# Backup and restore

**URL:** <https://community.influxdata.com/t/backup-and-restore/8291>\
**Category:** InfluxDB 2\
**Created:** [January 25, 2019, 6:37am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/backup-and-restore/8291 "2019-01-25T06:37:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![kotey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/kotey/32/2081_2.png) [@kotey](https://community.influxdata.com/u/kotey)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 6:37am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/backup-and-restore/8291/1 "2019-01-25T06:37:01Z")

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In v1.\* you don’t support increment backup and restore.  
Are you planning to do this in v2? Or at least - make API to do so.  
Because without that - it’s totally useless.