Backup settings

This section lists the steps to create backup schedules for Google Workspace.

To create a new backup schedule:

1. Log in to ADManager Plus as an administrator.
2. Navigate to Backup → Google Workspace → Backup Settings.

   

3. Click the + Create Backup button located at the top-right corner of the screen.
4. If you’ve configured multiple Google Workspace domains, choose the domain for which you wish to create a backup schedule from the Account drop-down box. If you haven't added any Google Workspace domain yet, follow the instructions listed here to configure Google Workspace with ADManager Plus.

   

5. Provide a name for the backup schedule in the Backup Name field.
6. Select the user accounts for which you wish to create a backup schedule by clicking the icon in the Select Users field.
7. You can select all the users by checking the box next to the Display Name text. To search for individual users, use the icon. After you’ve selected all users that you wish to back up, click OK.
8. Select the services that you wish to back up. You can choose to backup any combination from the given options: mailboxes, contacts, calendars, and user drives.
9. Select the Backup Frequency at which the schedule must run from the options available.
   • Daily: Scheduler will run once everyday at the scheduled time.
   • Weekly: Scheduler will run once every week on the specified day and time.
   • Monthly: Scheduler will run once a month on the specified date and time.
10. In the Retention Period field, enter the number of days, months, or years for which the backups should be stored. Backups older than the specified age will be discarded. If you've set the retention period to be 30 days, when the backup schedule runs on the 31st day, the backups taken on the first day will be discarded. Learn more here.
11. You can also configure ADManager Plus to store your backups forever, in which case backups will not be discarded.
    Note: The default retention period is 30 days.
12. If you wish to encrypt your backups, check the Encrypt backup data box and provide an encryption key.
13. Click Save to save the scheduler and the backup will run at the specified time.
14. Click Save & Run to save the scheduler and trigger the first backup process immediately.

Once a scheduler has been created, you can view:

1. The name of the scheduler.
2. The services that will be backed up.
3. The last time the scheduler ran.
4. The status (success or failure) of the last backup. Clicking the View Details link will provide the list of steps that the product performed and the status of each step. Finding out the step at which the scheduler failed will assist in troubleshooting any issue that the product might encounter.

Once you’ve configured a backup schedule, you can:

• Edit the backup schedule.
• Enable or disable the backup schedule.
• Manually trigger a backup.
• Delete the backup schedule.

Editing the backup schedule

• To edit the backup schedule click the icon under the Actions column of the corresponding backup schedule.

Enabling or disabling the backup schedule

• Click the / icon under the Actions column of the backup schedule that you wish to enable or disable.

Manually triggering a backup

• Click the icon under the Actions column of the backup schedule to trigger a backup.

Deleting the backup schedule

• Click the icon under the Actions column of the backup schedule that you wish to delete.