# Incremental backups through the CLI since 2.0 **URL:** \ **Category:** InfluxDB 2\ **Tags:** backup\ **Created:** [March 2, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/incremental-backups-through-the-cli-since-2-0/18663 "2021-03-02T21:55:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Huntrontrakkr](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/huntrontrakkr/32/8226_2.png) [@Huntrontrakkr](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Huntrontrakkr)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/incremental-backups-through-the-cli-since-2-0/18663/1 "2021-03-02T21:55:33Z")
I noticed that the influxDB lacks the ability to do incremental backups for 2.0+ - that is, there is no way to set a range from which backups occur any longer. I Have a use case where I’m using an Influxdb database as an in-flight store (think data logger for a remote application) where the data must be transported off for warehousing once the unit returns from the field. I was planning on using the backup to transfer data during this time and have a mounted drive where these backups occur with some periodicity. The problem is that without incremental backups, this method will not work effectively without recording redundancy. Aside from a bespoke backup from the data itself, are there any in-built ways to achieve this? ---
**Author:** ![anishpq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@anishpq](https://community.influxdata.com/u/anishpq)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/incremental-backups-through-the-cli-since-2-0/18663/3 "2021-06-25T20:01:34Z")
> [@Huntrontrakkr](#): > > is that without incremental backups, this method will not work effectively without recording redundancy. I am facing similar issue where the data size is \> 2TB. The backups are taking longer everytime with increase in data. Incremental data backups are much needed in 2.0. ---
**Author:** ![orjan1992](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/orjan1992/32/8372_2.png) [@orjan1992](https://community.influxdata.com/u/orjan1992)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 11:49am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/incremental-backups-through-the-cli-since-2-0/18663/4 "2021-09-22T11:49:00Z")
Hi Is there any plans to add this functionality? ---
**Author:** ![metabolic119](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/metabolic119/32/9241_2.png) [@metabolic119](https://community.influxdata.com/u/metabolic119)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 6:54am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/incremental-backups-through-the-cli-since-2-0/18663/5 "2022-01-16T06:54:45Z")
Hi, any news on this Topic? Would also be needed by me for the same reasons… ---
**Author:** ![mateusfmello](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/mateusfmello/32/9962_2.png) [@mateusfmello](https://community.influxdata.com/u/mateusfmello)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 7:13am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/incremental-backups-through-the-cli-since-2-0/18663/6 "2022-04-23T07:13:03Z")
I’m having the same problem too. Incremental backup is very important ---
**Author:** ![twim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@twim](https://community.influxdata.com/u/twim)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/incremental-backups-through-the-cli-since-2-0/18663/7 "2023-10-26T14:12:23Z")
Our database is currently over 22TB and growing fast. Any solution (or work-around) for incremental backups would be greatly appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![Anaisdg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/anaisdg/32/6401_2.png) [@Anaisdg](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Anaisdg)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/incremental-backups-through-the-cli-since-2-0/18663/8 "2023-10-26T15:29:59Z")
Hello @twim, The best think I can imagine is to create a bash script that does this using the influxdb cli. There isn’t an out of the box solution for incremental backups though ☹ sigh ---
**Author:** ![twim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@twim](https://community.influxdata.com/u/twim)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/incremental-backups-through-the-cli-since-2-0/18663/9 "2023-12-22T17:11:54Z")
Hello @Anaisdg, Thank you for your suggestion and sorry for the incredibly late reply! I think we’ll just end up relying on snapshots of the block device containing the InfluxDB data and taking incremental backups of that 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HarimbolaSantatra](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/harimbolasantatra/32/20252_2.png) [@HarimbolaSantatra](https://community.influxdata.com/u/HarimbolaSantatra)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 10:51am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/incremental-backups-through-the-cli-since-2-0/18663/10 "2026-03-10T10:51:21Z")
There’s not even this option for the CLI. Each time the command `influx backup` run, it will do full backup. It takes longer the more we add data to it.