diff --git a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/context/AsterixAppRuntimeContext.java b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/context/AsterixAppRuntimeContext.java
index 0d889d5..a214ab2 100644
--- a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/context/AsterixAppRuntimeContext.java
+++ b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/context/AsterixAppRuntimeContext.java
@@ -157,27 +157,27 @@
     public ILSMOperationTrackerFactory getLSMBTreeOperationTrackerFactory() {
         return lsmBTreeOpTrackerFactory;
     }
-    
+
     public ILSMOperationTrackerFactory getLSMRTreeOperationTrackerFactory() {
         return lsmRTreeOpTrackerFactory;
     }
-    
+
     public ILSMOperationTrackerFactory getLSMInvertedIndexOperationTrackerFactory() {
         return lsmInvertedIndexOpTrackerFactory;
     }
-    
+
     public ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider getLSMBTreeIOOperationCallbackProvider() {
         return AsterixRuntimeComponentsProvider.LSMBTREE_PROVIDER;
     }
-    
+
     public ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider getLSMRTreeIOOperationCallbackProvider() {
         return AsterixRuntimeComponentsProvider.LSMRTREE_PROVIDER;
     }
-    
+
     public ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider getLSMInvertedIndexIOOperationCallbackProvider() {
         return AsterixRuntimeComponentsProvider.LSMINVERTEDINDEX_PROVIDER;
     }
-    
+
     public ILSMIOOperationCallbackProvider getNoOpIOOperationCallbackProvider() {
         return AsterixRuntimeComponentsProvider.NOINDEX_PROVIDER;
     }
diff --git a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/resource/ILocalResourceMetadata.java b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/resource/ILocalResourceMetadata.java
index e743a5d..d2aa164 100644
--- a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/resource/ILocalResourceMetadata.java
+++ b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/resource/ILocalResourceMetadata.java
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.transaction.management.service.recovery.IAsterixAppRuntimeContextProvider;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndex;
 
 public interface ILocalResourceMetadata extends Serializable {
 
-    public ILSMIndex createIndexInstance(IAsterixAppRuntimeContextProvider runtimeContextProvider, String filePath, int partition);
+    public ILSMIndex createIndexInstance(IAsterixAppRuntimeContextProvider runtimeContextProvider, String filePath,
+            int partition) throws HyracksDataException;
     
 }
diff --git a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/resource/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResourceMetadata.java b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/resource/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResourceMetadata.java
index 69c7192..1bdbca3 100644
--- a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/resource/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResourceMetadata.java
+++ b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/resource/LSMInvertedIndexLocalResourceMetadata.java
@@ -3,8 +3,18 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.transaction.management.service.recovery.IAsterixAppRuntimeContextProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IInMemoryFreePageManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexMetaDataFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IndexException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.frames.LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IInMemoryBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndex;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.freepage.DualIndexInMemoryBufferCache;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.freepage.DualIndexInMemoryFreePageManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.tokenizers.IBinaryTokenizerFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.invertedindex.util.InvertedIndexUtils;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.HeapBufferAllocator;
 
 public class LSMInvertedIndexLocalResourceMetadata implements ILocalResourceMetadata {
 
@@ -31,9 +41,23 @@
 
     @Override
     public ILSMIndex createIndexInstance(IAsterixAppRuntimeContextProvider runtimeContextProvider, String filePath,
-            int partition) {
-        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-        return null;
-    }
+            int partition) throws HyracksDataException {
 
+        ITreeIndexMetaDataFrameFactory metaDataFrameFactory = new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory();
+        IInMemoryBufferCache memBufferCache = new DualIndexInMemoryBufferCache(new HeapBufferAllocator(), memPageSize,
+                memNumPages);
+        IInMemoryFreePageManager memFreePageManager = new DualIndexInMemoryFreePageManager(memNumPages,
+                metaDataFrameFactory);
+        try {
+            return InvertedIndexUtils.createLSMInvertedIndex(memBufferCache, memFreePageManager,
+                    runtimeContextProvider.getFileMapManager(), invListTypeTraits, invListCmpFactories,
+                    tokenTypeTraits, tokenCmpFactories, tokenizerFactory, runtimeContextProvider.getBufferCache(),
+                    runtimeContextProvider.getIOManager(), filePath, runtimeContextProvider.getLSMMergePolicy(),
+                    runtimeContextProvider.getLSMInvertedIndexOperationTrackerFactory(),
+                    runtimeContextProvider.getLSMIOScheduler(),
+                    runtimeContextProvider.getLSMInvertedIndexIOOperationCallbackProvider(), partition);
+        } catch (IndexException e) {
+            throw new HyracksDataException(e);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/resource/LSMRTreeLocalResourceMetadata.java b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/resource/LSMRTreeLocalResourceMetadata.java
index 564a828..1705dd3 100644
--- a/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/resource/LSMRTreeLocalResourceMetadata.java
+++ b/asterix-transactions/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/transaction/management/resource/LSMRTreeLocalResourceMetadata.java
@@ -1,15 +1,30 @@
 package edu.uci.ics.asterix.transaction.management.resource;
 
+import java.io.File;
+
 import edu.uci.ics.asterix.transaction.management.service.recovery.IAsterixAppRuntimeContextProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.IBinaryComparatorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ILinearizeComparatorFactory;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.dataflow.value.ITypeTraits;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.exceptions.HyracksDataException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.api.io.FileReference;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IInMemoryFreePageManager;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.IPrimitiveValueProviderFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.ITreeIndexMetaDataFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.api.TreeIndexException;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.common.frames.LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.IInMemoryBufferCache;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.api.ILSMIndex;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.freepage.DualIndexInMemoryBufferCache;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.common.freepage.DualIndexInMemoryFreePageManager;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.lsm.rtree.utils.LSMRTreeUtils;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.am.rtree.frames.RTreePolicyType;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.buffercache.HeapBufferAllocator;
 
 public class LSMRTreeLocalResourceMetadata implements ILocalResourceMetadata {
 
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
     private final ITypeTraits[] typeTraits;
     private final IBinaryComparatorFactory[] rtreeCmpFactories;
     private final IBinaryComparatorFactory[] btreeCmpFactories;
@@ -35,8 +50,24 @@
 
     @Override
     public ILSMIndex createIndexInstance(IAsterixAppRuntimeContextProvider runtimeContextProvider, String filePath,
-            int partition) {
-        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-        return null;
+            int partition) throws HyracksDataException {
+        FileReference file = new FileReference(new File(filePath));
+        ITreeIndexMetaDataFrameFactory metaDataFrameFactory = new LIFOMetaDataFrameFactory();
+        IInMemoryBufferCache memBufferCache = new DualIndexInMemoryBufferCache(new HeapBufferAllocator(), memPageSize,
+                memNumPages);
+        IInMemoryFreePageManager memFreePageManager = new DualIndexInMemoryFreePageManager(memNumPages,
+                metaDataFrameFactory);
+
+        try {
+            return LSMRTreeUtils.createLSMTree(memBufferCache, memFreePageManager,
+                    runtimeContextProvider.getIOManager(), file, runtimeContextProvider.getBufferCache(),
+                    runtimeContextProvider.getFileMapManager(), typeTraits, rtreeCmpFactories, btreeCmpFactories,
+                    valueProviderFactories, rtreePolicyType, runtimeContextProvider.getLSMMergePolicy(),
+                    runtimeContextProvider.getLSMRTreeOperationTrackerFactory(),
+                    runtimeContextProvider.getLSMIOScheduler(),
+                    runtimeContextProvider.getLSMRTreeIOOperationCallbackProvider(), linearizeCmpFactory, partition);
+        } catch (TreeIndexException e) {
+            throw new HyracksDataException(e);
+        }
     }
 }