diff --git a/asterix-installer/ittest/asterix-lifecycle_backupRestore.adm b/asterix-installer/ittest/asterix-lifecycle_backupRestore.adm
index 4d02644..4c4f073 100644
--- a/asterix-installer/ittest/asterix-lifecycle_backupRestore.adm
+++ b/asterix-installer/ittest/asterix-lifecycle_backupRestore.adm
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{ "DataverseName": "backupDataverse", "DataFormat": "edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.formats.NonTaggedDataFormat", "Timestamp": "Thu Jul 04 23:22:22 PDT 2013", "PendingOp": 0 }
+{ "DataverseName": "backupDataverse", "DataFormat": "edu.uci.ics.asterix.runtime.formats.NonTaggedDataFormat", "Timestamp": "Mon Jul 08 17:23:56 PDT 2013", "PendingOp": 0 }
diff --git a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/AbstractTupleParser.java b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/AbstractTupleParser.java
index f2d9384..2322338 100644
--- a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/AbstractTupleParser.java
+++ b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/AbstractTupleParser.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     protected final ARecordType recType;
     protected final IHyracksTaskContext ctx;
 
-    public AbstractTupleParser(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, ARecordType recType) {
+    public AbstractTupleParser(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, ARecordType recType) throws HyracksDataException {
         appender = new FrameTupleAppender(ctx.getFrameSize());
         frame = ctx.allocateFrame();
         this.recType = recType;
diff --git a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/AdmSchemafullRecordParserFactory.java b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/AdmSchemafullRecordParserFactory.java
index b4ca5fe..5c84fe4 100644
--- a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/AdmSchemafullRecordParserFactory.java
+++ b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/AdmSchemafullRecordParserFactory.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.ITupleParser;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.ITupleParserFactory;
 
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public ITupleParser createTupleParser(final IHyracksTaskContext ctx) {
+    public ITupleParser createTupleParser(final IHyracksTaskContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
         return new AdmTupleParser(ctx, recType);
     }
 
diff --git a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/AdmTupleParser.java b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/AdmTupleParser.java
index a91f142..7cb9bb0 100644
--- a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/AdmTupleParser.java
+++ b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/AdmTupleParser.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 
 /**
  * An extension of AbstractTupleParser that provides functionality for
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@
  */
 public class AdmTupleParser extends AbstractTupleParser {
 
-    public AdmTupleParser(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, ARecordType recType) {
+    public AdmTupleParser(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, ARecordType recType) throws HyracksDataException {
         super(ctx, recType);
     }
 
diff --git a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/DelimitedDataTupleParser.java b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/DelimitedDataTupleParser.java
index 96adb5a..9f5e6e9 100644
--- a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/DelimitedDataTupleParser.java
+++ b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/DelimitedDataTupleParser.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.parsers.IValueParserFactory;
 
 /**
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
     private final DelimitedDataParser dataParser;
 
     public DelimitedDataTupleParser(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, ARecordType recType,
-            IValueParserFactory[] valueParserFactories, char fieldDelimter) {
+            IValueParserFactory[] valueParserFactories, char fieldDelimter) throws HyracksDataException {
         super(ctx, recType);
         dataParser = new DelimitedDataParser(recType, valueParserFactories, fieldDelimter);
     }
diff --git a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/NtDelimitedDataTupleParserFactory.java b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/NtDelimitedDataTupleParserFactory.java
index 167ff8a..6c56094 100644
--- a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/NtDelimitedDataTupleParserFactory.java
+++ b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/operators/file/NtDelimitedDataTupleParserFactory.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.om.types.ARecordType;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.context.IHyracksTaskContext;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.common.data.parsers.IValueParserFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.ITupleParser;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.ITupleParserFactory;
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public ITupleParser createTupleParser(final IHyracksTaskContext ctx) {
+    public ITupleParser createTupleParser(final IHyracksTaskContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
         return new DelimitedDataTupleParser(ctx, recordType, valueParserFactories, fieldDelimiter);
     }
 
diff --git a/asterix-tools/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/tools/external/data/RateControlledFileSystemBasedAdapter.java b/asterix-tools/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/tools/external/data/RateControlledFileSystemBasedAdapter.java
index 49098a4..e037ec6 100644
--- a/asterix-tools/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/tools/external/data/RateControlledFileSystemBasedAdapter.java
+++ b/asterix-tools/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/tools/external/data/RateControlledFileSystemBasedAdapter.java
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@
 
     }
 
-    protected ITupleParser getRateControlledDelimitedDataTupleParser(ARecordType recordType) throws AsterixException {
+    protected ITupleParser getRateControlledDelimitedDataTupleParser(ARecordType recordType) throws AsterixException,
+            HyracksDataException {
         ITupleParser parser;
         int n = recordType.getFieldTypes().length;
         IValueParserFactory[] fieldParserFactories = new IValueParserFactory[n];
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public ITupleParser createTupleParser(IHyracksTaskContext ctx) {
+    public ITupleParser createTupleParser(IHyracksTaskContext ctx) throws HyracksDataException {
         return new RateControlledTupleParser(ctx, recordType, dataParser, configuration);
     }
 
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@
     public static final String INTER_TUPLE_INTERVAL = "tuple-interval";
 
     public RateControlledTupleParser(IHyracksTaskContext ctx, ARecordType recType, IDataParser dataParser,
-            Map<String, Object> configuration) {
+            Map<String, Object> configuration) throws HyracksDataException {
         super(ctx, recType);
         this.dataParser = dataParser;
         String propValue = (String) configuration.get(INTER_TUPLE_INTERVAL);
diff --git a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/IndexResourceManager.java b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/IndexResourceManager.java
index 021d9f4..16ffa69 100644
--- a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/IndexResourceManager.java
+++ b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/service/logging/IndexResourceManager.java
@@ -73,10 +73,9 @@
         newTuple.resetByTupleOffset(logLocator.getBuffer().getByteBuffer(), offset);
         offset += newValueSize;
 
-        ILSMIndexAccessor indexAccessor = (ILSMIndexAccessor) index.createAccessor(NoOpOperationCallback.INSTANCE,
-                NoOpOperationCallback.INSTANCE);
-
         try {
+            ILSMIndexAccessor indexAccessor = (ILSMIndexAccessor) index.createAccessor(NoOpOperationCallback.INSTANCE, NoOpOperationCallback.INSTANCE);
+
             if (resourceType == ResourceType.LSM_BTREE) {
 
                 /* old operation */
@@ -145,10 +144,9 @@
         newTuple.resetByTupleOffset(logLocator.getBuffer().getByteBuffer(), offset);
         offset += newValueSize;
 
-        ILSMIndexAccessor indexAccessor = (ILSMIndexAccessor) index.createAccessor(NoOpOperationCallback.INSTANCE,
-                NoOpOperationCallback.INSTANCE);
-
         try {
+            ILSMIndexAccessor indexAccessor = (ILSMIndexAccessor) index.createAccessor(NoOpOperationCallback.INSTANCE, NoOpOperationCallback.INSTANCE);
+
             if (newOperation == IndexOperation.INSERT.ordinal()) {
                 indexAccessor.insert(newTuple);
             } else if (newOperation == IndexOperation.DELETE.ordinal()) {