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  3. Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection Administrator's Guide
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  7. Setting up Google Drive protection with Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection
Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection Administrator's Guide

Setting up Google Drive protection with Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection

To protect users' data on the Google Drive environment using Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection, you need to add and set up a Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection Google Drive connector based on your backup requirements.

Before you begin:

You must know the following before adding a connector:

  • Ensure that all prerequisites are completed.

    See Prerequisites to setup Google Drive protection with Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection.

  • The following items are supported for backup and restore:

    • Files and documents: All files and documents that are stored in Google Drive, including documents, spreadsheets, presentations, images, videos, and any other file types.

    • User drives and Shared drives: Drives dedicated to each user and common shared Drives.

    • Version history: Version history of files.

    • Deleted files: Deleted files.

    • Metadata and file properties: Metadata and properties, such as owner information, last modified date, and custom metadata fields associated with Google Drive.

  • The following items are not supported for backup and restore.

    • You cannot backup of the following data in the Google Drive environment:

      • Google Jamboard

      • Google Sites

      • Google Maps

      • Google Forms

      • Local computer files under Computers node of Google Drive.

      • Shared with me folders or files.

      • Drive/Folder color preference.

      • Star status of folder or file.

      • Sharing permissions (whom a folder or file is shared with)

    • You can backup and restore the following Google Workspace applications, but not in the native format. The supported formats for backup and their format conversion after restore are as follows:

      Item type

      Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection backup and restore format

      Google Docs

      DOCX

      Google Sheets

      XlSX

      Google Presentation

      PPTX

      Google Drawing

      PNG

      Google Apps Script

      JSON

    • Other considerations:

      • You cannot restore the Google Drive data using the Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection End-User portal.

Step-by-step procedure to add a Google Drive connector:

Each tab in the connector creation workflow includes a help icon (?) on the left. Click this icon to open the corresponding help topic for that tab, which guides you through the setup process step by step.

Important: If group email addresses are added to the scope for specific users, the connector will retrieve the users in the group and back up their data. Similarly, group email addresses added to the Excluded Users scope will also be processed in the same manner.

Procedure:

  1. Access the Administration portal and select the connector type.

    • Access the Administration portal.

    • Click Connectors on the Backup card.

    • Click New backup connector.

    • Click GoogleDrive.

  2. On the General tab, set up the basic configuration for the connector.

    See Configure General settings.

  3. On the Capture scope tab, configure the capture scope.

    See Configure Capture scope Google Drive connectors .

  4. On the Credentials tab, configure the credentials as follows:

    Admin User SMTP

    Enter the SMTP address of a user who has Admin API permissions.

    Credentials JSON

    Paste the content from a JSON file, which is generated as part of the prerequisites.

    For more information on the prerequisites to add Google Drive connectors, refer to the following link:

    https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/article.100050288

  5. On the Policy configuration tab, configure backup policy for granular backup requirements.

    See Configure Custom backup policy and guidelines.

  6. On the Scheduling tab, schedule when the backup job should run.

    See Schedule a backup.

  7. On the Email notifications tab, configure email addresses to receive notifications about backup activities.

    See Configure email addresses to get notifications.

  8. On the Review tab, save the settings and initiate the backup.

    See Review configuration and edit/save/initiate backup.

Related topics:

  • See Connector status.

  • See Perform on-demand/ad-hoc backup.

  • See Video tutorial for connector troubleshooting.

  • See Restore Google Drive data.

  • See Backup limitations for Google Drive.

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