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Google has established itself as one of the best online backup service providers. G Suite is one of the best tools available that helps one to manage the business seamlessly. It is a business productivity platform that offers a variety of services. The cloud manages the sales, service and support of all these services. G suite updates its services from time to time and releases new features and functionalities. G Suite backup is essential to all Google cloud users, especially those who use Google Suite for business. 

This post will help you learn about the best Google Suite backup solutions available today. 

How to backup G suite data into a local drive?

To say Google offers a utility called Google Takeout, by which users can save all their Google suite data in MBOX format into a local drive. However, there are several drawbacks to this method and the biggest drawback, which I think, is saving data in MBOX format because MBOX format stores a particular folder. Hence, you’ll have several MBOX files for your G suite data. 

Apart from this, it doesn’t allow users to backup several Gmail mailboxes in a single process, which means if you’ve several Gmail mailboxes to backup into a local drive, you’ve to repeat the same process over and over. By keeping all the hassle in mind, I never consider and recommend it as a reliable G suite backup solution. 

What should the G Suite users use to backup G Suite data?

The best and securest approach to backup G suite data is using an automated tool; many are on the web. If you’re an MNC or have more than 20 mailboxes to backup, then the Shoviv G Suite backup and restore tool is the best one for you. 

It is one of those few tools which allows to backup G Suite data into PST format and restore/export OST/PST files into the G Suite mailbox. Hence, you can do that without spending an extra penny if you need to restore your data. 

Apart from this, the tool allows users to schedule the backup process for the future; on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. Once you schedule the backup process, all your data will be backup without disturbing and affecting your productivity. Let me explain the process of the Shoviv G Suite backup solution to you so you can examine the tool and its features. 

Note: Install and use the free G suite backup and restore tool for evaluation. 

Backup G suite data using the Shoviv tool

·        Step1: Open the G Suite backup and restore tool in your system. 

·        Step2: Click on the Connect G suite option, and provide asked credentials. 

·        Step3: Go to the Backup directory tab and create a backup directory to store backup files. 

·        Step4: Navigate to the Backup jobs tab, enter a job name and select the G suite mailboxes you want to backup. 

·        Step5: Move to the Backup directory tab and select the backup directory or create a new backup directory. 

·        Step6: Go to the Filter tab and use the filter options as per your need. The filter options are based on the Item date, folder filter, and item class basis. 

·        Step7: Now, visit the settings option and set up thread count, mailbox/item retrieve attempt numbers, bad item count, and PST file size. 

·        Step8: Go to the Scheduler option and schedule the backup process as per need. Once done with all options, click on the Create Backup job option. 

Now your backup job is successfully created and will run as per your scheduler setting; you can also start & stop the job from the dashboard. These are the option using which you can get desired backup results without any risk of data loss. 

Conclusion

For sure, Google is ruling the email niche and several businesspersons and organizations prefer it. However, like other services, Google suite is also prone to data loss. I recommend you to use the Shoviv G Suite backup and restore tool to safeguard your data in PST format. You only need to purchase this G suite backup solution’s license once, and then you can use it anytime to backup Google Workspace data.