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  2. Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection Administrator's Guide
  3. Perform restores using Administration portal
  4. Restore Box data
Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection Administrator's Guide

Restore Box data

Use the following procedure to restore data to the Box location. You can also download the items to the required location. See Downloading an item.

Before you begin:

Before you begin, consider the following points:

  • Export Service Configuration:

    Verify that the Export service is already configured for your tenant. Contact Cohesity Support if it is not configured.

  • Restore limitations:

    Understand the restore limitations.

    See Restore limitations for Box.

Procedure to restore the Box data to the Box environment:
  1. Open a web browser and access the Administration portal.
  2. On the left, click Content.
  3. On the Content page, do the following:
    • To display all data in the selected Stor, select All content.

    • To view specific data within the Discovery cases, select the required Discovery case.

    The users' names are displayed on the left pane. You can enter the name of a specific user in the Filter by name field to search for a specific user's mailbox.

  4. From the left pane, expand the required folder. The items in the selected folder are listed on the right pane.
  5. On the Restore page, do the following as required:
    • From the Restore type dropdown list, select Box.

    • From the Destination dropdown list, select the Export service that is configured for your tenant.

      For more details, contact Cohesity Support.

    • From the Mailbox email address field, select the email address of the user for which the data has to be restored.

    • If you choose the Overwrite items check box, select one of the following restore behaviors:

      • Trash existing file before restoring: Deletes the existing files and writes files in the backup.

      • Restore as a new version to the existing file: Creates a new version for the existing files.

    • For information on the following options, refer to See Configure Restore all, Restore all versions, Point-in-time, and Specific range restore options.

      Restore all

      Point-in-time

      Specific range

    • Enter the email addresses of the users to send a notification on restore completion. Use a semicolon to add multiple email addresses. After all the configurations are completed, click Restore.

  6. Navigate to the destination location to confirm that the restore has happened successfully.

    You can go to the Restore dashboard to see the status of the restore.

    See About Restore dashboard.

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