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  2. Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection Administrator's Guide
  3. Protect Gmail data
  4. Setting up Gmail protection with Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection
  5. Configure capture scope for Gmail connectors
Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection Administrator's Guide

Configure capture scope for Gmail connectors

You can use one of the following procedures as per your backup requirement:

Configure the capture scope for Gmail connectors to backup data of all users
  1. Click All users.
  2. Configure other settings on the page, and click Next.

    For more information, See Table: Other settings.

Configure the capture scope for Gmail connectors to backup all users but exclude backup for a few users
  1. Click All users.
  2. Click + Add users.
  3. On the Add users address page, enter users' email addresses to be excluded from the backup scope.

    Use semicolon between email addresses.

    Click Add.

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

    For more information, See Table: Other settings.

Configure the capture scope for Gmail connectors to back up the data of specific users only
  1. Click Specific users.
  2. Click + Add users.
  3. On the Add users address page, enter users' email addresses for whom you want to take backup and click Add.

    Use semicolon between email addresses.

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

    For more information, See Table: Other settings.

Configure the capture scope for Gmail connectors to backup specific groups only
  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 on the page, and click Next.

    For more information, See Table: Other settings.

Configure the capture scope to back up the mailboxes of users using the Alphabetical mailbox scope option

If you have a large number of mailboxes 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 mailboxes to be included in the backup. It helps minimize the load on any one connector. To cover all the mailboxes 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 Table: Other settings.

Other settings:

Table: Other settings

Settings

Description

Capture Trash

Select this check box to back up the deleted items in the Trash folder.

Capture Spam

Select this check box to back up the items in the Spam folder.

Folder filters

Configure folder filters to limit the backup scope to a few folders.

See Configure Folder filter.

Next step:

Configure credentials.

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