirectory(log);
-        }
+        AsterixPropertiesAccessor apa = new AsterixPropertiesAccessor();
+        txnProperties = new AsterixTransactionProperties(apa);
+
+        deleteTransactionLogs();
 
         AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil.init();
         // Set the node resolver to be the identity resolver that expects node names 
@@ -71,6 +75,15 @@
                 IdentitiyResolverFactory.class.getName());
     }
 
+    private static void deleteTransactionLogs() throws Exception {
+        for (String ncId : AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil.NC_IDS) {
+            File log = new File(txnProperties.getLogDirectory(ncId));
+            if (log.exists()) {
+                FileUtils.deleteDirectory(log);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     @AfterClass
     public static void tearDown() throws Exception {
         // _bootstrap.stop();
@@ -80,10 +93,7 @@
             outdir.delete();
         }
 
-        File log = new File("asterix_logs");
-        if (log.exists()) {
-            FileUtils.deleteDirectory(log);
-        }
+        deleteTransactionLogs();
     }
 
     private static void suiteBuild(File dir, Collection<Object[]> testArgs, String path) {
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/runtime/ExecutionTest.java b/asterix-app/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/runtime/ExecutionTest.java
index 2289484..559080c 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/runtime/ExecutionTest.java
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/runtime/ExecutionTest.java
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 import org.junit.runners.Parameterized.Parameters;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.api.common.AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.config.AsterixPropertiesAccessor;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.config.AsterixTransactionProperties;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.config.GlobalConfig;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.dataset.adapter.FileSystemBasedAdapter;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.external.util.IdentitiyResolverFactory;
@@ -30,6 +32,8 @@
     private static final String TEST_CONFIG_FILE_NAME = "asterix-build-configuration.xml";
     private static final String[] ASTERIX_DATA_DIRS = new String[] { "nc1data", "nc2data" };
 
+    private static AsterixTransactionProperties txnProperties;
+
     @BeforeClass
     public static void setUp() throws Exception {
         System.setProperty(GlobalConfig.CONFIG_FILE_PROPERTY, TEST_CONFIG_FILE_NAME);
@@ -37,10 +41,10 @@
         File outdir = new File(PATH_ACTUAL);
         outdir.mkdirs();
 
-        File log = new File("asterix_logs");
-        if (log.exists()) {
-            FileUtils.deleteDirectory(log);
-        }
+        AsterixPropertiesAccessor apa = new AsterixPropertiesAccessor();
+        txnProperties = new AsterixTransactionProperties(apa);
+
+        deleteTransactionLogs();
 
         AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil.init();
 
@@ -67,13 +71,19 @@
             TestsUtils.deleteRec(new File(d));
         }
 
-        File log = new File("asterix_logs");
-        if (log.exists()) {
-            FileUtils.deleteDirectory(log);
-        }
+        deleteTransactionLogs();
         HDFSCluster.getInstance().cleanup();
     }
 
+    private static void deleteTransactionLogs() throws Exception {
+        for (String ncId : AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil.NC_IDS) {
+            File log = new File(txnProperties.getLogDirectory(ncId));
+            if (log.exists()) {
+                FileUtils.deleteDirectory(log);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     @Parameters
     public static Collection<Object[]> tests() throws Exception {
         Collection<Object[]> testArgs = new ArrayList<Object[]>();
diff --git a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/config/AsterixExternalProperties.java b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/config/AsterixExternalProperties.java
index 6dd2ced..ff17ddf 100644
--- a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/config/AsterixExternalProperties.java
+++ b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/config/AsterixExternalProperties.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     private static Level EXTERNAL_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT = Level.WARNING;
 
     private static final String EXTERNAL_APISERVER_KEY = "api.port";
-    private static int EXTERNAL_APISERVER_DEFAULT = 19101;
+    private static int EXTERNAL_APISERVER_DEFAULT = 19002;
 
     public AsterixExternalProperties(AsterixPropertiesAccessor accessor) {
         super(accessor);
diff --git a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/config/AsterixPropertiesAccessor.java b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/config/AsterixPropertiesAccessor.java
index d623ae5..5ffd9a2 100644
--- a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/config/AsterixPropertiesAccessor.java
+++ b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/config/AsterixPropertiesAccessor.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.configuration.Coredump;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.configuration.Property;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.configuration.Store;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.configuration.TransactionLogDir;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.exceptions.AsterixException;
 
 public class AsterixPropertiesAccessor {
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
     private final Map<String, String[]> stores;
     private final Map<String, String> coredumpConfig;
     private final Map<String, Property> asterixConfigurationParams;
+    private final Map<String, String> transactionLogDirs;
 
     public AsterixPropertiesAccessor() throws AsterixException {
         String fileName = System.getProperty(GlobalConfig.CONFIG_FILE_PROPERTY);
@@ -70,6 +72,10 @@
         for (Coredump cd : asterixConfiguration.getCoredump()) {
             coredumpConfig.put(cd.getNcId(), cd.getCoredumpPath());
         }
+        transactionLogDirs = new HashMap<String, String>();
+        for (TransactionLogDir txnLogDir : asterixConfiguration.getTransactionLogDir()) {
+            transactionLogDirs.put(txnLogDir.getNcId(), txnLogDir.getTxnLogDirPath());
+        }
 
     }
 
@@ -93,6 +99,10 @@
         return coredumpConfig.get(nodeId);
     }
 
+    public String getTransactionLogDir(String nodeId) {
+        return transactionLogDirs.get(nodeId);
+    }
+
     public <T> T getProperty(String property, T defaultValue, IPropertyInterpreter<T> interpreter) {
         Property p = asterixConfigurationParams.get(property);
         if (p == null) {
diff --git a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/config/AsterixTransactionProperties.java b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/config/AsterixTransactionProperties.java
index 0b6ea85..b3b5725 100644
--- a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/config/AsterixTransactionProperties.java
+++ b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/config/AsterixTransactionProperties.java
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.config;
 
 public class AsterixTransactionProperties extends AbstractAsterixProperties {
-    private static final String TXN_LOG_DIRECTORY_KEY = "txn.log.directory";
-    private static final String TXN_LOG_DIRECTORY_DEFAULT = "asterix_logs/";
-    
+
     private static final String TXN_LOG_BUFFER_NUMPAGES_KEY = "txn.log.buffer.numpages";
     private static int TXN_LOG_BUFFER_NUMPAGES_DEFAULT = 8;
 
@@ -12,7 +10,7 @@
 
     private static final String TXN_LOG_PARTITIONSIZE_KEY = "txn.log.partitionsize";
     private static final long TXN_LOG_PARTITIONSIZE_DEFAULT = (2 << 30); // 2GB
-    
+
     private static final String TXN_LOG_DISKSECTORSIZE_KEY = "txn.log.disksectorsize";
     private static final int TXN_LOG_DISKSECTORSIZE_DEFAULT = 4096;
 
@@ -24,7 +22,7 @@
 
     private static final String TXN_LOG_CHECKPOINT_POLLFREQUENCY_KEY = "txn.log.checkpoint.pollfrequency";
     private static int TXN_LOG_CHECKPOINT_POLLFREQUENCY_DEFAULT = 120; // 120s
-    
+
     private static final String TXN_LOG_CHECKPOINT_HISTORY_KEY = "txn.log.checkpoint.history";
     private static int TXN_LOG_CHECKPOINT_HISTORY_DEFAULT = 0;
 
@@ -33,24 +31,19 @@
 
     private static final String TXN_LOCK_SHRINKTIMER_KEY = "txn.lock.shrinktimer";
     private static int TXN_LOCK_SHRINKTIMER_DEFAULT = 5000; // 5s
-    
+
     private static final String TXN_LOCK_TIMEOUT_WAITTHRESHOLD_KEY = "txn.lock.timeout.waitthreshold";
     private static final int TXN_LOCK_TIMEOUT_WAITTHRESHOLD_DEFAULT = 60000; // 60s
-    
+
     private static final String TXN_LOCK_TIMEOUT_SWEEPTHRESHOLD_KEY = "txn.lock.timeout.sweepthreshold";
     private static final int TXN_LOCK_TIMEOUT_SWEEPTHRESHOLD_DEFAULT = 10000; // 10s
 
     public AsterixTransactionProperties(AsterixPropertiesAccessor accessor) {
         super(accessor);
     }
-    
-    public String getLogDirectory() {
-        String logDirectory = accessor.getProperty(TXN_LOG_DIRECTORY_KEY, TXN_LOG_DIRECTORY_DEFAULT,
-                PropertyInterpreters.getStringPropertyInterpreter());
-        if (!logDirectory.endsWith("/")) {
-            logDirectory += "/";
-        }
-        return logDirectory;
+
+    public String getLogDirectory(String nodeId) {
+        return accessor.getTransactionLogDir(nodeId);
     }
 
     public int getLogBufferNumPages() {
@@ -67,7 +60,7 @@
         return accessor.getProperty(TXN_LOG_PARTITIONSIZE_KEY, TXN_LOG_PARTITIONSIZE_DEFAULT,
                 PropertyInterpreters.getLongPropertyInterpreter());
     }
-    
+
     public int getLogDiskSectorSize() {
         return accessor.getProperty(TXN_LOG_DISKSECTORSIZE_KEY, TXN_LOG_DISKSECTORSIZE_DEFAULT,
                 PropertyInterpreters.getIntegerPropertyInterpreter());
@@ -92,7 +85,7 @@
         return accessor.getProperty(TXN_LOG_CHECKPOINT_HISTORY_KEY, TXN_LOG_CHECKPOINT_HISTORY_DEFAULT,
                 PropertyInterpreters.getIntegerPropertyInterpreter());
     }
-    
+
     public int getEntityToDatasetLockEscalationThreshold() {
         return accessor.getProperty(TXN_LOCK_ESCALATIONTHRESHOLD_KEY, TXN_LOCK_ESCALATIONTHRESHOLD_DEFAULT,
                 PropertyInterpreters.getIntegerPropertyInterpreter());
@@ -102,12 +95,12 @@
         return accessor.getProperty(TXN_LOCK_SHRINKTIMER_KEY, TXN_LOCK_SHRINKTIMER_DEFAULT,
                 PropertyInterpreters.getIntegerPropertyInterpreter());
     }
-    
+
     public int getTimeoutWaitThreshold() {
         return accessor.getProperty(TXN_LOCK_TIMEOUT_WAITTHRESHOLD_KEY, TXN_LOCK_TIMEOUT_WAITTHRESHOLD_DEFAULT,
                 PropertyInterpreters.getIntegerPropertyInterpreter());
     }
-    
+
     public int getTimeoutSweepThreshold() {
         return accessor.getProperty(TXN_LOCK_TIMEOUT_SWEEPTHRESHOLD_KEY, TXN_LOCK_TIMEOUT_SWEEPTHRESHOLD_DEFAULT,
                 PropertyInterpreters.getIntegerPropertyInterpreter());
diff --git a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/transactions/LogManagerProperties.java b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/transactions/LogManagerProperties.java
index 9387687..3e6ad99 100644
--- a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/transactions/LogManagerProperties.java
+++ b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/transactions/LogManagerProperties.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         this.logPageSize = txnProperties.getLogBufferPageSize();
         this.numLogPages = txnProperties.getLogBufferNumPages();
         long logPartitionSize = txnProperties.getLogPartitionSize();
-        this.logDir = txnProperties.getLogDirectory() + nodeId;
+        this.logDir = txnProperties.getLogDirectory(nodeId);
         this.logFilePrefix = DEFAULT_LOG_FILE_PREFIX;
         this.groupCommitWaitPeriod = txnProperties.getGroupCommitInterval();
 
diff --git a/asterix-common/src/main/resources/schema/asterix-conf.xsd b/asterix-common/src/main/resources/schema/asterix-conf.xsd
index 5aefdbd..f461723 100644
--- a/asterix-common/src/main/resources/schema/asterix-conf.xsd
+++ b/asterix-common/src/main/resources/schema/asterix-conf.xsd
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 	<xs:element name="name" type="xs:string" />
 	<xs:element name="value" type="xs:string" />
 	<xs:element name="description" type="xs:string" />
+    <xs:element name="txnLogDirPath" type="xs:string" />
+	
 	
 	<!-- definition of complex elements -->
 	<xs:element name="store">
@@ -32,6 +34,15 @@
 			</xs:sequence>
 		</xs:complexType>
 	</xs:element>
+	
+	<xs:element name="transactionLogDir">
+		<xs:complexType>
+			<xs:sequence>
+				<xs:element ref="mg:ncId" />
+				<xs:element ref="mg:txnLogDirPath" />
+			</xs:sequence>
+		</xs:complexType>
+	</xs:element>
 
 	<xs:element name="property">
 		<xs:complexType>
@@ -50,6 +61,7 @@
 				<xs:element ref="mg:metadataNode" minOccurs="0"/>
 				<xs:element ref="mg:store" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
 				<xs:element ref="mg:coredump" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
+				<xs:element ref="mg:transactionLogDir" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
 				<xs:element ref="mg:property" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
 			</xs:sequence>
 		</xs:complexType>
diff --git a/asterix-common/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/aql/TestsUtils.java b/asterix-common/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/aql/TestsUtils.java
index d13dd2e..a85df9e 100644
--- a/asterix-common/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/aql/TestsUtils.java
+++ b/asterix-common/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/test/aql/TestsUtils.java
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
     public static InputStream executeQuery(String str) throws Exception {
         InputStream resultStream = null;
 
-        final String url = "http://localhost:19101/query";
+        final String url = "http://localhost:19002/query";
 
         // Create an instance of HttpClient.
         HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
     // To execute Update statements
     // Insert and Delete statements are executed here
     public static void executeUpdate(String str) throws Exception {
-        final String url = "http://localhost:19101/update";
+        final String url = "http://localhost:19002/update";
 
         // Create an instance of HttpClient.
         HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
     // create dataverse statement
     // create function statement
     public static void executeDDL(String str) throws Exception {
-        final String url = "http://localhost:19101/ddl";
+        final String url = "http://localhost:19002/ddl";
 
         // Create an instance of HttpClient.
         HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
@@ -364,4 +364,3 @@
         }
     }
 }
-
diff --git a/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/cc_start/cc_start.sh b/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/cc_start/cc_start.sh
index 003d9cf..bbea4dc 100755
--- a/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/cc_start/cc_start.sh
+++ b/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/cc_start/cc_start.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
   mkdir -p $LOG_DIR
 fi
 cd $WORKING_DIR
-$ASTERIX_HOME/bin/asterixcc -client-net-ip-address $CLIENT_NET_IP -client-net-port 1098 -cluster-net-ip-address $CLUSTER_NET_IP -cluster-net-port 1099 -http-port 8888  &> $LOG_DIR/cc.log
+$ASTERIX_HOME/bin/asterixcc -client-net-ip-address $CLIENT_NET_IP -client-net-port $CLIENT_NET_PORT -cluster-net-ip-address $CLUSTER_NET_IP -cluster-net-port $CLUSTER_NET_PORT -http-port $HTTP_PORT  &> $LOG_DIR/cc.log
diff --git a/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/events.xml b/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/events.xml
index f85e3ea1..068367e 100644
--- a/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/events.xml
+++ b/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/events.xml
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@
     <daemon>false</daemon>
   </event>
   <event>
+    <type>directory_copy</type>
+    <script>file/dir_copy.sh</script>
+    <description>Copies a directory (and its contents) from the remove file system to the local file system</description>
+    <args>destination_node destination_path local_source_path</args>
+    <daemon>false</daemon>
+  </event>
+  <event>
     <type>file_delete</type>
     <script>file/delete.sh</script>
     <description>Deletes a file on the local file system to a remote node</description>
diff --git a/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/file/dir_copy.sh b/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/file/dir_copy.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6015dca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/file/dir_copy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+USERNAME=$1
+SRC_HOST=$2
+SRC_DIR=$3
+DEST_DIR=$4
+mkdir -p $DEST_DIR
+echo "scp -r $USERNAME@$SRC_HOST:$SRC_DIR $DEST_DIR"
+scp -r $USERNAME@$SRC_HOST:$SRC_DIR $DEST_DIR 
diff --git a/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/node_join/nc_join.sh b/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/node_join/nc_join.sh
index d8bbbd2..efbfd40 100755
--- a/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/node_join/nc_join.sh
+++ b/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/node_join/nc_join.sh
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
   mkdir -p $LOG_DIR
 fi
 cd $WORKING_DIR
-$ASTERIX_HOME/bin/asterixnc -node-id $NC_ID -cc-host $CC_HOST -cc-port 1099 -cluster-net-ip-address $IP_LOCATION  -data-ip-address $IP_LOCATION -iodevices $IO_DEVICES -result-ip-address $IP_LOCATION &> $LOG_DIR/${NC_ID}.log
+$ASTERIX_HOME/bin/asterixnc -node-id $NC_ID -cc-host $CC_HOST -cc-port $CLUSTER_NET_PORT  -cluster-net-ip-address $IP_LOCATION  -data-ip-address $IP_LOCATION -iodevices $IO_DEVICES -result-ip-address $IP_LOCATION &> $LOG_DIR/${NC_ID}.log
diff --git a/asterix-events/src/main/resources/schema/cluster.xsd b/asterix-events/src/main/resources/schema/cluster.xsd
index 718d7b0..f0d5bd9 100644
--- a/asterix-events/src/main/resources/schema/cluster.xsd
+++ b/asterix-events/src/main/resources/schema/cluster.xsd
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 	<xs:element name="iodevices" type="xs:string" />
 	<xs:element name="java_home" type="xs:string" />
 	<xs:element name="username" type="xs:string" />
+	<xs:element name="web_port" type="xs:string" />
+	<xs:element name="client_port" type="xs:integer" />
+	<xs:element name="cluster_port" type="xs:integer" />
+	<xs:element name="http_port" type="xs:integer" />
 
 	<!-- definition of complex elements -->
 	<xs:element name="working_dir">
@@ -36,6 +40,9 @@
 				<xs:element ref="cl:cluster_ip" />
 				<xs:element ref="cl:java_home" minOccurs="0" />
 				<xs:element ref="cl:log_dir" minOccurs="0" />
+				<xs:element ref="cl:client_port"  />
+				<xs:element ref="cl:cluster_port"  />
+				<xs:element ref="cl:http_port"  />
 			</xs:sequence>
 		</xs:complexType>
 	</xs:element>
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/command/CommandHandler.java b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/command/CommandHandler.java
index 7fc3884..91a7ee5 100644
--- a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/command/CommandHandler.java
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/command/CommandHandler.java
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@
             case CONFIGURE:
                 cmd = new ConfigureCommand();
                 break;
+            case LOG:
+                cmd = new LogCommand();
+                break;
             case SHUTDOWN:
                 cmd = new ShutdownCommand();
                 break;
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/command/HelpCommand.java b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/command/HelpCommand.java
index 3bc700d..76e40fa 100644
--- a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/command/HelpCommand.java
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/command/HelpCommand.java
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@
             case ALTER:
                 helpMessage = new AlterCommand().getUsageDescription();
                 break;
+            case LOG:
+                helpMessage = new LogCommand().getUsageDescription();
+                break;
             default:
                 helpMessage = "Unknown command " + command;
         }
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/command/ICommand.java b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/command/ICommand.java
index 979c414..0b29850 100644
--- a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/command/ICommand.java
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/command/ICommand.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
         ALTER,
         VALIDATE,
         CONFIGURE,
+        LOG,
         SHUTDOWN,
         HELP
     }
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/command/LogCommand.java b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/command/LogCommand.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f99ab0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/command/LogCommand.java
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2009-2012 by The Regents of the University of California
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * you may obtain a copy of the License from
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package edu.uci.ics.asterix.installer.command;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FilenameFilter;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.kohsuke.args4j.Option;
+
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.event.management.EventrixClient;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.event.schema.pattern.Patterns;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.installer.driver.InstallerDriver;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.installer.driver.InstallerUtil;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.installer.error.InstallerException;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.installer.events.PatternCreator;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.installer.model.AsterixInstance;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.installer.model.AsterixInstance.State;
+
+public class LogCommand extends AbstractCommand {
+
+    @Override
+    protected void execCommand() throws Exception {
+        InstallerDriver.initConfig(true);
+        String asterixInstanceName = ((LogConfig) config).name;
+        AsterixInstance instance = InstallerUtil.validateAsterixInstanceExists(asterixInstanceName, State.INACTIVE,
+                State.UNUSABLE, State.ACTIVE);
+        PatternCreator pc = new PatternCreator();
+        EventrixClient client = InstallerUtil.getEventrixClient(instance.getCluster());
+        String outputDir = ((LogConfig) config).outputDir == null ? InstallerDriver.getManagixHome() + File.separator + "logdump"
+                : ((LogConfig) config).outputDir;
+        File f = new File(outputDir);
+        String outputDirPath = f.getAbsolutePath();
+        if (!f.exists()) {
+            boolean success = f.mkdirs();
+            if (!success) {
+                throw new InstallerException("Unable to create output directory:" + outputDirPath);
+            }
+        }
+        Patterns transferLogPattern = pc.getGenerateLogPattern(asterixInstanceName, instance.getCluster(), outputDirPath);
+        client.submit(transferLogPattern);
+        File outputDirFile = new File(outputDirPath);
+        final String destFileName = "log_" + new Date().toString().replace(' ', '_') + ".zip";
+        File destFile = new File(outputDirFile, destFileName);
+        InstallerUtil.zipDir(outputDirFile, destFile);
+
+        String[] filesToDelete = outputDirFile.list(new FilenameFilter() {
+            @Override
+            public boolean accept(File dir, String name) {
+                return !name.equals(destFileName);
+            }
+
+        });
+        for (String fileS : filesToDelete) {
+             f = new File(outputDirFile, fileS);
+            if (f.isDirectory()) {
+                FileUtils.deleteDirectory(f);
+            } else {
+                f.delete();
+            }
+        }
+        LOGGER.info("Log zip archive created at " + destFile.getAbsolutePath());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected CommandConfig getCommandConfig() {
+        return new LogConfig();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getUsageDescription() {
+        return "\nCreates a tar ball containing log files corresponding to each worker node (NC) and the master (CC)  for an ASTERIX instance"
+                + "\n\nAvailable arguments/options"
+                + "\n-n name of the ASTERIX instance. \n-d destination directory for producing the tar ball (defaults to) "
+                + InstallerDriver.getManagixHome();
+    }
+}
+
+class LogConfig extends CommandConfig {
+
+    @Option(name = "-n", required = true, usage = "Name of Asterix Instance")
+    public String name;
+
+    @Option(name = "-d", required = false, usage = "Destination directory for producing log tar ball")
+    public String outputDir;
+
+}
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/driver/InstallerDriver.java b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/driver/InstallerDriver.java
index a9ab53b..1c2ec0a 100644
--- a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/driver/InstallerDriver.java
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/driver/InstallerDriver.java
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@
         buffer.append("describe " + ":" + " Describes an existing asterix instance" + "\n");
         buffer.append("validate " + ":" + " Validates the installer/cluster configuration" + "\n");
         buffer.append("configure" + ":" + " Configure the Asterix installer" + "\n");
+        buffer.append("log      " + ":"
+                + " Produce a tar archive contianing log files from the master and worker nodes" + "\n");
         buffer.append("shutdown " + ":" + " Shutdown the installer service" + "\n");
         buffer.append("help     " + ":" + " Provides usage description of a command" + "\n");
         buffer.append("\nTo get more information about a command, use managix help -cmd <command>");
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/driver/InstallerUtil.java b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/driver/InstallerUtil.java
index abf0420..70f7142 100644
--- a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/driver/InstallerUtil.java
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/driver/InstallerUtil.java
@@ -48,11 +48,12 @@
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.configuration.AsterixConfiguration;
-import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.configuration.Store;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.configuration.Coredump;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.configuration.Store;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.configuration.TransactionLogDir;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.event.driver.EventDriver;
-import edu.uci.ics.asterix.event.management.EventrixClient;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.event.management.EventUtil;
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.event.management.EventrixClient;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.event.schema.cluster.Cluster;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.event.schema.cluster.Env;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.event.schema.cluster.Node;
@@ -69,6 +70,10 @@
     public static final String TXN_LOG_DIR_KEY_SUFFIX = "txnLogDir";
     public static final String ASTERIX_CONFIGURATION_FILE = "asterix-configuration.xml";
     public static final String TXN_LOG_CONFIGURATION_FILE = "log.properties";
+    public static final int CLUSTER_NET_PORT_DEFAULT = 1098;
+    public static final int CLIENT_NET_PORT_DEFAULT = 1099;
+    public static final int HTTP_PORT_DEFAULT = 8888;
+    public static final int WEB_INTERFACE_PORT_DEFAULT = 19001;
 
     public static AsterixInstance createAsterixInstance(String asterixInstanceName, Cluster cluster,
             AsterixConfiguration asterixConfiguration) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
@@ -106,11 +111,23 @@
         }
         clusterProperties.add(new Property("ASTERIX_HOME", cluster.getWorkingDir().getDir() + File.separator
                 + "asterix"));
-        clusterProperties.add(new Property("CLUSTER_NET_IP", cluster.getMasterNode().getClusterIp()));
-        clusterProperties.add(new Property("CLIENT_NET_IP", cluster.getMasterNode().getClientIp()));
         clusterProperties.add(new Property("LOG_DIR", cluster.getLogDir()));
         clusterProperties.add(new Property("JAVA_HOME", cluster.getJavaHome()));
         clusterProperties.add(new Property("WORKING_DIR", cluster.getWorkingDir().getDir()));
+        clusterProperties.add(new Property("CLIENT_NET_IP", cluster.getMasterNode().getClientIp()));
+        clusterProperties.add(new Property("CLUSTER_NET_IP", cluster.getMasterNode().getClusterIp()));
+
+        int clusterNetPort = cluster.getMasterNode().getClusterPort() != null ? cluster.getMasterNode()
+                .getClusterPort().intValue() : CLUSTER_NET_PORT_DEFAULT;
+        int clientNetPort = cluster.getMasterNode().getClientPort() != null ? cluster.getMasterNode().getClientPort()
+                .intValue() : CLIENT_NET_PORT_DEFAULT;
+        int httpPort = cluster.getMasterNode().getHttpPort() != null ? cluster.getMasterNode().getHttpPort().intValue()
+                : HTTP_PORT_DEFAULT;
+
+        clusterProperties.add(new Property("CLIENT_NET_PORT", "" + clientNetPort));
+        clusterProperties.add(new Property("CLUSTER_NET_PORT", "" + clusterNetPort));
+        clusterProperties.add(new Property("HTTP_PORT", "" + httpPort));
+
         cluster.setEnv(new Env(clusterProperties));
     }
 
@@ -226,11 +243,17 @@
 
         List<Coredump> coredump = new ArrayList<Coredump>();
         String coredumpDir = null;
+        List<TransactionLogDir> txnLogDirs = new ArrayList<TransactionLogDir>();
+        String txnLogDir = null;
         for (Node node : cluster.getNode()) {
             coredumpDir = node.getLogDir() == null ? cluster.getLogDir() : node.getLogDir();
-            coredump.add(new Coredump(asterixInstanceName + "_" + node.getId(), coredumpDir));
+            coredump.add(new Coredump(asterixInstanceName + "_" + node.getId(), coredumpDir  + File.separator + asterixInstanceName +  "_"  + node.getId()));
+
+            txnLogDir = node.getTxnLogDir() == null ? cluster.getTxnLogDir() : node.getTxnLogDir();
+            txnLogDirs.add(new TransactionLogDir(asterixInstanceName + "_" + node.getId(), txnLogDir));
         }
         configuration.setCoredump(coredump);
+        configuration.setTransactionLogDir(txnLogDirs);
 
         File asterixConfDir = new File(InstallerDriver.getAsterixDir() + File.separator + asterixInstanceName);
         asterixConfDir.mkdirs();
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/events/PatternCreator.java b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/events/PatternCreator.java
index 0f382f9..7330c67 100644
--- a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/events/PatternCreator.java
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/events/PatternCreator.java
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.event.driver.EventDriver;
@@ -183,7 +185,7 @@
             txnLogDir = node.getTxnLogDir() == null ? instance.getCluster().getTxnLogDir() : node.getTxnLogDir();
             store = node.getStore() == null ? cluster.getStore() : node.getStore();
             pargs = workingDir + " " + instance.getName() + " " + iodevices + " " + store + " "
-                    + BackupCommand.ASTERIX_ROOT_METADATA_DIR + " " + txnLogDir + " " + backupId + " " + backupDir
+                    + BackupCommand.ASTERIX_ROOT_METADATA_DIR  + " " + txnLogDir + " " + backupId + " " + backupDir
                     + " " + "local" + " " + node.getId();
             Event event = new Event("backup", nodeid, pargs);
             patternList.add(new Pattern(null, 1, null, event));
@@ -479,4 +481,35 @@
         return new Pattern(null, 1, null, event);
     }
 
+    public Patterns getGenerateLogPattern(String asterixInstanceName, Cluster cluster, String outputDir) {
+        List<Pattern> patternList = new ArrayList<Pattern>();
+        Map<String,String> nodeLogs = new HashMap<String,String>();
+        
+        String username = cluster.getUsername() == null ? System.getProperty("user.name") : cluster.getUsername();
+        String srcHost = cluster.getMasterNode().getClientIp();
+        Nodeid nodeid = new Nodeid(new Value(null, EventDriver.CLIENT_NODE.getId()));
+        String srcDir = cluster.getMasterNode().getLogDir() == null ? cluster.getLogDir() : cluster.getMasterNode()
+                .getLogDir();
+        String destDir = outputDir + File.separator + "cc";
+        String pargs = username + " " + srcHost + " " + srcDir + " " + destDir;
+        Event event = new Event("directory_copy", nodeid, pargs);
+        Pattern p = new Pattern(null, 1, null, event);
+        patternList.add(p);
+        nodeLogs.put(cluster.getMasterNode().getClusterIp(),srcDir);
+        for (Node node : cluster.getNode()) {
+            srcHost = node.getClusterIp();
+            srcDir = node.getLogDir() == null ? cluster.getLogDir() : node.getLogDir();
+            if(nodeLogs.get(node.getClusterIp()) != null && nodeLogs.get(node.getClusterIp()).equals(srcDir)){
+                continue;
+            }
+            destDir = outputDir + File.separator + node.getId();
+            pargs = username + " " + srcHost +  " " + srcDir + " "  + destDir;
+            event = new Event("directory_copy", nodeid, pargs);
+            p = new Pattern(null, 1, null, event);
+            patternList.add(p);
+        }
+        Patterns patterns = new Patterns(patternList);
+        return patterns;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/model/AsterixInstance.java b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/model/AsterixInstance.java
index 9839b90..751cc36 100644
--- a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/model/AsterixInstance.java
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/model/AsterixInstance.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.config.AsterixExternalProperties;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.configuration.AsterixConfiguration;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.common.configuration.Property;
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.event.schema.cluster.Cluster;
@@ -26,9 +27,10 @@
 
 public class AsterixInstance implements Serializable {
 
-    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2874439550187520449L;
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
-  
+    private static final int WEB_INTERFACE_PORT_DEFAULT = 19001;
+    
     public enum State {
         ACTIVE,
         INACTIVE,
@@ -45,7 +47,6 @@
     private final String metadataNodeId;
     private final String asterixVersion;
     private final List<BackupInfo> backupInfo;
-    private final String webInterfaceUrl;
     private AsterixRuntimeState runtimeState;
     private State previousState;
 
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@
         this.asterixVersion = asterixVersion;
         this.createdTimestamp = new Date();
         this.backupInfo = new ArrayList<BackupInfo>();
-        this.webInterfaceUrl = "http://" + cluster.getMasterNode().getClientIp() + ":" + 19001;
+
     }
 
     public Date getModifiedTimestamp() {
@@ -112,7 +113,8 @@
         StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
         buffer.append("Name:" + name + "\n");
         buffer.append("Created:" + createdTimestamp + "\n");
-        buffer.append("Web-Url:" + webInterfaceUrl + "\n");
+
+        buffer.append("Web-Url:" + getWebInterfaceUrl() + "\n");
         buffer.append("State:" + state);
         if (!state.equals(State.UNUSABLE) && stateChangeTimestamp != null) {
             buffer.append(" (" + stateChangeTimestamp + ")" + "\n");
@@ -137,7 +139,13 @@
     }
 
     public String getWebInterfaceUrl() {
-        return webInterfaceUrl;
+        int webPort = WEB_INTERFACE_PORT_DEFAULT;
+        for (Property p : asterixConfiguration.getProperty()) {
+            if (p.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("web.port")) {
+                webPort = Integer.parseInt(p.getValue());
+            }
+        }
+        return "http://" + cluster.getMasterNode().getClientIp() + ":" + webPort;
     }
 
     public AsterixRuntimeState getAsterixRuntimeState() {
@@ -170,12 +178,29 @@
 
         buffer.append("\n");
         buffer.append("Asterix Configuration\n");
+        int lenMax = 0;
         for (Property property : asterixConfiguration.getProperty()) {
-            buffer.append(property.getName() + ":" + property.getValue() + "\n");
+            int nextLen = property.getName().length();
+            if (nextLen > lenMax) {
+                lenMax = nextLen;
+            }
+        }
+        for (Property property : asterixConfiguration.getProperty()) {
+            buffer.append(property.getName() + getIndentation(property.getName(), lenMax) + ":" + property.getValue()
+                    + "\n");
         }
 
     }
 
+    private String getIndentation(String name, int lenMax) {
+        int len = name.length();
+        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
+        for (int i = 0; i < lenMax - len; i++) {
+            buf.append(" ");
+        }
+        return buf.toString();
+    }
+
     public State getPreviousState() {
         return previousState;
     }
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/model/EventList.java b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/model/EventList.java
index b605889..33f489e 100644
--- a/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/model/EventList.java
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/installer/model/EventList.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
         FILE_TRANSFER,
         FILE_CREATE,
         DIRECTORY_TRANSFER,
+        DIRECTORY_COPY,
         NODE_INFO
     }
 }
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/clusters/local/local.xml b/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/clusters/local/local.xml
index 0af8dfc..58d0f97 100644
--- a/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/clusters/local/local.xml
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/clusters/local/local.xml
@@ -1,21 +1,24 @@
 <cluster xmlns="cluster">
-  <name>local</name>
-  <working_dir>
-    <dir>/tmp/asterix-installer</dir>
-    <NFS>true</NFS>
-  </working_dir>
-  <log_dir>/tmp/asterix/logs</log_dir>
-  <txn_log_dir>/tmp/asterix/logs</txn_log_dir>
-  <iodevices>/tmp</iodevices>
-  <store>asterix/storage</store>
-  <java_home></java_home>
-  <master_node>
-    <id>master</id>
-    <client_ip>127.0.0.1</client_ip>
-    <cluster_ip>127.0.0.1</cluster_ip>
-  </master_node>
-  <node>
-    <id>node1</id>
-    <cluster_ip>127.0.0.1</cluster_ip>
-  </node>
+	<name>local</name>
+	<working_dir>
+		<dir>/tmp/asterix-installer</dir>
+		<NFS>true</NFS>
+	</working_dir>
+	<log_dir>/tmp/asterix/logs</log_dir>
+	<txn_log_dir>/tmp/asterix/logs</txn_log_dir>
+	<iodevices>/tmp</iodevices>
+	<store>asterix/storage</store>
+	<java_home></java_home>
+	<master_node>
+		<id>master</id>
+		<client_ip>127.0.0.1</client_ip>
+		<cluster_ip>127.0.0.1</cluster_ip>
+		<cluster_port>1099</cluster_port>
+		<client_port>1098</client_port>
+		<http_port>8888</http_port>
+	</master_node>
+	<node>
+		<id>node1</id>
+		<cluster_ip>127.0.0.1</cluster_ip>
+	</node>
 </cluster>
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/conf/asterix-configuration.xml b/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/conf/asterix-configuration.xml
index 8394a96..c9907e3 100644
--- a/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/conf/asterix-configuration.xml
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/conf/asterix-configuration.xml
@@ -80,14 +80,6 @@
 	</property>
 
 	<property>
-		<name>txn.log.directory</name>
-		<value>asterix_logs/</value>
-		<description>The directory location for transaction logs. (Default =
-			"asterix_logs/")
-		</description>
-	</property>
-
-	<property>
 		<name>txn.log.buffer.numpages</name>
 		<value>8</value>
 		<description>The number of in-memory log buffer pages. (Default = "8")
diff --git a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/resource/PersistentLocalResourceRepository.java b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/resource/PersistentLocalResourceRepository.java
index a8f129a..fd25f5a 100644
--- a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/resource/PersistentLocalResourceRepository.java
+++ b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/resource/PersistentLocalResourceRepository.java
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@
     }
 
     private String prepareRootMetaDataFileName(String mountPoint, String nodeId, int ioDeviceId) {
-        return mountPoint + ROOT_METADATA_DIRECTORY + "_" + nodeId + "_" + "iodevice" + ioDeviceId;
+        return mountPoint + File.separator + ROOT_METADATA_DIRECTORY + File.separator + 
+                 nodeId + "_" + "iodevice" + ioDeviceId;
     }
 
     public void initialize(String nodeId, String rootDir, boolean isNewUniverse, ResourceIdFactory resourceIdFactory)
@@ -82,7 +83,13 @@
 
                 File rootMetadataDir = new File(prepareRootMetaDataFileName(mountPoints[i], nodeId, i));
                 if (!rootMetadataDir.exists()) {
-                    rootMetadataDir.mkdir();
+                    boolean success = rootMetadataDir.mkdirs();
+                    if (!success) {
+                        if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.SEVERE)) {
+                            LOGGER.severe("Unable to create root metadata directory"
+                                    + rootMetadataDir.getAbsolutePath());
+                        }
+                    }
                     if (LOGGER.isLoggable(Level.INFO)) {
                         LOGGER.info("created the root-metadata-file's directory: " + rootMetadataDir.getAbsolutePath());
                     }