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  2. Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection Administrator's Guide
  3. Protect Google Drive data
  4. Setting up Google Drive protection with Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection
  5. Configure Capture scope Google Drive connectors
Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection Administrator's Guide

Configure Capture scope Google Drive connectors

You can use one of the following procedures as per your backup requirement to backup users data in your Google Drive environment:

Configure the Google Drive connector to backup all users' data
  1. Click All users.
  2. ConfigureTable: Other settings, and then click Next.

    For more information,

Configure the Google Drive connector to backup all users' data but only exclude a few users' data from the backup scope
  1. Click All users.
  2. Click Add users.
  3. On the Add users address page, enter the email addresses of the users who are to be excluded from the backup scope.

    Use semicolon between email addresses.

  4. Configure other settings, and then click Next.

    For more information, See Table: Other settings.

Configure the Google Drive connector to backup specific users' data
  1. Click Specific users.
  2. On the Add users address page, enter the email addresses of the users who are to be added in the backup scope and click Add.

    You can also add email addresses of the groups that are to be included in the backup.

    Use semicolon between email addresses.

  3. Configure other settings, and then click Next.

    For more information, See Table: Other settings.

Configure the Google Drive connector to backup specific groups' data
  1. Click Specific users.
  2. Click Add users.
  3. On the Add users address page, enter the group email addresses of the Google groups to be included in the backup scope, and then click Add.

    Use semicolon between email addresses.

  4. Configure other settings, and then click Next.

    For more information, See Table: Other settings.

Configure the Google Drive connector to backup the Shared drives
  1. Click Shared drives.
  2. Configure other settings, and then click Next.

    For more information, See Table: Other settings.

Configure the capture scope to back up the Google Drive using the Alphabetical mailbox scope option

If you have a large number of drives in your environment, the backup scope can become extensive. To manage this scenario, configure the capture scope using the Alphabetical user scope option. You can map a range of drives to be included in the backup. It helps minimize the load on any one connector. To cover all the drives in your environment, you can configure multiple connectors.

  1. Click All users.
  2. Click the Alphabetical user scope option and do the following:
    • Enter the range of email addresses that you want to back up using this connector.

      For example, if you specify the start letter as 'A' and the end letter as 'F', all email addresses within the range of 'A' to 'F' are included in the backup scope.

      The mailboxes are processed based on the first letter of the email address.

      If you are using the Alphabetic user scope, you may need to enable theInclude users whose email addresses starts with non-alphabetical character option for one of the connectors. It backs up the mailboxes of the users whose email addresses do not begin with an alphabet.

  3. Configure other settings on the page, and click Next.

    For more information, See Other settings:.

Other settings:

Table: Other settings

Settings

Description

Backup deleted items

Select this check box to include deleted items in the backup.

By default, items are permanently deleted from the recycle bin after 30 days in Google Drive.

Capture permissions

Select this check box to capture the permissions on the items.

Folder filter

Configure it to limit the backup scope to specific folders only.

See Configure Folder filter.

Next step:

Configure credentials.

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