Veritas Alta™ SaaS Protection Administrator's Guide
- Section I. Introduction to Veritas Alta™ SaaS Protection
- Section II. Administration
- Section III. Manage backups (connectors)
- Overview
- About backup jobs (connectors)
- Overview for adding backup jobs (connectors)
- Configuring the capture scope
- Configuring credentials
- Configuring Delete and Stub policies
- Apps Consent Grant utility
- Backup Exchange Online mailboxes
- Adding connectors for Exchange Online data
- Configuring the capture scope for Exchange connectors
- Configuring the capture scope for Exchange connectors
- Backup SharePoint Online
- Supported SharePoint Online sites and data for backup and restore
- Adding backup jobs (connectors) for SharePoint Online sites and data
- Backup Teams Sites collections
- Backup OneDrive for Business
- Backup Teams chats
- Backup Audit logs
- Backup Google Drive data
- Backup Gmail data
- Backup Salesforce data
- Backup Entra ID (Azure AD) objects
- Backup Box data
- Backup Slack data
- Backup EML data
- Managing backup jobs (connectors)
- Backup jobs (connectors) statuses
- Browsing the backed-up data
- Events
- Overview
- Section IV. Manage restores
- About restore
- Prerequisites for data restore
- Restore dashboard
- Restore Exchange Online mailboxes
- Restore SharePoint Online data
- Restore Teams chats and Teams Channel conversations
- Restore Audit logs
- Restore Box data
- Restore Google Drive data
- Restore Gmail data
- Restore Salesforce data and Metadata
- Restore Salesforce Metadata to the same or another organization
- Restore Entra ID objects
- Restore Slack data
- Restore data to File server
- Restore options
- Section V. Manage data sharing
- Section VI. Manage data downloads
- Section VII. Manage Stors (Storages)
- Section VIII. Policies to manage the backed-up data
- About policies in Veritas Alta™ SaaS Protection
- Configuring policies for data retention (WORM policies)
- Configuring policies for data deletion (Deletion policy)
- Configuring policies for data tiering (Tiering policy)
- Configuring Tagging polices
- Managing policies
- Section IX. Manage users and roles
- Section X. Manage Discovery cases and searches
- Section XI. Manage Scopes
- Section XII. Manage auditing
Configuring Delete and Stub policies
The Delete policy helps optimize storage space by removing unnecessary data from the source SharePoint environment. The Stub policy replaces the original items with a Stub (a shortcut link), redirecting users to the backed-up items in the backup destination when they access it in SharePoint.
Table: Delete policy vs Stub policy
Policies | Source SharePoint Online | Backup destination |
---|---|---|
Permanently deletes backed-up items. | Backed-up items are retained. | |
Replaces the original item with a stub (a shortcut link). When users attempt to access the stubbed item in SharePoint, they are redirected to the backup destination where the actual item is located. This policy allows seamless data access but reduces the SharePoint environment's storage. | Backed-up items are retained. |
To configure Delete and Stub policies
- Go to the Policy configuration page.
- Click Enable this feature.
- Select the Items <Last modified> date older than<-->days check box.
- Enter the number of days to specify the modified items that must be backed up.
Note:
This option is applied regardless of the items' size and type.
- Select the Items size larger than __<--> check box to back up the items that are larger than the specified size.
Note:
This option is applied regardless of the items' last modified date and type.
- Select the <Include/Exclude>items of type<Enter a file extension> check box and enter the extensions that should be included or excluded.
Note:
This option is applied regardless of the items' Last modified status and size.
Note:
This option is not applicable to the Google Drive connector.
- Use the Locations to exclude option to exclude specific folders.
Any folder that matches the provided name is excluded from the backup with its subfolders. The matching process is case-insensitive, and wildcards can be used.
The exclusion criteria that is set in the Folder filter section for this connector take precedence over the criteria that is set here.
Click +Add location.
On the Location name page, enter the name of the folder that is to be excluded.
Click Add.
The folders to be excluded are listed at the bottom of this section.
- Click Next.