How to Create Veritas Alta SaaS Protection connector for Google Drive

Description

This article describes how to configure settings specific to the Google Drive connector within the General and Connection tabs of the connector properties. 

Google Drive connector can be used to capture content from Google Drive.

Pre-requisites: 

• The connector must be created before these settings can be applied. For information on creating a connector, refer to the article: How To Create Connectors In Veritas Alta SaaS Protection (Veritas Alta SaaS Protection)  
• Steps outlined in the Preparing a Google Drive Connection article must be completed.  

Configure Connector Type Specific Settings

General tab

• Mode -  Choose from the following 3 modes based on the type of data to be captured: 
  • All Users
  • Specific Users
  • Shared Drives
• Capture Deleted Items - Select the check box, if you want the deleted data to be captured in the backup.

Connection tab

• Admin User SMTP - Enter the email address of the Administrator.
  • The minimum set of Admin console privileges for the Admin User SMTP user is:
    • Organization Units
      • Read
    • Users
      • Read
    • Groups
    • Drive and Docs
      • Settings (all)
         
• Credentials JSON -  Enter the JSON credentials that you have received while preparing the Google Drive connector. For information on preparing a Google Drive, refer to the article: Preparing a Google Drive Connection.