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  2. Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection Administrator's Guide
  3. What is a connector?
  4. Connector status
Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection Administrator's Guide

Connector status

You can view the status of the connector on the Connectors page.

Table:

Columns on the Connectors page

 

Description

Status

Pending app activation

It indicates that the Microsoft 365 apps are activated by granting the admin consent.

Created

It indicates that the connector is successfully added but the backup is not yet started.

Initial Running (backup)

It indicates that the backup is run on the newly created connector for the first time. Any subsequent backups will have the status as Running.

Running

It indicates that the backup is running.

Completed

It indicates that the backup is completed without errors.

Completed with errors

It indicates that the backup is completed with errors.

Errors should be investigated and suppressed if they appear.

Stale

It indicates that the backup did not run during the last scheduled backup.

Last backup count

The total number of items or site collections that are backed up during the last backup.

Type

The type of the source SaaS application, such as Exchange, SharePoint, and so on.

Last backup statistics

The last capture count is broken down by:

  • Completed without errors (green)

  • Completed with errors (orange)

  • Pending (Connector is running) (gray)

  • Not processed (Connector is completed) (gray)

The progress bar displays the progress based on the statistics.

Last backup date

The duration since the last manual or scheduled backup.

Next scheduled backup

The next scheduled backup time. A connector without a schedule will be blank.

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