diff --git a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.common.datastorage/src/com/raytheon/uf/common/datastorage/StorageStatus.java b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.common.datastorage/src/com/raytheon/uf/common/datastorage/StorageStatus.java
index dfde218953..03a1637c7e 100644
--- a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.common.datastorage/src/com/raytheon/uf/common/datastorage/StorageStatus.java
+++ b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.common.datastorage/src/com/raytheon/uf/common/datastorage/StorageStatus.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 package com.raytheon.uf.common.datastorage;
 
 import com.raytheon.uf.common.datastorage.IDataStore.StoreOp;
-import com.raytheon.uf.common.serialization.ISerializableObject;
 import com.raytheon.uf.common.serialization.annotations.DynamicSerialize;
 import com.raytheon.uf.common.serialization.annotations.DynamicSerializeElement;
 
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@ import com.raytheon.uf.common.serialization.annotations.DynamicSerializeElement;
  * Date         Ticket#    Engineer    Description
  * ------------ ---------- ----------- --------------------------
  * Dec 30, 2008            chammack     Initial creation
+ * Jan 09, 2014 1998       bclement     added hasExceptions method, removed ISerializableObject
  * 
  * </pre>
  * 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import com.raytheon.uf.common.serialization.annotations.DynamicSerializeElement;
  * @version 1.0
  */
 @DynamicSerialize
-public class StorageStatus implements ISerializableObject {
+public class StorageStatus {
 
     private StorageException[] exceptions;
 
@@ -104,4 +104,11 @@ public class StorageStatus implements ISerializableObject {
         this.indexOfAppend = indexOfAppend;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return true if exceptions field is populated
+     */
+    public boolean hasExceptions() {
+        return exceptions != null && exceptions.length > 0;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.edex.pointdata/src/com/raytheon/uf/edex/pointdata/PointDataPluginDao.java b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.edex.pointdata/src/com/raytheon/uf/edex/pointdata/PointDataPluginDao.java
index a6986c3c30..020c8f032f 100644
--- a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.edex.pointdata/src/com/raytheon/uf/edex/pointdata/PointDataPluginDao.java
+++ b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.edex.pointdata/src/com/raytheon/uf/edex/pointdata/PointDataPluginDao.java
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ import com.raytheon.uf.edex.database.plugin.PluginDao;
  * Apr 29, 2013 1861       bkowal      Refactor hdf5 filename generation during reads
  *                                     into its own method so modelsounding dao can
  *                                     override it.
+ * Jan 09, 2014 1998       bclement    fixed NPE in persistToHDF5 when store failed
  * 
  * </pre>
  * 
@@ -196,7 +197,8 @@ public abstract class PointDataPluginDao<T extends PluginDataObject> extends
 
                 try {
                     StorageStatus ss = ds.store(StoreOp.APPEND);
-                    if (ss.getOperationPerformed() == StoreOp.APPEND) {
+                    if (!ss.hasExceptions()
+                            && ss.getOperationPerformed() == StoreOp.APPEND) {
                         // increment the indices
                         List<PointDataView> views = containerMap.get(container);
                         int idx = (int) ss.getIndexOfAppend()[0];
@@ -211,9 +213,8 @@ public abstract class PointDataPluginDao<T extends PluginDataObject> extends
             StorageStatus aggregatedStatus = new StorageStatus();
             List<StorageException> se = new ArrayList<StorageException>();
             for (StorageStatus ss : ssList) {
-                StorageException[] seArr = ss.getExceptions();
-                if (seArr != null) {
-                    se.addAll(Arrays.asList(seArr));
+                if (ss.hasExceptions()) {
+                    se.addAll(Arrays.asList(ss.getExceptions()));
                 }
             }