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
Restoring an Entra ID object
You can restore an object such as users, groups, app registrations, or enterprise apps using any of the following procedures:
To restore an Entra ID object
- Access the Administration portal.
- Click Content and do the following:
Select the required Stor from the upper left drop-down list.
Watch the video or close the pop-up.
Click the drop-down list next to the selected Stor and select the required restore point.
Note:
Recovery points represent the point in time when selected objects or records are backed up. Selecting a specific recovery point lets you restore the object or record as it was at the time of backup.
Note:
The latest restore point is selected by default. You can also set another point as the default.
To set the other restore point as the default one, click the restore points drop-down list > Specific restore point link > on the Set to specific restore point page, select the restore point to be set as default, and then click Set.
In the left pane, select the required object, for example, User.
In the right pane, select all records.
Click Restore.
The Restore page is displayed.
- On the Restore page, do the following:
If required, change the destination from the Restore to Microsoft Entra ID drop-down list. Ensure that you contact Veritas Support for this change.
If you are restoring a user object, assign a password in the Assign default password field.
Note:
To ensure that your password meets the required guidelines, click the Password guidelines link to know more.
Expand the Advanced options section and do the following:
Select Overwrite existing directory check box to overwrite the items at the destination. If this check box is not selected, existing items at the destination are skipped during restore.
Select the Restore from recycle bin, if it exists there check box to restore the objects available in the Recycle bin.
Select the Force restore of on-premises synchronized directory objects/records check box if you cannot restore the object to the on-premises Active Directory. If this check box is selected, the on-premises synchronized objects are restored to the targeted Entra ID. The objects are restored with new IDs and are no longer linked to the on-premises Active Directory.
Click Next.
Veritas Alta™ SaaS Protection verifies the permissions that you have within Entra ID. You cannot proceed if you do not have the required permissions.
The items that are to be restored are displayed.
Click Next.
The items are being analyzed. Depending on the number of items, this operation may take some time. You can also skip analyzing the records and proceed by clicking Next.
On the Email notifications page, do the following:
Enter the email addresses of the users who must be notified after the restore operation is completed.
Click Next.
On the Review page, do the following:
Verify all the details.
Click Restore.
After the restore is initiated, you can go to the Restore dashboard to view the restore progress.
Note:
The time required to restore records to the destination can vary.
- Navigate to the destination to confirm that the object is restored successfully.
To restore an Entra ID object
- Access the Administration portal.
- Click Content and do the following:
Select the required Stor from the upper left drop-down list.
Watch the video or close the pop-up.
Select the required Stor from the upper left drop-down list.
Watch the video or close the pop-up.
Click the drop-down list next to the selected Stor and select the required restore point.
Note:
Recovery points represent the point in time when selected objects or records are backed up. Selecting a specific recovery point lets you restore the object or record as it was at the time of backup.
Note:
The latest restore point is selected by default. You can also set another point as the default.
To set the other restore point as the default one, click the restore points drop-down list > Specific restore point link > on the Set to specific restore point page, select the restore point to be set as default, and then click Set.
Click Restore.
The Restore page is displayed.
- On the Restore page tab, do the following:
If required, change the destination from the Restore to Microsoft Entra ID drop-down list. Ensure that you contact Veritas Support for this change.
Click Directory object.
From the Resource drop-down list, select the object that you want to restore.
If you are restoring a user object, assign a password in the Assign default password field.
Note:
To ensure that your password meets the required guidelines, click the Password guidelines link to know more.
Expand the Advanced options section and do the following:
Select Overwrite existing directory check box to overwrite the items at the destination. If this check box is not selected, existing items at the destination are skipped during restore.
Select the Restore from recycle bin, if it exists there check box to restore the objects available in the Recycle bin.
Select the Force restore of on-premises synchronized directory objects/records check box if you cannot restore the object to the on-premises Active Directory. If this check box is selected, the on-premises synchronized objects are restored to the targeted Entra ID. The objects are restored with new IDs and are no longer linked to the on-premises Active Directory.
Click Next.
Veritas Alta™ SaaS Protection verifies the permissions that you have within Entra ID. You cannot proceed if you do not have the required permissions.
The items that are to be restored are displayed.
Click Next.
The items are being analyzed. Depending on the number of items, this operation may take some time. You can also skip analyzing the records and proceed by clicking Next.
On the Email notifications page, do the following:
Enter the email addresses of the users who must be notified after the restore operation is completed.
Click Next.
On the Review page, do the following:
Verify all the details.
Click Restore.
After the restore is initiated, you can go to the Restore dashboard to view the restore progress.
Note:
The time required to restore records to the destination can vary.
- Navigate to the destination to confirm that the object is restored successfully.