title: Can HANA incremental backups be scripted?
body: <p>Can HANA incremental backups be scripted?</p>
  
  <p>As per SAP note ‘1642148 - FAQ: SAP HANA Database Backup &amp; Recovery’:</p>
  
  <p>“Are incremental and differential backups available?</p>
  
  <p>Yes. Starting with HANA SPS 10 incremental and differential data backups are available. </p>
  
  <p>It's also possible to combine both kinds of backups in one backup strategy, e.g. an incremental backup can be created based on a complete data backup, a differential or an incremental data backup.”</p>
  
  <p>SAP note ‘1651055 - Scheduling SAP HANA Database Backups in Linux’ leads me to believe that hdbsql (like the following) could be used in a script:</p>
  
  <p>hdbsql -U user_store_key "backup data INCREMENTAL using backint('backup_prefix')"</p>
  
  <p>But, I am not 100% sure that incremental backups can be scripted.</p>
  
  <p>Any help is very much appreciated.</p>
  
  <p>Many thanks,</p>
  
  <p>Fionn</p>