Overview
- GDrive from the Google Workspace suit of products contains important documents that need to be frequently backed up.
- Using the LegacyFlo GDrive-S3-ZIP request type, you can now backup files from any user's Google Drive to the Vaultastic Open or Deep Store.
Step 1: Getting the access key and registering with LegacyFlo
Your Google Workspace needs to be primed up to get access to the user data on GDrive to be backed up using LegacyFlo. The steps to do so are given here.
Step 2: Register the S3 bucket on which Open/Deep Store is hosted with LegacyFlo
The S3 bucket on which the Vaultastic Open/Deep Store is hosted has to be registered with LegacyFlo (this is a one time activity). For the steps on registration, refer to this article.
Note: For the Open/Deep Store, the first step of bucket creation, policies and permissions is to be mentioned in the article is to be skipped.
Step 3: Submitting a LegacyFlo request
Source Information
| FIELD NAME | DESCRIPTION | SAMPLE VALUE |
|---|---|---|
| User ID | User id on Google Workspace domain whose data needs to be imported (Note: The id should not contain the domain name.) | "john" |
| Domain | Source domain on Google Workspace | "baya.com" |
| GDrive Folder name | The folder from which data needs to backed up on the destination. All the contents of this folder and its subfolders will be backed up. Note that the folder name should not start with a /. If all the GDrive data is to be backed up, leave this value empty | "23-Jun-2020" |
| FIELD NAME | DESCRIPTION | SAMPLE VALUE |
|---|---|---|
| Since (YYYY-MM-DD) | Start date from which to copy/move content. All content created/modified ON or AFTER the start date and BEFORE the end date will be copied/moved. This is an optional parameter and if left blank, all contents before the Before date will be moved or copied. | 2019-01-01 |
| Before (YYYY-MM-DD) | End date before which to copy/move content. The content created/modified ON or AFTER the start date and BEFORE the end date will be copied/moved. This is an optional parameter and if left blank, all contents added or modified ON or AFTER the Since date will be copied/moved. | 2019-02-01 |
Destination Information
| FIELD NAME | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| S3 bucket name | The S3 bucket for the destination file. Select the S3 bucket name from the drop-down list. The list will show all the registered S3 buckets including the S3 buckets which host the Vaultastic Open and Deep stores. |
| S3 folder path | If the file has to be created on the Vaultastic Open or Deep Stores, then this parameter will have to start with the name of your Vaultastic domain. Example: baya-com.vaultastic.com For example, if you want to create a file on the root of the Vaultastic domain baya-com.vaultastic.com, then enter "baya-com.vaultastic.com". If the file has to be created in a sub-folder called 'Files", then enter "baya-com.vaultastic.com/Files" If the file is to be created on your own bucket, give the folder which will contain the file. Leave this value empty if the destination file has to be created on the root of the S3 bucket. NOTE: S3 folder path should not start or end with a "/" |
| Doc Type | When copying/extracting files from the source, the files can be saved in a single ZIP or as individual files on the destination. Choose ZIP file, if you want the files to be copied to a single zip file on the destination. Choose File, if all the files have to be saved as individual files on the destination bucket. NOTE: Any existing files with the same name will be over-written. |
| Zip File name | The destination ZIP filename. This option will be visible only if you choose ZIP file in the Doc Type option. NOTE: Filenames should not start or end with a "/" |
Send Report
| FIELD NAME | DESCRIPTION | SAMPLE VALUE (TO UPLOAD TO VAULTASTIC) |
|---|---|---|
| Send report to mail id | Email address which will get the notifications | "postmaster@baya.com" |
Step 4 (optional): Submitting multiple LegacyFlo requests to backup data for multiple users
To upload multiple jobs using a CSV, create a CSV file with a list of all the users and other details required to upload data.