Any way to backkup our users Google drives to local storage?

[Sonic007]

Is there a way I can backup my users google drives to local storage all in one go?

 

Many thanks.

[elsiegee40]

Is there a way I can backup my users google drives to local storage all in one go?

 

Many thanks.

 

The obvious questions are “Why would you want a backup on local storage media?” and “How much data are you trying to download?”

[RLR]

Is there a way I can backup my users google drives to local storage all in one go?

 

Many thanks.

 

You might be able to script it with GAM:https://github.com/jay0lee/GAM/wiki/GoogleDriveManagement#downloading-drive-files-for-users

 

This command will just do one user but if you can get a CSV file with all your users in then it shouldn't be too difficult to do.

 

gam user [email="[email protected]"][email protected][/email] get drivefile query "'me' in owners" format microsoft

[Sonic007]

We have some staff who are leaving and they often start deleting files. I'd like to backup their drives.

[sted]

We have some staff who are leaving and they often start deleting files. I'd like to backup their drives.

just get their stuff out of the vault probably easier

[PrimaryNetMan]

If you are worrying about them deleting files, first put it in the AUP that they they don't delete files that are shared with other staff members. You can always create a leavers users, then when you know the staff member is going to leave transfer ownership of their drive data to this user. They retain editor access but won't be able to delete.

[FN-GM]

We have some staff who are leaving and they often start deleting files. I'd like to backup their drives.

Did you know there is a 25 day backup built into g suite? In addition there is the vault a d you can retain data indefinitely.

 

You could use Rclone with the impersonation feature to download Google Drive data locally.

[jthompson]

Depending on your retention rule(s) in Google Vault, you may want to place a hold on that user's data as well, once you know that they are leaving. Anything they delete will then be available to you in Vault, regardless of what your retention rule(s) have to say about it. The hold will retain any files they own or have access to, indefinitely.

[jmak]

Filestream is officially supported on Server 2012 onwards.

Whichever way around you do it there will be a big hit on your internet connection the first time you do it, but incremental changes shouldn't be too bad. However, as others have said, Vault is your friend here.

 

Going forward, try and get people into the habit of using Team Drives for anything that should be shared. Make it part of your AUP and induction.