diff --git a/src/common/inc/tglobal.h b/src/common/inc/tglobal.h
index af1d7dd44187449af02c75dc1b80e6d7e2657ac3..e7927605cbfe9b0d07efe351dd67e308d5b74173 100644
--- a/src/common/inc/tglobal.h
+++ b/src/common/inc/tglobal.h
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ extern char    tsDataDir[];
 extern char    tsLogDir[];
 extern char    tsScriptDir[];
 extern int64_t tsMsPerDay[3];
+extern char    tsVnodeBakDir[];
 
 // system info
 extern char    tsOsName[];
diff --git a/src/common/src/tglobal.c b/src/common/src/tglobal.c
index 0fb63c04767a61c3b66df0a2e27342d81077590e..225f12a2100f0e3204ff6525ecfc2c6a62ab10f1 100644
--- a/src/common/src/tglobal.c
+++ b/src/common/src/tglobal.c
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ char    tsDnodeDir[TSDB_FILENAME_LEN] = {0};
 char    tsMnodeDir[TSDB_FILENAME_LEN] = {0};
 char    tsDataDir[TSDB_FILENAME_LEN] = "/var/lib/taos";
 char    tsScriptDir[TSDB_FILENAME_LEN] = "/etc/taos";
+char    tsVnodeBakDir[TSDB_FILENAME_LEN] = {0};
 
 /*
  * minimum scale for whole system, millisecond by default
diff --git a/src/dnode/src/dnodeMain.c b/src/dnode/src/dnodeMain.c
index 2ec87cbdd4598e6a20bb33c7009e3dd94dd07d23..8d1ae0a50ee90993d8d8d0a1b87a50c3f51bfe75 100644
--- a/src/dnode/src/dnodeMain.c
+++ b/src/dnode/src/dnodeMain.c
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ static int32_t dnodeInitStorage() {
   sprintf(tsMnodeDir, "%s/mnode", tsDataDir);
   sprintf(tsVnodeDir, "%s/vnode", tsDataDir);
   sprintf(tsDnodeDir, "%s/dnode", tsDataDir);
+  sprintf(tsVnodeBakDir, "%s/vnode_bak", tsDataDir);
 
   //TODO(dengyihao): no need to init here 
   if (dnodeCreateDir(tsMnodeDir) < 0) {
@@ -186,6 +187,10 @@ static int32_t dnodeInitStorage() {
    dError("failed to create dir: %s, reason: %s", tsDnodeDir, strerror(errno));
    return -1;
   } 
+  if (dnodeCreateDir(tsVnodeBakDir) < 0) {
+   dError("failed to create dir: %s, reason: %s", tsVnodeBakDir, strerror(errno));
+   return -1;
+  }
 
   dnodeCheckDataDirOpenned(tsDnodeDir);
 
diff --git a/src/os/linux/inc/os.h b/src/os/linux/inc/os.h
index 35d2236001cf27f29864baf2e48e725ab5f4a507..58e255f7bc95ed0b1bf322554980c0efe432d9e9 100644
--- a/src/os/linux/inc/os.h
+++ b/src/os/linux/inc/os.h
@@ -236,6 +236,9 @@ void taosSetCoreDump();
 
 void taosBlockSIGPIPE();
 
+int tSystem(const char * cmd) ;
+
+
 #ifdef _ALPINE
   typedef int(*__compar_fn_t)(const void *, const void *);
   void  error (int, int, const char *);
diff --git a/src/os/linux/src/linuxPlatform.c b/src/os/linux/src/linuxPlatform.c
index a8ecf43c46a63841fc659b043958adb9cdc6d960..9a38c98f81c36ad779c990fd40ca1d7395ffd3f8 100644
--- a/src/os/linux/src/linuxPlatform.c
+++ b/src/os/linux/src/linuxPlatform.c
@@ -241,3 +241,32 @@ void taosBlockSIGPIPE() {
     uError("failed to block SIGPIPE");
   }
 }
+
+int tSystem(const char * cmd) 
+{ 
+  FILE * fp; 
+  int res; 
+  char buf[1024]; 
+  if (cmd == NULL) { 
+    uError("tSystem cmd is NULL!\n");
+    return -1;
+  } 
+  
+  if ((fp = popen(cmd, "r") ) == NULL) { 
+    uError("popen cmd:%s error: %s/n", cmd, strerror(errno)); 
+    return -1; 
+  } else {
+    while(fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp))  { 
+      uDebug("popen result:%s", buf); 
+    } 
+
+    if ((res = pclose(fp)) == -1) { 
+      uError("close popen file pointer fp error!\n");
+    } else { 
+      uDebug("popen res is :%d\n", res);
+    } 
+
+    return res;
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/src/util/inc/tutil.h b/src/util/inc/tutil.h
index 949e9eb10972657e8bd72e49124c217bdb1679a0..1ba57bbaaa670cbd9aca7b19252a3bd745187130 100644
--- a/src/util/inc/tutil.h
+++ b/src/util/inc/tutil.h
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ uint32_t ip2uint(const char *const ip_addr);
 
 void taosRemoveDir(char *rootDir);
 int  tmkdir(const char *pathname, mode_t mode); 
+void taosMvDir(char* destDir, char *srcDir);
 
 #define TAOS_ALLOC_MODE_DEFAULT 0
 #define TAOS_ALLOC_MODE_RANDOM_FAIL 1
diff --git a/src/util/src/tutil.c b/src/util/src/tutil.c
index cc720eb5f79cee2e66dbc9dd45bf2f280a1dfba4..9c5bffef953b1bd2fc48b8ffc20a60d0e0fa126f 100644
--- a/src/util/src/tutil.c
+++ b/src/util/src/tutil.c
@@ -799,3 +799,13 @@ int tmkdir(const char *path, mode_t mode) {
   if (code < 0 && errno == EEXIST) code = 0;
   return code;
 }
+
+void taosMvDir(char* destDir, char *srcDir) {
+  char shellCmd[1024+1] = {0}; 
+  
+  //(void)snprintf(shellCmd, 1024, "cp -rf %s %s", srcDir, destDir);
+  (void)snprintf(shellCmd, 1024, "mv %s %s", srcDir, destDir);
+  tSystem(shellCmd);
+  uInfo("shell cmd:%s is executed", shellCmd);
+}
+
diff --git a/src/vnode/src/vnodeMain.c b/src/vnode/src/vnodeMain.c
index cbd79530729da06254a1879ec00fcb5c80ad75a0..f71f6adefbe3923aa877bdbc0ad3a93ffb5a8cc8 100644
--- a/src/vnode/src/vnodeMain.c
+++ b/src/vnode/src/vnodeMain.c
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ void vnodeRelease(void *pVnodeRaw) {
   if (pVnode->status == TAOS_VN_STATUS_DELETING) {
     char rootDir[TSDB_FILENAME_LEN] = {0};
     sprintf(rootDir, "%s/vnode%d", tsVnodeDir, vgId);
+    taosMvDir(tsVnodeBakDir, rootDir);
     taosRemoveDir(rootDir);
   }