diff --git a/src/kit/shell/src/shellCheck.c b/src/kit/shell/src/shellCheck.c
index b88244ea018291fbdc98165a8665949f618e3291..274406e357e6f7d74e04bf3580ecd78ec285d3d7 100644
--- a/src/kit/shell/src/shellCheck.c
+++ b/src/kit/shell/src/shellCheck.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static void *shellCheckThreadFp(void *arg) {
     char *tbname = tbNames[t];
     if (tbname == NULL) break;
 
-    snprintf(sql, SHELL_SQL_LEN, "select * from %s limit 1", 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 7b798c23f8b3414d40e504990bb75812d829102a..932a93091aea31d3ea26410928d2c36659e18036 100644
--- a/src/mnode/inc/mnodeVgroup.h
+++ b/src/mnode/inc/mnodeVgroup.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ 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 c087791810d47e4712a2ce4bfed770df96d0c16e..e22b0daeb7cdcb620d0b0f94361b216e6b2443cc 100644
--- a/src/mnode/src/mnodeTable.c
+++ b/src/mnode/src/mnodeTable.c
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@
 #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
+static int32_t tsMetaSyncOption = 0;
+// informal
+
 int64_t          tsCTableRid = -1;
 static void *    tsChildTableSdb;
 int64_t          tsSTableRid = -1;
@@ -1618,6 +1624,7 @@ int32_t mnodeRetrieveShowSuperTables(SShowObj *pShow, char *data, int32_t rows,
     cols++;
 
     numOfRows++;
+    mDebug("stable: %s, uid: %" PRIu64, prefix, pTable->uid);
     mnodeDecTableRef(pTable);
   }
 
@@ -2093,9 +2100,19 @@ 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 *pTbName = strchr(pCreate->tableName, '.');
+        if (pTbName && (pTbName = strchr(pTbName + 1, '.'))) {
+          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 6a3619413177d16d524c8858f38cb7a9b876eda5..8c140bce9b79ebfd9e10348bce608043f242aad0 100644
--- a/src/mnode/src/mnodeVgroup.c
+++ b/src/mnode/src/mnodeVgroup.c
@@ -427,10 +427,47 @@ 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];