diff --git a/tests/pytest/multilevel/basic.py b/tests/pytest/multilevel/basic.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8ae8d9868a4d9935e993716c353f3b26e2d19d93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pytest/multilevel/basic.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+###################################################################
+#       Copyright (c) 2016 by TAOS Technologies, Inc.
+#             All rights reserved.
+#
+#  This file is proprietary and confidential to TAOS Technologies.
+#  No part of this file may be reproduced, stored, transmitted,
+#  disclosed or used in any form or by any means other than as
+#  expressly provided by the written permission from Jianhui Tao
+#
+###################################################################
+
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import sys
+import taos
+from util.log import *
+from util.cases import *
+from util.sql import *
+from util.dnodes import *
+
+
+class TDTestCase:
+    def init(self, conn, logSql):
+        tdLog.debug("start to execute %s" % __file__)
+        tdSql.init(conn.cursor(), logSql)
+
+    def run(self):
+        self.ntables = 10
+        self.rowsPerTable = 10
+        self.startTime = 1520000010000
+
+        tdDnodes.stop(1)
+        cfg={
+            'dataDir': '/mnt/data1',
+            'dataDir': '/mnt/data2 0 0'
+        }
+        tdSql.createDir('/mnt/data1')
+        tdSql.createDir('/mnt/data2')
+        tdDnodes.deploy(1,cfg)
+        tdDnodes.startWithoutSleep(1)
+        
+        tdSql.taosdStatus(0)
+
+    def stop(self):
+        tdSql.close()
+        tdLog.success("%s successfully executed" % __file__)
+
+
+tdCases.addWindows(__file__, TDTestCase())
+tdCases.addLinux(__file__, TDTestCase())
diff --git a/tests/pytest/util/sql.py b/tests/pytest/util/sql.py
index b2ed6212fd643c158f7ed6f4cc6cb2449a512a2e..6deeae2d0b6757a55bb1b130448ed788bb93bb88 100644
--- a/tests/pytest/util/sql.py
+++ b/tests/pytest/util/sql.py
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@ import os
 import time
 import datetime
 import inspect
+import psutil
+import shutil
 from util.log import *
 
 
+
 class TDSql:
     def __init__(self):
         self.queryRows = 0
@@ -183,6 +186,46 @@ class TDSql:
             tdLog.exit("%s(%d) failed: sql:%s, affectedRows:%d != expect:%d" % args)
 
         tdLog.info("sql:%s, affectedRows:%d == expect:%d" % (self.sql, self.affectedRows, expectAffectedRows))
-
-
+    
+    def taosdStatus(self, state):
+        pstate = 0
+        loop = 0 
+        for i in range(30):
+            pl = psutil.pids()
+            for pid in pl:
+                if psutil.Process(pid).name == 'taosd':
+                    pstate = 1
+                    loop = 1
+                    break
+            if loop:break
+            time.sleep(5)
+
+        if pstate == state:
+            tdLog.info("taosd state is %d == expect:%d",pstate,state)
+        else:
+            tdLog.exit("taosd state is %d != expect:%d" ,pstate,state)
+        pass
+
+    def haveFile(self, dir, state):
+        if os.path.exists(dir) and os.path.isdir(dir):
+            if not os.listdir(dir):
+                if state :
+                    tdLog.exit("dir: %s is empty, expect: not empty" ,dir)
+                else:
+                    tdLog.info("dir: %s is empty, expect: empty" ,dir)
+            else:  
+                if state :
+                    tdLog.info("dir: %s is empty, expect: not empty" ,dir)
+                else:
+                    tdLog.exit("dir: %s is empty, expect: empty" ,dir)  
+        else:
+            tdLog.exit("dir: %s doesn't exist" ,dir)
+    def createDir(self, dir):
+        if os.path.exists(dir):
+            shutil.rmtree(dir)
+            tdLog.info("dir: %s is removed" ,dir)
+        os.makedirs( dir, 755 )
+        tdLog.info("dir: %s is created" ,dir)
+        pass
+        
 tdSql = TDSql()