diff --git a/src/common/inc/dataformat.h b/src/common/inc/dataformat.h
index a269bdc2589099d3dc7f392e09c1084993f9a58a..437c38a8a4e2af91d350ad2a91ead49fb52f3fcf 100644
--- a/src/common/inc/dataformat.h
+++ b/src/common/inc/dataformat.h
@@ -51,19 +51,21 @@ void      tdSetCol(STColumn *pCol, int8_t type, int16_t colId, int32_t bytes);
 // ----------------- TSDB SCHEMA DEFINITION
 typedef struct {
   int      numOfCols;  // Number of columns appended
-  int      totalCols;  // Total columns allocated
+  int      padding;  // Total columns allocated
   STColumn columns[];
 } STSchema;
 
 #define schemaNCols(s) ((s)->numOfCols)
-#define schemaTCols(s) ((s)->totalCols)
 #define schemaColAt(s, i) ((s)->columns + i)
 
 STSchema *tdNewSchema(int32_t nCols);
-int       tdSchemaAppendCol(STSchema *pSchema, int8_t type, int16_t colId, int16_t bytes);
+int       tdSchemaAppendCol(STSchema *pSchema, int8_t type, int16_t colId, int32_t bytes);
 STSchema *tdDupSchema(STSchema *pSchema);
 void      tdFreeSchema(STSchema *pSchema);
 void      tdUpdateSchema(STSchema *pSchema);
+int       tdGetSchemaEncodeSize(STSchema *pSchema);
+void *    tdEncodeSchema(void *dst, STSchema *pSchema);
+STSchema *tdDecodeSchema(void **psrc);
 
 // ----------------- Data row structure
 
@@ -99,33 +101,6 @@ int      tdAppendColVal(SDataRow row, void *value, STColumn *pCol);
 void     tdDataRowReset(SDataRow row, STSchema *pSchema);
 SDataRow tdDataRowDup(SDataRow row);
 
-/* Data rows definition, the format of it is like below:
- * +---------+-----------------------+--------+-----------------------+
- * | int32_t |                       |        |                       |
- * +---------+-----------------------+--------+-----------------------+
- * |   len   |        SDataRow       |  ....  |        SDataRow       |
- * +---------+-----------------------+--------+-----------------------+
- */
-typedef void *SDataRows;
-
-#define TD_DATA_ROWS_HEAD_LEN sizeof(int32_t)
-
-#define dataRowsLen(rs) (*(int32_t *)(rs))
-#define dataRowsSetLen(rs, l) (dataRowsLen(rs) = (l))
-#define dataRowsInit(rs) dataRowsSetLen(rs, sizeof(int32_t))
-
-void tdDataRowsAppendRow(SDataRows rows, SDataRow row);
-
-// Data rows iterator
-typedef struct {
-  int32_t totalLen;
-  int32_t len;
-  SDataRow row;
-} SDataRowsIter;
-
-void tdInitSDataRowsIter(SDataRows rows, SDataRowsIter *pIter);
-SDataRow tdDataRowsNext(SDataRowsIter *pIter);
-
 /* Data column definition
  * +---------+---------+-----------------------+
  * | int32_t | int32_t |                       |
diff --git a/src/common/src/dataformat.c b/src/common/src/dataformat.c
index 58530c5e3d54bdefe7a38b9e6c9c13112f0a2602..419e37639257b2172ffe4eaa0c68436bb8ff6f6c 100644
--- a/src/common/src/dataformat.c
+++ b/src/common/src/dataformat.c
@@ -91,10 +91,9 @@ void tdSetCol(STColumn *pCol, int8_t type, int16_t colId, int32_t bytes) {
 STSchema *tdNewSchema(int32_t nCols) {
   int32_t  size = sizeof(STSchema) + sizeof(STColumn) * nCols;
 
-  STSchema *pSchema = (STSchema *)malloc(size);
+  STSchema *pSchema = (STSchema *)calloc(1, size);
   if (pSchema == NULL) return NULL;
   pSchema->numOfCols = 0;
-  pSchema->totalCols = nCols;
 
   return pSchema;
 }
@@ -102,8 +101,8 @@ STSchema *tdNewSchema(int32_t nCols) {
 /**
  * Append a column to the schema
  */
-int tdSchemaAppendCol(STSchema *pSchema, int8_t type, int16_t colId, int16_t bytes) {
-  if (pSchema->numOfCols >= pSchema->totalCols) return -1;
+int tdSchemaAppendCol(STSchema *pSchema, int8_t type, int16_t colId, int32_t bytes) {
+  // if (pSchema->numOfCols >= pSchema->totalCols) return -1;
   if (!isValidDataType(type, 0)) return -1;
 
   STColumn *pCol = schemaColAt(pSchema, schemaNCols(pSchema));
@@ -159,6 +158,53 @@ void tdUpdateSchema(STSchema *pSchema) {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Return the size of encoded schema
+ */
+int tdGetSchemaEncodeSize(STSchema *pSchema) {
+  return sizeof(STSchema) + schemaNCols(pSchema) * (T_MEMBER_SIZE(STColumn, type) + T_MEMBER_SIZE(STColumn, colId) +
+                                                    T_MEMBER_SIZE(STColumn, bytes));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Encode a schema to dst, and return the next pointer
+ */
+void *tdEncodeSchema(void *dst, STSchema *pSchema) {
+  T_APPEND_MEMBER(dst, pSchema, STSchema, numOfCols);
+  for (int i = 0; i < schemaNCols(pSchema); i++) {
+    STColumn *pCol = schemaColAt(pSchema, i);
+    T_APPEND_MEMBER(dst, pCol, STColumn, type);
+    T_APPEND_MEMBER(dst, pCol, STColumn, colId);
+    T_APPEND_MEMBER(dst, pCol, STColumn, bytes);
+  }
+
+  return dst;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Decode a schema from a binary.
+ */
+STSchema *tdDecodeSchema(void **psrc) {
+  int numOfCols = 0;
+
+  T_READ_MEMBER(*psrc, int, numOfCols);
+
+  STSchema *pSchema = tdNewSchema(numOfCols);
+  if (pSchema == NULL) return NULL;
+  for (int i = 0; i < numOfCols; i++) {
+    int8_t  type = 0;
+    int16_t colId = 0;
+    int32_t bytes = 0;
+    T_READ_MEMBER(*psrc, int8_t, type);
+    T_READ_MEMBER(*psrc, int16_t, colId);
+    T_READ_MEMBER(*psrc, int32_t, bytes);
+
+    tdSchemaAppendCol(pSchema, type, colId, bytes);
+  }
+
+  return pSchema;
+}
+
 /**
  * Initialize a data row
  */
@@ -234,6 +280,8 @@ int tdAppendColVal(SDataRow row, void *value, STColumn *pCol) {
     dataRowFLen(row) += TYPE_BYTES[colType(pCol)];
     break;
   }
+
+  return 0;
 }
 
 void tdDataRowReset(SDataRow row, STSchema *pSchema) { tdInitDataRow(row, pSchema); }
@@ -246,40 +294,6 @@ SDataRow tdDataRowDup(SDataRow row) {
   return trow;
 }
 
-void tdDataRowsAppendRow(SDataRows rows, SDataRow row) {
-  dataRowCpy((void *)((char *)rows + dataRowsLen(rows)), row);
-  dataRowsSetLen(rows, dataRowsLen(rows) + dataRowLen(row));
-}
-
-// Initialize the iterator
-void tdInitSDataRowsIter(SDataRows rows, SDataRowsIter *pIter) {
-  if (pIter == NULL) return;
-  pIter->totalLen = dataRowsLen(rows);
-
-  if (pIter->totalLen == TD_DATA_ROWS_HEAD_LEN) {
-    pIter->row = NULL;
-    return;
-  }
-
-  pIter->row = (SDataRow)((char *)rows + TD_DATA_ROWS_HEAD_LEN);
-  pIter->len = TD_DATA_ROWS_HEAD_LEN + dataRowLen(pIter->row);
-}
-
-// Get the next row in Rows
-SDataRow tdDataRowsNext(SDataRowsIter *pIter) {
-  SDataRow row = pIter->row;
-  if (row == NULL) return NULL;
-
-  if (pIter->len >= pIter->totalLen) {
-    pIter->row = NULL;
-  } else {
-    pIter->row = (char *)row + dataRowLen(row);
-    pIter->len += dataRowLen(row);
-  }
-
-  return row;
-}
-
 /**
  * Return the first part length of a data row for a schema
  */
diff --git a/src/inc/taosdef.h b/src/inc/taosdef.h
index 7aac36786a32288a9d2947f010ad4a50f0495ace..7308715a87ffe7c69f5def0aab723b670644ab03 100644
--- a/src/inc/taosdef.h
+++ b/src/inc/taosdef.h
@@ -82,6 +82,17 @@ extern const int32_t TYPE_BYTES[11];
 #define TSDB_TIME_PRECISION_MILLI_STR "ms"
 #define TSDB_TIME_PRECISION_MICRO_STR "us"
 
+#define T_MEMBER_SIZE(type, member) sizeof(((type *)0)->member)
+#define T_APPEND_MEMBER(dst, ptr, type, member) \
+do {\
+  memcpy((void *)(dst), (void *)(&((ptr)->member)), T_MEMBER_SIZE(type, member));\
+  dst = (void *)((char *)(dst) + T_MEMBER_SIZE(type, member));\
+} while(0)
+#define T_READ_MEMBER(src, type, target) \
+do { \
+  (target) = *(type *)(src); \
+  (src) = (void *)((char *)src + sizeof(type));\
+} while(0)
 
 #define TSDB_KEYSIZE              sizeof(TSKEY)
 
diff --git a/src/vnode/tsdb/inc/tsdbMeta.h b/src/vnode/tsdb/inc/tsdbMeta.h
index de29dc86375abe08ad77c5509f0b00d8d7b1fb8e..b18d16d0d94a6e242cb2f198ddfc960b366ea629 100644
--- a/src/vnode/tsdb/inc/tsdbMeta.h
+++ b/src/vnode/tsdb/inc/tsdbMeta.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 // ---------- TSDB TABLE DEFINITION
 typedef struct STable {
-  TSDB_TABLE_TYPE type;
+  int8_t          type;
   STableId        tableId;
   int32_t         superUid;  // Super table UID
   int32_t         sversion;
diff --git a/src/vnode/tsdb/inc/tsdbMetaFile.h b/src/vnode/tsdb/inc/tsdbMetaFile.h
index 9fad703842889e61fea73fe7686ce3f71add65b0..a0cf2a005cd549acd4500bd20f811d3b1afcbd3d 100644
--- a/src/vnode/tsdb/inc/tsdbMetaFile.h
+++ b/src/vnode/tsdb/inc/tsdbMetaFile.h
@@ -25,15 +25,21 @@ extern "C" {
 #define TSDB_META_FILE_NAME "META"
 #define TSDB_META_HASH_FRACTION 1.1
 
+typedef int (*iterFunc)(void *, void *cont, int contLen);
+typedef void (*afterFunc)(void *);
+
 typedef struct {
-  int     fd;       // File descriptor
-  int     nDel;     // number of deletions
-  int     nRecord;  // Number of records
-  int64_t size;     // Total file size
-  void *  map;      // Map from uid ==> position
+  int       fd;        // File descriptor
+  int       nDel;      // number of deletions
+  int       tombSize;  // deleted size
+  int64_t   size;      // Total file size
+  void *    map;       // Map from uid ==> position
+  iterFunc  iFunc;
+  afterFunc aFunc;
+  void *    appH;
 } SMetaFile;
 
-SMetaFile *tsdbInitMetaFile(char *rootDir, int32_t maxTables);
+SMetaFile *tsdbInitMetaFile(char *rootDir, int32_t maxTables, iterFunc iFunc, afterFunc aFunc, void *appH);
 int32_t    tsdbInsertMetaRecord(SMetaFile *mfh, int64_t uid, void *cont, int32_t contLen);
 int32_t    tsdbDeleteMetaRecord(SMetaFile *mfh, int64_t uid);
 int32_t    tsdbUpdateMetaRecord(SMetaFile *mfh, int64_t uid, void *cont, int32_t contLen);
diff --git a/src/vnode/tsdb/src/tsdbMain.c b/src/vnode/tsdb/src/tsdbMain.c
index 2ca7b9a940345f3a92ec8d94be1644b4f8c7bf0c..073321816db29939f5ba28400ad5ad5f598bfa29 100644
--- a/src/vnode/tsdb/src/tsdbMain.c
+++ b/src/vnode/tsdb/src/tsdbMain.c
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ static int32_t tsdbCheckAndSetDefaultCfg(STsdbCfg *pCfg);
 static int32_t tsdbSetRepoEnv(STsdbRepo *pRepo);
 static int32_t tsdbDestroyRepoEnv(STsdbRepo *pRepo);
 static int     tsdbOpenMetaFile(char *tsdbDir);
-static int     tsdbRecoverRepo(int fd, STsdbCfg *pCfg);
 static int32_t tsdbInsertDataToTable(tsdb_repo_t *repo, SSubmitBlk *pBlock);
+static int32_t tsdbRestoreCfg(STsdbRepo *pRepo, STsdbCfg *pCfg);
 
 #define TSDB_GET_TABLE_BY_ID(pRepo, sid) (((STSDBRepo *)pRepo)->pTableList)[sid]
 #define TSDB_GET_TABLE_BY_NAME(pRepo, name)
@@ -219,25 +219,25 @@ tsdb_repo_t *tsdbOpenRepo(char *tsdbDir) {
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  int fd = tsdbOpenMetaFile(tsdbDir);
-  if (fd < 0) {
-    free(pRepo);
-    return NULL;
-  }
+  pRepo->rootDir = strdup(tsdbDir);
 
-  if (tsdbRecoverRepo(fd, &(pRepo->config)) < 0) {
-    close(fd);
+  tsdbRestoreCfg(pRepo, &(pRepo->config));
+
+  pRepo->tsdbMeta = tsdbInitMeta(tsdbDir, pRepo->config.maxTables);
+  if (pRepo->tsdbMeta == NULL) {
+    free(pRepo->rootDir);
     free(pRepo);
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  pRepo->tsdbCache = tsdbInitCache(5);
+  pRepo->tsdbCache = tsdbInitCache(pRepo->config.maxCacheSize);
   if (pRepo->tsdbCache == NULL) {
-    // TODO: deal with error
+    tsdbFreeMeta(pRepo->tsdbMeta);
+    free(pRepo->rootDir);
+    free(pRepo);
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  pRepo->rootDir = strdup(tsdbDir);
   pRepo->state = TSDB_REPO_STATE_ACTIVE;
 
   return (tsdb_repo_t *)pRepo;
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ SSubmitBlk *tsdbGetSubmitMsgNext(SSubmitMsgIter *pIter) {
   if (pIter->len >= pIter->totalLen) {
     pIter->pBlock = NULL;
   } else {
-    pIter->pBlock = (char *)pBlock + pBlock->len + sizeof(SSubmitBlk);
+    pIter->pBlock = (SSubmitBlk *)((char *)pBlock + pBlock->len + sizeof(SSubmitBlk));
   }
 
   return pBlock;
@@ -623,12 +623,6 @@ static int tsdbOpenMetaFile(char *tsdbDir) {
   return 0;
 }
 
-static int tsdbRecoverRepo(int fd, STsdbCfg *pCfg) {
-  // TODO: read tsdb configuration from file
-  // recover tsdb meta
-  return 0;
-}
-
 static int32_t tdInsertRowToTable(STsdbRepo *pRepo, SDataRow row, STable *pTable) {
   // TODO
   int32_t level = 0;
diff --git a/src/vnode/tsdb/src/tsdbMeta.c b/src/vnode/tsdb/src/tsdbMeta.c
index 3277476aa19559f0f9ee2feea059577f6353c44b..98dcd45bedece4351a67430a213c597663fb35cd 100644
--- a/src/vnode/tsdb/src/tsdbMeta.c
+++ b/src/vnode/tsdb/src/tsdbMeta.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 static int     tsdbFreeTable(STable *pTable);
 static int32_t tsdbCheckTableCfg(STableCfg *pCfg);
-static int     tsdbAddTableToMeta(STsdbMeta *pMeta, STable *pTable);
+static int     tsdbAddTableToMeta(STsdbMeta *pMeta, STable *pTable, bool addIdx);
 static int     tsdbAddTableIntoMap(STsdbMeta *pMeta, STable *pTable);
 static int     tsdbAddTableIntoIndex(STsdbMeta *pMeta, STable *pTable);
 static int     tsdbRemoveTableFromIndex(STsdbMeta *pMeta, STable *pTable);
@@ -39,8 +39,21 @@ void *tsdbEncodeTable(STable *pTable, int *contLen) {
   void *ret = malloc(*contLen);
   if (ret == NULL) return NULL;
 
-  // TODO: encode the object to the memory
-  {}
+  void *ptr = ret;
+  T_APPEND_MEMBER(ptr, pTable, STable, type);
+  T_APPEND_MEMBER(ptr, &(pTable->tableId), STableId, uid);
+  T_APPEND_MEMBER(ptr, &(pTable->tableId), STableId, tid);
+  T_APPEND_MEMBER(ptr, pTable, STable, superUid);
+  T_APPEND_MEMBER(ptr, pTable, STable, sversion);
+
+  if (pTable->type == TSDB_SUPER_TABLE) {
+    ptr = tdEncodeSchema(ptr, pTable->schema);
+    ptr = tdEncodeSchema(ptr, pTable->tagSchema);
+  } else if (pTable->type == TSDB_CHILD_TABLE) {
+    dataRowCpy(ptr, pTable->tagVal);
+  } else {
+    ptr = tdEncodeSchema(ptr, pTable->schema);
+  }
 
   return ret;
 }
@@ -59,8 +72,20 @@ STable *tsdbDecodeTable(void *cont, int contLen) {
   STable *pTable = (STable *)calloc(1, sizeof(STable));
   if (pTable == NULL) return NULL;
 
-  {
-    // TODO recover from the binary content
+  void *ptr = cont;
+  T_READ_MEMBER(ptr, int8_t, pTable->type);
+  T_READ_MEMBER(ptr, int64_t, pTable->tableId.uid);
+  T_READ_MEMBER(ptr, int32_t, pTable->tableId.tid);
+  T_READ_MEMBER(ptr, int32_t, pTable->superUid);
+  T_READ_MEMBER(ptr, int32_t, pTable->sversion);
+
+  if (pTable->type == TSDB_SUPER_TABLE) {
+    pTable->schema = tdDecodeSchema(&ptr);
+    pTable->tagSchema = tdDecodeSchema(&ptr);
+  } else if (pTable->type == TSDB_CHILD_TABLE) {
+    pTable->tagVal = tdDataRowDup(ptr);
+  } else {
+    pTable->schema = tdDecodeSchema(&ptr);
   }
 
   return pTable;
@@ -70,6 +95,36 @@ void *tsdbFreeEncode(void *cont) {
   if (cont != NULL) free(cont);
 }
 
+int tsdbRestoreTable(void *pHandle, void *cont, int contLen) {
+  STsdbMeta *pMeta = (STsdbMeta *)pHandle;
+
+  STable *pTable = tsdbDecodeTable(cont, contLen);
+  if (pTable == NULL) return -1;
+  
+  if (pTable->type == TSDB_SUPER_TABLE) {
+    pTable->content.pIndex =
+        tSkipListCreate(TSDB_SUPER_TABLE_SL_LEVEL, TSDB_DATA_TYPE_TIMESTAMP, sizeof(int64_t), 1, 0, getTupleKey);
+  } else {
+    pTable->content.pData = tSkipListCreate(TSDB_SUPER_TABLE_SL_LEVEL, TSDB_DATA_TYPE_TIMESTAMP,
+                                            TYPE_BYTES[TSDB_DATA_TYPE_TIMESTAMP], 0, 0, getTupleKey);
+  }
+
+  tsdbAddTableToMeta(pMeta, pTable, false);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+void tsdbOrgMeta(void *pHandle) {
+  STsdbMeta *pMeta = (STsdbMeta *)pHandle;
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < pMeta->maxTables; i++) {
+    STable *pTable = pMeta->tables[i];
+    if (pTable != NULL && pTable->type == TSDB_CHILD_TABLE) {
+      tsdbAddTableIntoIndex(pMeta, pTable);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Initialize the meta handle
  * ASSUMPTIONS: VALID PARAMETER
@@ -94,7 +149,7 @@ STsdbMeta *tsdbInitMeta(const char *rootDir, int32_t maxTables) {
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  pMeta->mfh = tsdbInitMetaFile(rootDir, maxTables);
+  pMeta->mfh = tsdbInitMetaFile(rootDir, maxTables, tsdbRestoreTable, tsdbOrgMeta, pMeta);
   if (pMeta->mfh == NULL) {
     taosHashCleanup(pMeta->map);
     free(pMeta->tables);
@@ -186,8 +241,21 @@ int32_t tsdbCreateTableImpl(STsdbMeta *pMeta, STableCfg *pCfg) {
   }
   table->content.pData = tSkipListCreate(TSDB_SUPER_TABLE_SL_LEVEL, TSDB_DATA_TYPE_TIMESTAMP, TYPE_BYTES[TSDB_DATA_TYPE_TIMESTAMP], 0, 0, getTupleKey);
 
-  if (newSuper) tsdbAddTableToMeta(pMeta, super);
-  tsdbAddTableToMeta(pMeta, table);
+  // Register to meta
+  if (newSuper) tsdbAddTableToMeta(pMeta, super, true);
+  tsdbAddTableToMeta(pMeta, table, true);
+
+  // Write to meta file
+  int bufLen = 0;
+  if (newSuper) {
+    void *buf = tsdbEncodeTable(super, &bufLen);
+    tsdbInsertMetaRecord(pMeta->mfh, super->tableId.uid, buf, bufLen);
+    tsdbFreeEncode(buf);
+  }
+
+  void *buf = tsdbEncodeTable(table, &bufLen);
+  tsdbInsertMetaRecord(pMeta->mfh, table->tableId.uid, buf, bufLen);
+  tsdbFreeEncode(buf);
 
   return 0;
 }
@@ -268,7 +336,7 @@ STable *tsdbGetTableByUid(STsdbMeta *pMeta, int64_t uid) {
   return *(STable **)ptr;
 }
 
-static int tsdbAddTableToMeta(STsdbMeta *pMeta, STable *pTable) {
+static int tsdbAddTableToMeta(STsdbMeta *pMeta, STable *pTable, bool addIdx) {
   if (pTable->type == TSDB_SUPER_TABLE) { 
     // add super table to the linked list
     if (pMeta->superList == NULL) {
@@ -318,8 +386,22 @@ static int tsdbRemoveTableFromIndex(STsdbMeta *pMeta, STable *pTable) {
 }
 
 static int tsdbEstimateTableEncodeSize(STable *pTable) {
-  // TODO
-  return 0;
+  int size = 0;
+  size += T_MEMBER_SIZE(STable, type);
+  size += T_MEMBER_SIZE(STable, tableId);
+  size += T_MEMBER_SIZE(STable, superUid);
+  size += T_MEMBER_SIZE(STable, sversion);
+
+  if (pTable->type == TSDB_SUPER_TABLE) {
+    size += tdGetSchemaEncodeSize(pTable->schema);
+    size += tdGetSchemaEncodeSize(pTable->tagSchema);
+  } else if (pTable->type == TSDB_CHILD_TABLE) {
+    size += dataRowLen(pTable->tagVal);
+  } else {
+    size += tdGetSchemaEncodeSize(pTable->schema);
+  }
+
+  return size;
 }
 
 static char *getTupleKey(const void * data) {
diff --git a/src/vnode/tsdb/src/tsdbMetaFile.c b/src/vnode/tsdb/src/tsdbMetaFile.c
index 70ae0611068dfd9e743524153c9a878b6bcad432..689f8033db895781ebfed49727c4f2b54b357969 100644
--- a/src/vnode/tsdb/src/tsdbMetaFile.c
+++ b/src/vnode/tsdb/src/tsdbMetaFile.c
@@ -19,11 +19,14 @@
 #include "hash.h"
 #include "tsdbMetaFile.h"
 
+#define TSDB_META_FILE_VERSION_MAJOR 1
+#define TSDB_META_FILE_VERSION_MINOR 0
 #define TSDB_META_FILE_HEADER_SIZE 512
 
 typedef struct {
   int32_t offset;
   int32_t size;
+  int64_t uid;
 } SRecordInfo;
 
 static int32_t tsdbGetMetaFileName(char *rootDir, char *fname);
@@ -32,14 +35,20 @@ static int32_t tsdbWriteMetaHeader(int fd);
 static int     tsdbCreateMetaFile(char *fname);
 static int     tsdbRestoreFromMetaFile(char *fname, SMetaFile *mfh);
 
-SMetaFile *tsdbInitMetaFile(char *rootDir, int32_t maxTables) {
-  // TODO
+SMetaFile *tsdbInitMetaFile(char *rootDir, int32_t maxTables, iterFunc iFunc, afterFunc aFunc, void *appH) {
   char fname[128] = "\0";
   if (tsdbGetMetaFileName(rootDir, fname) < 0) return NULL;
 
   SMetaFile *mfh = (SMetaFile *)calloc(1, sizeof(SMetaFile));
   if (mfh == NULL) return NULL;
 
+  mfh->iFunc = iFunc;
+  mfh->aFunc = aFunc;
+  mfh->appH = appH;
+  mfh->nDel = 0;
+  mfh->tombSize = 0;
+  mfh->size = 0;
+
   // OPEN MAP
   mfh->map =
       taosHashInit(maxTables * TSDB_META_HASH_FRACTION, taosGetDefaultHashFunction(TSDB_DATA_TYPE_BIGINT), false);
@@ -56,6 +65,7 @@ SMetaFile *tsdbInitMetaFile(char *rootDir, int32_t maxTables) {
       free(mfh);
       return NULL;
     }
+    mfh->size += TSDB_META_FILE_HEADER_SIZE;
   } else {  // file exists, recover from file
     if (tsdbRestoreFromMetaFile(fname, mfh) < 0) {
       taosHashCleanup(mfh->map);
@@ -74,7 +84,8 @@ int32_t tsdbInsertMetaRecord(SMetaFile *mfh, int64_t uid, void *cont, int32_t co
 
   SRecordInfo info;
   info.offset = mfh->size;
-  info.size = contLen;  // TODO: Here is not correct
+  info.size = contLen;
+  info.uid = uid;
 
   mfh->size += (contLen + sizeof(SRecordInfo));
 
@@ -83,7 +94,7 @@ int32_t tsdbInsertMetaRecord(SMetaFile *mfh, int64_t uid, void *cont, int32_t co
   }
 
   // TODO: make below a function to implement
-  if (lseek(mfh->fd, info.offset, SEEK_CUR) < 0) {
+  if (lseek(mfh->fd, info.offset, SEEK_SET) < 0) {
     return -1;
   }
 
@@ -97,7 +108,7 @@ int32_t tsdbInsertMetaRecord(SMetaFile *mfh, int64_t uid, void *cont, int32_t co
 
   fsync(mfh->fd);
 
-  mfh->nRecord++;
+  mfh->tombSize++;
 
   return 0;
 }
@@ -182,6 +193,15 @@ static int32_t tsdbCheckMetaHeader(int fd) {
 
 static int32_t tsdbWriteMetaHeader(int fd) {
   // TODO: write the meta file header to file
+  char head[TSDB_META_FILE_HEADER_SIZE] = "\0";
+  sprintf(head, "version: %d.%d", TSDB_META_FILE_VERSION_MAJOR, TSDB_META_FILE_VERSION_MINOR);
+
+  write(fd, (void *)head, TSDB_META_FILE_HEADER_SIZE);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static int32_t tsdbReadMetaHeader(int fd) {
+  lseek(fd, TSDB_META_FILE_HEADER_SIZE, SEEK_SET);
   return 0;
 }
 
@@ -218,8 +238,44 @@ static int tsdbRestoreFromMetaFile(char *fname, SMetaFile *mfh) {
     return -1;
   }
 
+  mfh->size += TSDB_META_FILE_HEADER_SIZE;
+
   mfh->fd = fd;
-  // TODO: iterate to read the meta file to restore the meta data
+
+  void *buf = NULL;
+  int buf_size = 0;
+
+  SRecordInfo info;
+  while (1) {
+    if (read(mfh->fd, (void *)(&info), sizeof(SRecordInfo)) == 0) break;
+    if (info.offset < 0) {
+      mfh->size += (info.size + sizeof(SRecordInfo));
+      mfh->tombSize += (info.size + sizeof(SRecordInfo));
+      lseek(mfh->fd, info.size, SEEK_CUR);
+      mfh->size = mfh->size + sizeof(SRecordInfo) + info.size;
+      mfh->tombSize = mfh->tombSize + sizeof(SRecordInfo) + info.size;
+    } else {
+      if (taosHashPut(mfh->map, (char *)(&info.uid), sizeof(info.uid), (void *)(&info), sizeof(SRecordInfo)) < 0) {
+        if (buf) free(buf);
+        return -1;
+      }
+
+      buf = realloc(buf, info.size);
+      if (buf == NULL) return -1;
+
+      if (read(mfh->fd, buf, info.size) < 0) {
+        if (buf) free(buf);
+        return -1;
+      }
+      (*mfh->iFunc)(mfh->appH, buf, info.size);
+
+      mfh->size = mfh->size + sizeof(SRecordInfo) + info.size;
+    }
+
+  }
+  (*mfh->aFunc)(mfh->appH);
+
+  if (buf) free(buf);
 
   return 0;
 }
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diff --git a/src/vnode/tsdb/tests/tsdbTests.cpp b/src/vnode/tsdb/tests/tsdbTests.cpp
index 5ce25d2fd7dd88fb6d8dbfed3eda0333a3e172e5..46ae3940d2f260bbf3afa5cdf5c970ae6fe544c1 100644
--- a/src/vnode/tsdb/tests/tsdbTests.cpp
+++ b/src/vnode/tsdb/tests/tsdbTests.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,44 @@
 
 #include "tsdb.h"
 #include "dataformat.h"
+#include "tsdbMeta.h"
+
+TEST(TsdbTest, tableEncodeDecode) {
+  STable *pTable = (STable *)malloc(sizeof(STable));
+
+  pTable->type = TSDB_NORMAL_TABLE;
+  pTable->tableId.uid = 987607499877672L;
+  pTable->tableId.tid = 0;
+  pTable->superUid = -1;
+  pTable->sversion = 0;
+  pTable->tagSchema = NULL;
+  pTable->tagVal = NULL;
+  int nCols = 5;
+  STSchema *schema = tdNewSchema(nCols);
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < nCols; i++) {
+    if (i == 0) {
+      tdSchemaAppendCol(schema, TSDB_DATA_TYPE_TIMESTAMP, i, -1);
+    } else {
+      tdSchemaAppendCol(schema, TSDB_DATA_TYPE_INT, i, -1);
+    }
+  }
+
+  pTable->schema = schema;
+
+  int bufLen = 0;
+  void *buf = tsdbEncodeTable(pTable, &bufLen);
+
+  STable *tTable = tsdbDecodeTable(buf, bufLen);
+
+  ASSERT_EQ(pTable->type, tTable->type);
+  ASSERT_EQ(pTable->tableId.uid, tTable->tableId.uid);
+  ASSERT_EQ(pTable->tableId.tid, tTable->tableId.tid);
+  ASSERT_EQ(pTable->superUid, tTable->superUid);
+  ASSERT_EQ(pTable->sversion, tTable->sversion);
+  ASSERT_EQ(memcmp(pTable->schema, tTable->schema, sizeof(STSchema) + sizeof(STColumn) * nCols), 0);
+  ASSERT_EQ(tTable->content.pData, nullptr);
+}
 
 TEST(TsdbTest, createRepo) {
   STsdbCfg config;
@@ -65,3 +103,7 @@ TEST(TsdbTest, createRepo) {
   int k = 0;
 }
 
+TEST(TsdbTest, openRepo) {
+  tsdb_repo_t *pRepo = tsdbOpenRepo("/home/ubuntu/work/ttest/vnode0");
+  ASSERT_NE(pRepo, nullptr);
+}
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