You can create custom categories for Exchange backup content so that you can group specific types of content together. This is helpful if you need to have a different Office 365 Plan for specific types of backup content.
While creating custom categories, the Add rule option uses regular expressions (regex) to execute the search. A regex is a sequence of characters that defines a search pattern.
Examples:
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To match a sequence of literal characters, simply write those characters in the pattern.
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To match a single character from a set of possibilities, use square brackets, e.g.: [0123456789] matches any digit.
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To match users whose display name starts with 'The' and ends with 'Spain', and can have any characters in between.
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Expression: displayName : ^The.*Spain$
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Explanation:
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^ symbol ensures the match starts at the beginning of the string.
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.* symbol allows any characters to appear multiple times in between.
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$ symbol ensures the match occurs at the end of the string or before n.
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For more information, refer the Regex Tutorial – How to write Regular Expressions? tutorial.
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Creating Custom Categories for Exchange Online
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From the navigation pane, go to Protect > Office 365.
The Office 365 Overview page appears.
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On the Apps tab, click the app.
The Overview page of the app appears.
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On the Content tab, in the upper-right area of the page click Add.
The Configure Content page appears.
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Select Add content to backup, and then click Next.
The Add Content tool appears.
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Under Advanced, select Custom categories, and then click Next.
The Content tab appears.
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In the Category name box, enter a title for the category.
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Click Add rule.
The Add rule dialog box appears.
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From the Source list, select the type of data that you want to define the category, and then configure the settings for the data:
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License: To create a category of backup data based on the status of the Commvault Cloud license, select this option.
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Operator: Select Equals. This is the only option available because you will choose from a list of preconfigured values.
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Value: To include only backup content with an active license, select Active. To include backup content with an active or inactive license, select Active or Revoked.
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User Display Name: To create a category of backup data based on user name, select this option.
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Operator: To define the text that each user name has in common, select one of the available options, such as Starts With or Equals. You can also use a regular expression to define a pattern of text.
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Value: Enter a string of text that each user name has in common.
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User Geo Location: To create a category of backup data based on the Exchange users' geographical location, select this option.
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Operator: To include users from a specific location, select Equals. To exclude users from a specific location, select Not Equal.
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Value: Select the location.
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User SMTP Address: To create a category of backup data based on the SMTP address associated with a user, select this option.
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Operator: To define the text that each SMTP address has in common, select one of the available options, such as Contains or Ends With. You can also use a regular expression to define a pattern of text.
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Value: Enter a string of text that each SMTP address has in common.
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To save the rule, click Add.
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On the Content tab, click Next.
The Office 365 Plan tab appears.
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From the Office 365 plan list, select the plan to use for the custom category, and then click Next.
The Summary tab appears.
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Click Submit.