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Download Site Collection

Updated over 2 weeks ago

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Overview

As an Druva Cloud administrator, you can download backed-up SharePoint Online site collections directly from the Druva Console. You can download either:

  • The entire site collection, including SharePoint settings, as a zipped folder (<insync-site collection name>.zip)

  • Specific sites or subsites based on metadata attributes using Enterprise Search.


📝NOTE:

On Windows, large zip files may not unzip properly with Windows Explorer. Use an alternative utility such as 7-Zip or WinRAR if you encounter this issue.


Procedure

  1. Sign in to the Druva Cloud Platform Console and go to Microsoft 365 > SharePoint. A list of all discovered sites will appear.

  2. Click the name of the site you want to download.

    • If the site is already enabled, its details page opens.

    • If not configured, you'll need to set up the site and trigger a backup before proceeding.

  3. Search for a site collection (optional): Use the Search Site Collection bar at the top-right to locate a specific site or subsite by its title or URL.

  4. On the site details page, go to the Backups tab

  5. In the Snapshot section:

    • Select the snapshot containing the data you want to restore.

    • To narrow results, click the Filter icon and refine by:

      • File extension

      • File size

      • Created or modified date

      • File name


    📝NOTE:

    • Padlock icon: Indicates a quarantined snapshot.

    • Exclamation mark: Latest clean quarantined snapshot (undeletable).

    • Red dot: Indicates a quarantined snapshot from which you cannot restore or download data.

      For more information, see Ransomware Recovery for M365.


  6. Select the required files or folders and click Download.


    ❗IMPORTANT

    If a site, subsite, list, or library contains a forward slash ( / ) in its name, the snapshot will display it as an underscore ( _ ).


  7. Click OK to confirm. The selected data is downloaded as a .zip file in the format:
    <insync-site collection name>.zip

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