diff --git a/src/common/inc/tglobal.h b/src/common/inc/tglobal.h
index 890bed123bb1a03c93d676b1b12495c7a8b65ade..4c5e78890d7f8b755af59c84ab01f949b78b210d 100644
--- a/src/common/inc/tglobal.h
+++ b/src/common/inc/tglobal.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ extern int32_t  tsCompressMsgSize;
 extern int32_t  tsCompressColData;
 extern int32_t  tsMaxNumOfDistinctResults;
 extern char     tsTempDir[];
+extern int32_t  tsMetaSyncOption;
 
 // query buffer management
 extern int32_t tsQueryBufferSize;  // maximum allowed usage buffer size in MB for each data node during query processing
diff --git a/src/common/src/tglobal.c b/src/common/src/tglobal.c
index b87ed82d6963c98a95e087ddad2feb8f7590a8a7..5503e66b1643c4d0534711e450326d05ab0e43d4 100644
--- a/src/common/src/tglobal.c
+++ b/src/common/src/tglobal.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ char    tsLocale[TSDB_LOCALE_LEN] = {0};
 char    tsCharset[TSDB_LOCALE_LEN] = {0};  // default encode string
 int8_t  tsEnableCoreFile = 0;
 int32_t tsMaxBinaryDisplayWidth = 30;
+int32_t tsMetaSyncOption = 0;
 
 /*
  * denote if the server needs to compress response message at the application layer to client, including query rsp,
@@ -1749,6 +1750,16 @@ static void doInitGlobalConfig(void) {
   cfg.unitType = TAOS_CFG_UTYPE_MB;
   taosInitConfigOption(cfg);
 
+  cfg.option = "metaSyncOption";
+  cfg.ptr = &tsMetaSyncOption;
+  cfg.valType = TAOS_CFG_VTYPE_INT32;
+  cfg.cfgType = TSDB_CFG_CTYPE_B_CONFIG | TSDB_CFG_CTYPE_B_SHOW;
+  cfg.minValue = 0;
+  cfg.maxValue = 1;
+  cfg.ptrLength = 0;
+  cfg.unitType = TAOS_CFG_UTYPE_NONE;
+  taosInitConfigOption(cfg);
+
 #ifdef TD_TSZ
   // lossy compress
   cfg.option = "lossyColumns";
diff --git a/src/kit/shell/src/shellCheck.c b/src/kit/shell/src/shellCheck.c
index 43256719e125a712e6a52ddadaa9637498278092..dfc5d83b9fc820f7c5e08e5a26d2475f82d16040 100644
--- a/src/kit/shell/src/shellCheck.c
+++ b/src/kit/shell/src/shellCheck.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static void *shellCheckThreadFp(void *arg) {
     char *tbname = tbNames[t];
     if (tbname == NULL) break;
 
-    snprintf(sql, SHELL_SQL_LEN, "select last_row(_c0) from %s;", tbname);
+    snprintf(sql, SHELL_SQL_LEN, "select count(*) from %s;", tbname);
 
     TAOS_RES *pSql = taos_query(pThread->taos, sql);
     int32_t   code = taos_errno(pSql);
diff --git a/src/mnode/inc/mnodeVgroup.h b/src/mnode/inc/mnodeVgroup.h
index aff0411fdd777f83ccc6a882fbe91d7bc909e16b..bda4bbf3201cd0d425383304bfcffd526d244955 100644
--- a/src/mnode/inc/mnodeVgroup.h
+++ b/src/mnode/inc/mnodeVgroup.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ void    mnodeCheckUnCreatedVgroup(SDnodeObj *pDnode, SVnodeLoad *pVloads, int32_
 int32_t mnodeCreateVgroup(struct SMnodeMsg *pMsg);
 void    mnodeDropVgroup(SVgObj *pVgroup, void *ahandle);
 void    mnodeAlterVgroup(SVgObj *pVgroup, void *ahandle);
-int32_t mnodeGetAvailableVgroup(struct SMnodeMsg *pMsg, SVgObj **pVgroup, int32_t *sid);
+int32_t mnodeGetAvailableVgroup(struct SMnodeMsg *pMsg, SVgObj **pVgroup, int32_t *sid, int32_t vgId);
 
 int32_t mnodeAddTableIntoVgroup(SVgObj *pVgroup, SCTableObj *pTable, bool needCheck);
 void    mnodeRemoveTableFromVgroup(SVgObj *pVgroup, SCTableObj *pTable);
diff --git a/src/mnode/src/mnodeTable.c b/src/mnode/src/mnodeTable.c
index 4f277efd34bdb1d04c227919d36fa707ca1917bb..d468739e48c017d6ad6388fbc7e51b13f7219528 100644
--- a/src/mnode/src/mnodeTable.c
+++ b/src/mnode/src/mnodeTable.c
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@
 #define CREATE_CTABLE_RETRY_TIMES 10
 #define CREATE_CTABLE_RETRY_SEC   14
 
+// informal
+#define META_SYNC_TABLE_NAME "_taos_meta_sync_table_name_taos_"
+#define META_SYNC_TABLE_NAME_LEN 32
+// informal
+
 int64_t          tsCTableRid = -1;
 static void *    tsChildTableSdb;
 int64_t          tsSTableRid = -1;
@@ -1726,6 +1731,9 @@ int32_t mnodeRetrieveShowSuperTables(SShowObj *pShow, char *data, int32_t rows,
     cols++;
 
     numOfRows++;
+
+    mDebug("stable: %s, uid: %" PRIu64, prefix, pTable->uid);
+
     mnodeDecTableRef(pTable);
   }
 
@@ -2227,9 +2235,28 @@ static int32_t mnodeProcessCreateChildTableMsg(SMnodeMsg *pMsg) {
     if (pMsg->pTable == NULL) {
       SVgObj *pVgroup = NULL;
       int32_t tid = 0;
-      code = mnodeGetAvailableVgroup(pMsg, &pVgroup, &tid);
+      int32_t vgId = 0;
+
+      if (tsMetaSyncOption) {
+        char tbName[TSDB_TABLE_NAME_LEN] = "\0";
+        strncpy(tbName, pCreate->tableName, TSDB_TABLE_NAME_LEN);
+        char *pTbName = strtok(tbName, ".");
+        if (pTbName) {
+          pTbName = strtok(NULL, ".");
+          if (pTbName) {
+            pTbName = strtok(NULL, ".");
+            if (pTbName) {
+              if (0 == strncmp(META_SYNC_TABLE_NAME, pTbName, META_SYNC_TABLE_NAME_LEN)) {
+                vgId = atoi(pTbName + META_SYNC_TABLE_NAME_LEN);
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      code = mnodeGetAvailableVgroup(pMsg, &pVgroup, &tid, vgId);
       if (code != TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS) {
-        mDebug("msg:%p, app:%p table:%s, failed to get available vgroup, reason:%s", pMsg, pMsg->rpcMsg.ahandle,
+        mError("msg:%p, app:%p table:%s, failed to get available vgroup, reason:%s", pMsg, pMsg->rpcMsg.ahandle,
                pCreate->tableName, tstrerror(code));
         return code;
       }
diff --git a/src/mnode/src/mnodeVgroup.c b/src/mnode/src/mnodeVgroup.c
index fd6d60c034c702e12a5d996f5b130e54bf3c6a4f..46dc07f0f2b4db9d9a0018aa8c19fe3a8b0fcbea 100644
--- a/src/mnode/src/mnodeVgroup.c
+++ b/src/mnode/src/mnodeVgroup.c
@@ -428,10 +428,47 @@ static int32_t mnodeAllocVgroupIdPool(SVgObj *pInputVgroup) {
   return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
 }
 
-int32_t mnodeGetAvailableVgroup(SMnodeMsg *pMsg, SVgObj **ppVgroup, int32_t *pSid) {
+int32_t mnodeGetAvailableVgroup(SMnodeMsg *pMsg, SVgObj **ppVgroup, int32_t *pSid, int32_t vgId) {
   SDbObj *pDb = pMsg->pDb;
   pthread_mutex_lock(&pDb->mutex);
   
+  if (vgId > 0) {
+    for (int32_t v = 0; v < pDb->numOfVgroups; ++v) {
+      SVgObj *pVgroup = pDb->vgList[v];
+      if (pVgroup == NULL) {
+        mError("db:%s, vgroup: %d is null", pDb->name, v);
+        pthread_mutex_unlock(&pDb->mutex);
+        return TSDB_CODE_MND_APP_ERROR;
+      }
+
+      if (pVgroup->vgId != (uint32_t)vgId) {  // find the target vgId
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      int32_t sid = taosAllocateId(pVgroup->idPool);
+      if (sid <= 0) {
+        int curMaxId = taosIdPoolMaxSize(pVgroup->idPool);
+        if ((taosUpdateIdPool(pVgroup->idPool, curMaxId + 1) < 0) || ((sid = taosAllocateId(pVgroup->idPool)) <= 0)) {
+          mError("msg:%p, app:%p db:%s, no enough sid in vgId:%d", pMsg, pMsg->rpcMsg.ahandle, pDb->name,
+                 pVgroup->vgId);
+          pthread_mutex_unlock(&pDb->mutex);
+          return TSDB_CODE_MND_APP_ERROR;
+        }
+      }
+      mDebug("vgId:%d, alloc tid:%d", pVgroup->vgId, sid);
+
+      *pSid = sid;
+      *ppVgroup = pVgroup;
+      pDb->vgListIndex = v;
+
+      pthread_mutex_unlock(&pDb->mutex);
+      return TSDB_CODE_SUCCESS;
+    }
+    pthread_mutex_unlock(&pDb->mutex);
+    mError("db:%s, vgroup: %d not exist", pDb->name, vgId);
+    return TSDB_CODE_MND_APP_ERROR;
+  }
+
   for (int32_t v = 0; v < pDb->numOfVgroups; ++v) {
     int vgIndex = (v + pDb->vgListIndex) % pDb->numOfVgroups;
     SVgObj *pVgroup = pDb->vgList[vgIndex];