Shared Drive Membership Required
Resolve permission errors during Google Team Drive migration.
Error Message
Google Drive Migration Error
The attempted action requires shared drive membership. [403]
This fatal error prevents the migration from completing for the affected Team Drive.
Permission Requirement
Root Cause
Insufficient Permissions
This error occurs when the migration account (service account) doesn't have membership in the Google Shared Drive (Team Drive) being migrated. Google requires at minimum organizer-level access to perform migration operations.
Google's Requirement
To read all files, manage permissions, and access the complete folder structure, the migration account must be an Organizer (also called Manager) of the Shared Drive.
Solutions
Option 1: Manually Add as Organizer
Add the migration service account as an organizer of the Google Team Drive before initiating the migration.
Open Google Drive and navigate to Shared Drives
Right-click the Team Drive and select "Manage members"
Add the service account email with Manager role
Retry the migration
Option 2: Use Full Drive Scope
Configure the service account with the full "Drive" scope instead of "Drive.ReadOnly". This allows Cloudiway to automatically grant organizer status to the service account.
Required API Scope
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive
The limited Drive.ReadOnly scope lacks the necessary authorization for Team Drive operations.