Drive Data Types
The table below lists data types that are supported or unsupported for Drive recovery in IBM® Storage Protect for Cloud Google Workspace.
| Data Types | Support Status | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| User’s drive | Priority | Unsupported | |
| Recent | Unsupported | ||
| Starred | Unsupported | ||
| Trash | Supported | Supports backup and restore when the Trash folder is selected in Backup Settings. | |
| Computer | Unsupported | ||
| Folder | Owner | Supported | |
| Description | Supported | ||
| Created time | Unsupported | After the restore, the folder’s created time will be updated to the restored time. | |
| Modified | Partially Supported | Does not support restoring the last modifying user. | |
| Opened | Unsupported | ||
| Share with people and groups | Supported | ||
| Get link | Partially Supported | If the original folder has been deleted, after the restore, the original shared link will be unavailable. The resolution is getting a new shared link to the restored folder. | |
| If you removed the target audience with who a folder was shared with, after the restore job is Finished, the target audience would be restored as a group, but this security change cannot be reported in job details due to Google API limitations. | |||
| Color | Supported | ||
| Added to Starred/Removed from Starred | Supported | ||
| File (includes documents, images, audio, and videos) | Share with people and groups | Supported | |
| Get link | Partially Supported | If the original file has been deleted, after the restore, the original shared link will be unavailable. The resolution is getting a new shared link of the restored file. | |
| If you removed the target audience with whom a file was shared with, after the restore job is Finished, the target audience would be restored as a group, but this security change cannot be reported in job details due to Google API limitations. | |||
| Added to Starred/Removed from Starred | Supported | ||
| Description | Supported | ||
| Owner | Supported | ||
| Labels | Supported | ||
| Created time | Unsupported | After the restore, the folder’s created time will be updated to the restored time. | |
| Modified | Partially Supported | Does not support restoring the last modifying user. | |
| Opened | Unsupported | ||
| Version History | Unsupported | ||
| File (includes documents, images, audios, and videos) | Google Docs | Supported |
The format of comments and replies cannot be kept in the restored file. For Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides, the add-ons cannot be kept after the restore due to Google API limitations. You can manually insert add-ons after the restore. |
| Google Sheets | |||
| Google Slides | |||
| Google Vids | Supported | ||
| Google Forms | Unsupported | ||
| Google Drawings | Unsupported | ||
| Google My Maps | Unsupported | ||
| Google Sites | Unsupported | ||
| Google App Scripts | Supported | ||
| Google Jamboards' | Unsupported | ||
| Shortcuts | Unsupported | ||
| Shortcuts of third-party apps | Unsupported | ||
| Files identified as malware or spam | Unsupported | ||
| Files which the current user has no permission to download or export | Unsupported | ||