diff --git a/include/libs/tfs/tfs.h b/include/libs/tfs/tfs.h
index 622cd615b8e14a82d1eb940986cb70ad9a086992..988294be4b9aa5f9442b614bb56fc15c499a3620 100644
--- a/include/libs/tfs/tfs.h
+++ b/include/libs/tfs/tfs.h
@@ -69,6 +69,13 @@ void tfsUpdateSize(STfs *pTfs);
  */
 SDiskSize tfsGetSize(STfs *pTfs);
 
+/**
+ * @brief Get the number of disks at level of multi-tier storage.
+ *
+ * @param pTfs
+ * @return int32_t
+ */
+int32_t tfsGetDisksAtLevel(STfs *pTfs, int32_t level);
 /**
  * @brief Get level of multi-tier storage.
  *
@@ -162,6 +169,16 @@ int32_t tfsRmdir(STfs *pTfs, const char *rname);
  */
 int32_t tfsRename(STfs *pTfs, const char *orname, const char *nrname);
 
+/**
+ * @brief Search fname in level of tfs
+ *
+ * @param pTfs The fs object.
+ * @param level The level to search on
+ * @param fname The relative file name to be searched
+ * @param int32_t diskId for successs, -1 for failure
+ */
+int32_t tfsSearch(STfs *pTfs, int32_t level, const char *fname);
+
 /**
  * @brief Init file object in tfs.
  *
diff --git a/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_vnode/src/vmInt.c b/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_vnode/src/vmInt.c
index 2a144dd23bdc4dd0a678dab970b844bdae7c0af4..a89a3d0781785061013d20ef5e768eb2090fd674 100644
--- a/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_vnode/src/vmInt.c
+++ b/source/dnode/mgmt/mgmt_vnode/src/vmInt.c
@@ -15,12 +15,62 @@
 
 #define _DEFAULT_SOURCE
 #include "vmInt.h"
+#include "tfs.h"
 #include "vnd.h"
 
 int32_t vmAllocPrimaryDisk(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt, int32_t vgId) {
+  STfs   *pTfs = pMgmt->pTfs;
+  int32_t diskId = 0;
+  if (!pTfs) {
+    return diskId;
+  }
+
   // search fs
+  char vnodePath[TSDB_FILENAME_LEN] = {0};
+  snprintf(vnodePath, TSDB_FILENAME_LEN - 1, "vnode%svnode%d", TD_DIRSEP, vgId);
+  char fname[TSDB_FILENAME_LEN] = {0};
+  char fnameTmp[TSDB_FILENAME_LEN] = {0};
+  snprintf(fname, TSDB_FILENAME_LEN - 1, "%s%s%s", vnodePath, TD_DIRSEP, VND_INFO_FNAME);
+  snprintf(fnameTmp, TSDB_FILENAME_LEN - 1, "%s%s%s", vnodePath, TD_DIRSEP, VND_INFO_FNAME_TMP);
+
+  diskId = tfsSearch(pTfs, 0, fname);
+  if (diskId >= 0) {
+    return diskId;
+  }
+  diskId = tfsSearch(pTfs, 0, fnameTmp);
+  if (diskId >= 0) {
+    return diskId;
+  }
+
   // alloc
-  return 0;
+  int32_t     disks[TFS_MAX_DISKS_PER_TIER] = {0};
+  int32_t     numOfVnodes = 0;
+  SVnodeObj **ppVnodes = vmGetVnodeListFromHash(pMgmt, &numOfVnodes);
+  for (int32_t v = 0; v < numOfVnodes; v++) {
+    SVnodeObj *pVnode = ppVnodes[v];
+    disks[pVnode->diskPrimary] += 1;
+  }
+
+  int32_t minVal = INT_MAX;
+  int32_t ndisk = tfsGetDisksAtLevel(pTfs, 0);
+  diskId = 0;
+  for (int32_t id = 0; id < ndisk; id++) {
+    if (minVal > disks[id]) {
+      minVal = disks[id];
+      diskId = id;
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (int32_t i = 0; i < numOfVnodes; ++i) {
+    if (ppVnodes == NULL || ppVnodes[i] == NULL) continue;
+    vmReleaseVnode(pMgmt, ppVnodes[i]);
+  }
+  if (ppVnodes != NULL) {
+    taosMemoryFree(ppVnodes);
+  }
+
+  dInfo("vgId:%d, alloc disk:%d of level 0. ndisk:%d, vnodes: %d", vgId, diskId, ndisk, numOfVnodes);
+  return diskId;
 }
 
 SVnodeObj *vmAcquireVnode(SVnodeMgmt *pMgmt, int32_t vgId) {
diff --git a/source/dnode/vnode/src/inc/vnodeInt.h b/source/dnode/vnode/src/inc/vnodeInt.h
index f79e4650ce3dc3092aed150a494737e9ae96d2d1..f5a610efc7ccb662bac72f907e701708ecd77e18 100644
--- a/source/dnode/vnode/src/inc/vnodeInt.h
+++ b/source/dnode/vnode/src/inc/vnodeInt.h
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ typedef struct SQueryNode         SQueryNode;
 #define VNODE_BUFPOOL_SEGMENTS 3
 
 #define VND_INFO_FNAME "vnode.json"
+#define VND_INFO_FNAME_TMP "vnode_tmp.json"
 
 // vnd.h
 typedef int32_t (*_query_reseek_func_t)(void* pQHandle);
diff --git a/source/dnode/vnode/src/vnd/vnodeCommit.c b/source/dnode/vnode/src/vnd/vnodeCommit.c
index 1d423beb7bb64409bd05ef98d6d7c1ed3846464b..7109f8466eff94cac0e9208a72ab10458ee57bae 100644
--- a/source/dnode/vnode/src/vnd/vnodeCommit.c
+++ b/source/dnode/vnode/src/vnd/vnodeCommit.c
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 #include "vnd.h"
 #include "vnodeInt.h"
 
-#define VND_INFO_FNAME_TMP "vnode_tmp.json"
-
 static int vnodeEncodeInfo(const SVnodeInfo *pInfo, char **ppData);
 static int vnodeCommitImpl(SCommitInfo *pInfo);
 
diff --git a/source/dnode/vnode/src/vnd/vnodeOpen.c b/source/dnode/vnode/src/vnd/vnodeOpen.c
index 1134f960a94162c54fbf01c7d861b84db85229ff..6aa9be7b8a047e6a24e80afe98c24ca2791b7c41 100644
--- a/source/dnode/vnode/src/vnd/vnodeOpen.c
+++ b/source/dnode/vnode/src/vnd/vnodeOpen.c
@@ -38,10 +38,11 @@ int32_t vnodeCreate(const char *path, SVnodeCfg *pCfg, int32_t diskPrimary, STfs
   }
 
   // create vnode env
-  vnodeGetPrimaryDir(path, diskPrimary, pTfs, dir, TSDB_FILENAME_LEN);
-  if (taosMkDir(dir)) {
+  if ((pTfs) ? tfsMkdir(pTfs, path) : taosMkDir(path)) {
+    vError("vgId:%d, failed to mkdir since %s, dir: %s", pCfg->vgId, strerror(errno), path);
     return TAOS_SYSTEM_ERROR(errno);
   }
+  vnodeGetPrimaryDir(path, diskPrimary, pTfs, dir, TSDB_FILENAME_LEN);
 
   if (pCfg) {
     info.config = *pCfg;
@@ -339,6 +340,7 @@ SVnode *vnodeOpen(const char *path, int32_t diskPrimary, STfs *pTfs, SMsgCb msgC
   pVnode->state.applied = info.state.committed;
   pVnode->state.applyTerm = info.state.commitTerm;
   pVnode->pTfs = pTfs;
+  pVnode->diskPrimary = diskPrimary;
   pVnode->msgCb = msgCb;
   taosThreadMutexInit(&pVnode->lock, NULL);
   pVnode->blocked = false;
diff --git a/source/libs/tfs/src/tfs.c b/source/libs/tfs/src/tfs.c
index 4383c46c173028dd362b15ff3312fd0288c83004..7747f158b18e90c3b8246f66fd5b652e5cab6b64 100644
--- a/source/libs/tfs/src/tfs.c
+++ b/source/libs/tfs/src/tfs.c
@@ -113,6 +113,15 @@ SDiskSize tfsGetSize(STfs *pTfs) {
   return size;
 }
 
+int32_t tfsGetDisksAtLevel(STfs *pTfs, int32_t level) {
+  if (level < 0 || level >= pTfs->nlevel) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  STfsTier *pTier = TFS_TIER_AT(pTfs, level);
+  return pTier->ndisk;
+}
+
 int32_t tfsGetLevel(STfs *pTfs) { return pTfs->nlevel; }
 
 int32_t tfsAllocDisk(STfs *pTfs, int32_t expLevel, SDiskID *pDiskId) {
@@ -277,7 +286,7 @@ int32_t tfsMkdir(STfs *pTfs, const char *rname) {
     STfsTier *pTier = TFS_TIER_AT(pTfs, level);
     for (int32_t id = 0; id < pTier->ndisk; id++) {
       SDiskID did = {.id = id, .level = level};
-      if (tfsMkdirAt(pTfs, rname, did) < 0) {
+      if (tfsMkdirRecurAt(pTfs, rname, did) < 0) {
         return -1;
       }
     }
@@ -335,6 +344,23 @@ int32_t tfsRename(STfs *pTfs, const char *orname, const char *nrname) {
   return 0;
 }
 
+int32_t tfsSearch(STfs *pTfs, int32_t level, const char *fname) {
+  if (level < 0 || level >= pTfs->nlevel) {
+    return -1;
+  }
+  char      path[TMPNAME_LEN] = {0};
+  STfsTier *pTier = TFS_TIER_AT(pTfs, level);
+
+  for (int32_t id = 0; id < pTier->ndisk; id++) {
+    STfsDisk *pDisk = pTier->disks[id];
+    snprintf(path, TMPNAME_LEN - 1, "%s%s%s", pDisk->path, TD_DIRSEP, fname);
+    if (taosCheckExistFile(path)) {
+      return id;
+    }
+  }
+  return -1;
+}
+
 STfsDir *tfsOpendir(STfs *pTfs, const char *rname) {
   STfsDir *pDir = taosMemoryCalloc(1, sizeof(STfsDir));
   if (pDir == NULL) {