Storage Vault ModifyTime is now updated when edited in the Comet Management Console
Fixed an issue where Comet Core would fail to start if the Storage Gateway failed to validate the storage buckets
Fixed an issue where, when logged in as a top-level admin, the User Details page in the Comet Management Console displayed policies from other tenants in the policy dropdown
Fixed an issue when requesting an Impossible Cloud (Partner API) Storage Vault where the request body was empty
Fixed an issue when requesting an Impossible Cloud (Partner API) (Object Lock) Storage Vault where object lock days defaulted to 0. Impossible Cloud requires object lock days of > 0
Fixed an issue on the Comet Management Console where the test connection button would fail for Impossible Cloud (Partner API)
Fixed an issue with generating MSI files if the branding name contained unsupported characters
Hid empty menu items on the Comet Management Console restore dialog snapshot selector. This is now the same as on the Comet Backup desktop app
Comet Admins can now set per-user quotas that limit how many Proxmox VMs and LXC containers a Comet User may protect. Quotas are enforced via the UI and API and will block and log attempts that would exceed the configured limit.
Fixed an issue where Proxmox to Proxmox restore does not have correct boot order
Fixed an issue causing misleading warnings during normal SSH tunnel shutdown for Proxmox tasks
Fixed an issue with EFI disks being created incorrectly during Proxmox restore
Fixed an issue with the Comet Backup desktop app where changing a Protected Item type from Proxmox to another type would cause the application to crash
Fixed an issue with Proxmox node connections where SSH accepts connections on ports other than 22
Fixed an issue preventing Comet Backup from installing on Synology DSM
Iapetus is the latest entry in our quarterly rollup series. It branches off from our main rolling Voyager development into a fixed target for our partners to qualify and build upon.
This Quarterly release is named after Saturn's moon Iapetus. Fun fact: Iapetus, Saturn's third-largest moon, is the only large moon in the Solar System with a two-tone coloration - one hemisphere bright as snow and the other dark as coal. This dramatic contrast makes it the most distinctive moon orbiting Saturn, with one side ten times brighter than the other, giving it a striking yin-yang appearance from space.
Comet 26.1.0 Iapetus, our latest Quarterly release, marks an important milestone as our Proxmox VE Protected Item graduates from Beta to General Availability. This release also includes numerous enhancements to performance, reliability, and platform support.
As always for a new quarterly release, there are two changelogs for 26.1.0 depending on whether you are coming from the previous quarterly release or the previous Voyager release:
With Comet 26.1.0 Iapetus, our Proxmox VE Protected Item has graduated from Beta to General Availability and is production-ready.
Proxmox Virtual Environment is a complete, open-source server management platform for virtualization. It tightly integrates the KVM hypervisor, Linux Containers (LXC), software-defined storage, and networking functionality on a single platform. With the integrated web-based user interface you can manage VMs, containers and high availability for clusters.
Proxmox backups and restores can now be run using a correctly configured non-root user.
Changed block tracking for Proxmox protected items
Changed block tracking (CBT) is now supported for Proxmox Protected Items, allowing for significantly reduced job times when backing up low-churn datasets.
Comet now features a Ukrainian (Українська мова) language translation.
Option to enable user home directory sandboxing on Linux
Linux users now have the option to enable sandboxing of user home directories, with Comet backing up each home directory data as the owner of that directory and thus ensuring that permissions and ACLs are fully respected.
Support shared quotas across multiple Storage Vaults
Comet 25.9.7 brings initial support for sharing quotas between multiple Storage Vaults, allowing for more flexible storage offerings.
Added support for the new Wasabi US West 2 (San Jose) region
In Comet 25.9.2, Wasabi users can now configure buckets for Wasabi's new US West 2 (San Jose) region.
Improved the performance of Comet user APIs, particularly when the server is under load
Comet 25.9.5 brings substantial under-the-hood improvements to the performance of APIs used in regular activities, reducing load on busy servers and increasing throughput of short-lived backup jobs.
Support for running multiple commands in a Program Output Protected Item
Multiple streams of program output can now be combined into a single program output Protected Item, each with an assigned file name to be used upon restore, allowing for related sets of data to be configured and scheduled in unison.
Custom backup jobs started via the API can now have tags specified, allowing these jobs to be identified and retrieved by tag through the job history search in the Management Console and through the API.
Added APIs to get, update and delete Protected Items
API users can now get, update, and delete Protected Items in isolation, without having to interact with the rest of the user profile.
Configure Proxmox Changed Block Tracking in Comet Backup Desktop App
Changed Block Tracking can now be selected for Proxmox backups via the Comet Backup desktop app
The Proxmox Protected Item now displays offline nodes with clear visual indicator in the items window. This improvements makes it significantly easier to understand the status of nodes in your Proxmox Cluster.
Fixed an issue with the Proxmox Protected Item dialog in the Comet Management Console web interface rendering the Advanced tab multiple times when authentication was unsuccessful
Fixed an issue with hardware configurations used during restoration of Windows environments from VMware/Hyper-V to Proxmox
Fixed an issue causing connections to be blocked to Proxmox clusters with one or more nodes down
Fixed a cosmetic issue rendering overflowing content unable to be scrolled in some areas of the Comet Management Console web interface
Proxmox restores can now be performed to Ceph/RBD storage.
Changed block tracking for Proxmox protected items
Changed block tracking (CBT) is now supported for Proxmox Protected Items, allowing for significantly reduced job times when backing up low-churn datasets.
Fixed an issue processing changes by administrators
Fixed an encoding issue in the Comet Management Console web interface
Fixed an issue processing changes by tenant administrators
Fixed an issue leading to incorrect date selections when configuring a monthly schedule in the Comet Backup desktop app
Fixed an issue with future Deep Verify operations on a Storage Vault being blocked if multiple jobs tried to simultaneously initialize the vault on its first use
Fixed an issue leading to inaccuracies in SMB-backed Storage Gateway disk size reporting
Fixed an issue in the Comet Management Console web interface causing the header for the size column to be formatted incorrectly in exported job history
Fixed an issue in the Comet Management Console web interface affecting the human readable formatting of 'n/a' duration values in exported job history
Fixed an issue building device associations when creating custom Storage Vaults from the Comet Management Console
Fixed an issue causing Windows Disk Image backups to fail on host devices with Windows Containers enabled
Fixed an issue with Comet attempting to backup external VSS snapshots in a Windows Disk Image backup
Fixed an issue with missing warning messages when manually starting cometd.exe on Windows outside of a service context
Fixed a cosmetic issue with the window size changing when editing a Proxmox Protected Item from the Comet Backup desktop application
Fixed an issue with 'Invalid Authentication' errors when a user profile has many thousands of Protected Items and/or Storage Vaults
Fixed an issue with process argument visibility when using the Comet Backup desktop application
Fixed an issue with unresponsive cancellation when accessing a remote Proxmox VE server
Improved the handling of failed message downloads during Office 365 backups by falling back to alternative retrieval methods
Fixed an issue with the Comet Backup agent failing to open Storage Vaults when multiple keys are present
Fixed an issue preventing Comet from restoring a Proxmox VM when not all disks were backed up
Fixed an issue with not respecting the choice of target backup method for Proxmox LXC containers
Fixed an issue preventing the horizontal scrollbar appearing on the user group management page when overflowing
Fixed an issue with timing alignment in some scenarios causing scheduled backups not to start
The backup job progress bar and ETA value for Proxmox backups are now displayed in the client and Comet Management Console web interface when viewing job details
Fixed an issue with Office 365 where restore of calendar events causes all event participants to be re-notified
Fixed an authentication issue when upgrading Windows System Backup Protected Items from a legacy version of Comet Management Console
Fixed an issue with "Login as user" appearing in the Comet Management Console web interface in cases where it is unavailable/non-functional
Fixed an issue where Hyper-V/VMware restores to Proxmox were missing a network device
Fixed an issue with IPv6 addresses being rejected when authenticating to Proxmox
Fixed an issue in the Comet Backup desktop app allowing the "Edit" button to be clicked when editing functions are unavailable while editing an Office 365 Protected Item
Fixed an issue in the Comet Backup desktop app preventing Office 365 Protected Item changes being saved in some cases
Fixed an issue processing changes by administrators
Fixed an encoding issue in the Comet Management Console web interface
Fixed an issue processing changes by tenant administrators
