Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection Administrator's Guide
- Introduction to Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection
- Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection Copilot (AI chatbot)
- Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection Administrator portal (Web UI)
- Supported SaaS workloads
- Workflow to protect data using Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection
- Manage users and roles
- API permissions
- What is a connector?
- What is a connector?
- About transient errors
- Overview of adding connectors
- Configure General settings
- Configure Capture scope
- Configure User filter
- Configure Group filter
- Configure Folder filter
- Configure credentials
- Configure Custom backup policy and guidelines
- Configure Delete policy for SharePoint Online and guidelines
- Configure Stubbing policy
- Guidelines to configure Stubbing policy for SharePoint Online
- Schedule a backup
- Configure email addresses to get notifications
- Review configuration and edit/save/initiate backup
- Connectors page
- Connector status
- Edit connector configuration
- Delete connectors
- Pre-requisites to setup protection for M365
- Protect Microsoft 365 Multi-Geo tenant
- Protect Exchange Online data
- Protect SharePoint sites and data
- Setting up SharePoint Online protection with Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection
- Backup and restore support for SharePoint Online
- End-user SharePoint data access in Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection
- Run the Delete and Stubbing policies to the SharePoint Online environment
- Backup limitations for SharePoint Online
- Protect Teams sites
- Protect OneDrive data
- Protect Teams chats
- Protect GoogleDrive data
- Protect Gmail data
- Protect Audit logs
- Protect Salesforce data and metada
- Protect Entra ID objects
- Protect Box data
- Protect Slack data
- Protect Email/Message data
- Configure Retention policies
- Perform backups
- View and share backed-up data
- Analytics
- About analytics
- Analytics page and refresh behavior
- Aggregation buckets
- Gain insights into storage utilization
- Gain insights into storage utilization for Entra ID and Salesforce connectors
- Gain insights into blocked activities, most active users, and more
- Gain insights into data volume (size and item count) on legal hold
- Gain insights into data volume (size and item count) saved in different Enhanced cases
- Gain insights into data volume (size and count) under different policies
- Gain insights into data volume (size and item count) under different Tags
- Gain insights into data volume (size and item count) under different Tags behaviors
- Gain insights into storage savings after deduplication and compression
- Gain insights into data ingestion trends
- Perform restores using Administration portal
- About restore
- Prerequisites for restore
- Restore Exchange Online mailboxes
- Restore SharePoint/OneDrive/Teams Sites and data
- Restore Teams chat messages and Teams channel conversations
- Restore O365 audit logs
- Restore Box data
- Restore Google Drive data
- Restore Gmail data
- About Salesforce Data, Metadata, and CRM Content restore and Sandbox seeding
- Guidelines for Schema changes in Salesforce organization to prevent restore failures
- Restore Standard and Custom objects (Structured data restore)
- Custom Object restore - post processing steps
- Restore specific Records (Structured data) using Query filters
- Restore Salesforce CRM Content (Unstructured data restore)
- Restore Salesforce files/documents in Public/Shared libraries (Unstructured data restore)
- Limitations of Salesforce Data restore
- Salesforce Objects not supported for restore
- Key considerations for Salesforce Metadata restore
- Restore Salesforce Metadata
- Limitations of Salesforce Metadata backup and restore
- About Entra ID (Azure AD) objects and records restore
- Restore Slack data
- Restore data to File server
- Set default restore point
- Configure Restore all, Restore all versions, Point-in-time, and Specific range restore options
- Configure email addresses for notifications
- Downloading an item
- Restore dashboard
- Install services and utilities
- About services and utilities
- Pre-requisites to download and install services and utilities
- Downloading services and utilities
- Where to install the services and utilities
- Installing or upgrading services and utilities
- Configuring service accounts for services and utilities
- About the Apps Consent Grant Utility
- Discovery
- Configure Tagging polices
- Configure Tiering policy
- Auditing
- Manage Stors (Storages)
Backup dashboard
The Backup dashboard provides a centralized interface to monitor your backup operations. It offers visibility into the backup status for various workloads, helping administrators ensure that data is protected effectively.
Navigating to the Backup dashboard:
Access the Administration portal.
Click .
On the left, click .
The dashboard opens, displaying cards for each workload.
Note:
Cohesity recommends to create one connector per workload. However, certain scenarios may require multiple connectors for a single workload. The Backup dashboard aggregates data across all connectors, providing a clear picture of the backup status for each workload.
The following details are displayed on the Backup dashboard for each workload:
The dashboard displays the total number of items that are backed up versus those not backed up within a selected time range. Use the time filter to specify a timeframe for analyzing the backup status and performance trends during that period. By identifying pending or failed items, you can pinpoint the specific workloads or connectors that require attention. The time filter also helps identify patterns, such as recurring failures at certain times or periods of high activity.
For Microsoft 365 workloads, the dashboard tracks the progress of the initial data ingestion process. View the number of items that are backed up, not backed up, and the estimated time that is required to complete the initial backup. With this view, you can estimate timelines and assess whether any interruptions (network or resource issues) slows down the process.
Note:
Initial backups for larger data-sets can take several months to complete.
Click option of the required workload to view when the data was backed up. This view highlights times with better performance, showing the number of items successfully backed up during specific intervals. This view can help you, if backups fail during specific intervals, you can correlate the failures with system logs, resource availability, or environmental factors to identify the root cause.
For example, if many items fail to back up, you can troubleshoot the issue or contact the support team for assistance. You can adjust the time range to Last 3 Days to gain insights into the number of emails that are backed up within the last 72 hours for the Exchange workload. For detailed information, click to open the detailed view.
The detailed view includes two tabs: Items and Events.
Table:
Tabs | Description |
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Items tab | The Items tab lets you:
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Events tab | The Events tab provides general information about the item, including:
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