diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Table.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Table.pm
index a44147ead..665a31d89 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Table.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Table.pm
@@ -1964,7 +1964,6 @@ sub DESTROY
     undef $self->{nodelist};    #Could be circular
 }
 
-
 =head3 getTableList
 	Description: Returns a list of the table names in the xCAT database.
 =cut
@@ -1991,10 +1990,9 @@ sub getDescriptions {
 	foreach my $t (keys %xCAT::Schema::tabspec) { $ret->{$t} = $xCAT::Schema::tabspec{$t}->{table_desc}; }
 	return $ret;
 }
+
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 =head3  isAKey 
-
     Description:  Checks to see if table field is a table key 
 
     Arguments:
@@ -2011,7 +2009,6 @@ sub getDescriptions {
               if(isaKey($key_list, $col));
 
 =cut
-
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 sub isAKey 
 {
@@ -2026,5 +2023,29 @@ sub isAKey
     return 0;
 }
 
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+=head3   getAutoIncrementColumns
+    get a list of column names that are of type "INTEGER AUTO_INCREMENT".
+
+    Returns:
+        an array of column names that are auto increment.
+=cut
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+sub getAutoIncrementColumns {
+    my $self=shift;
+    my $descr=$xCAT::Schema::tabspec{$self->{tabname}};
+    my $types=$descr->{types};
+    my @ret=();
+
+    foreach my $col (@{$descr->{cols}})
+    {
+	if (($types) && ($types->{$col})) {
+            if ($types->{$col} =~ /INTEGER AUTO_INCREMENT/) { push(@ret,$col); }
+	}
+    }
+    return @ret;
+}
+
+
 1;
 
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/tabutils.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/tabutils.pm
index 35df020db..d1f8a5c6e 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/tabutils.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/tabutils.pm
@@ -276,6 +276,11 @@ sub tabrestore
     my @colns = split(/,/, $header);
     my $line;
     my $rollback = 0;
+
+    my @tmp=$tab->getAutoIncrementColumns(); #get the columns that are auto increment by DB. 
+    my %auto_cols=();
+    foreach (@tmp) { $auto_cols{$_}=1;}
+
   LINE: foreach $line (@{$request->{data}})
     {
         $linenumber++;
@@ -288,7 +293,9 @@ sub tabrestore
             if ($line =~ /^,/ or $line eq "")
             {                    #Match empty, or end of line that is empty
                  #TODO: should we detect when there weren't enough CSV fields on a line to match colums?
-                $record{$col} = undef;
+                if (!exists($auto_cols{$col})) {
+		    $record{$col} = undef;
+		}
                 $line =~ s/^,//;
             }
             elsif ($line =~ /^[^,]*"/)
@@ -339,7 +346,9 @@ sub tabrestore
                         chop $ent;
                         $ent = substr($ent, 1);
                         $ent =~ s/""/"/g;
-                        $record{$col} = $ent;
+			if (!exists($auto_cols{$col})) {
+			    $record{$col} = $ent;
+			}
                     }
                     else
                     {
@@ -357,7 +366,9 @@ sub tabrestore
             }
             elsif ($line =~ /^([^,]+)/)
             {    #easiest case, no Text::Balanced needed..
-                $record{$col} = $1;
+		if (!exists($auto_cols{$col})) {
+		    $record{$col} = $1;
+		}
                 $line =~ s/^([^,]+)(,|$)//;
             }
         }