Changes compared to 17.6.15
Bug Fixes
- Fix an issue that could cause "unexpected character r" errors connecting to OpenStack Swift storage providers
- Fix an issue with editing OpenStack Swift settings from within Comet Backup
- Fix a cosmetic issue with button hover behaviour in Comet Backup
Changes compared to 17.5.5
- Reduce scope of the Setup Wizard in Comet Server Service Manager - Use the full settings wizard in the web interface
New Features
- Policy option to prevent users from deleting Storage Vaults
- Allow editing default quota limits for Storage Vaults created via Request
- Exclude files from backup via regular expression
- Quota limits on Storage Vaults
- Option to prevent admin users from editing server settings or shutting down/restarting server
- Analyse content of storage vaults (scanned during retention pass; visible in Comet Server)
- Remotely initiate a "Apply retention rules now" pass
- Support Comet Backup on Linux x86_32 CPU architecture
- Display the time at which a Storage Vault's size was measured in Comet Server
- Option to add a UNC path as a root option in the File picker in Comet Backup
- Support Backblaze B2 as a data storage location
- Support OpenStack Swift as a data storage location
- Support sending email via Gmail account in Comet Server
- Add Device name, Protected Item name, Storage Vault name to the Job History page in Comet Server
- Option to toggle displayed columns in Comet Server
- Allow searching through software documentation
- New backup type "VSS-Aware Component"
- Option to install pre-logon service in Comet Backup
- Option to log out of Comet Backup
- Display file sizes, total file size when selecting files in Comet Backup
Enhancements
- Display other device's total protected item size in Comet Backup
- Display Storage Vault quota limits in Comet Backup
- Option to display Protected Items from other devices when restoring data in Comet Backup
- Option to terminate remote connection process in Advanced options in Comet Server
- Simplify some branding configuration options in the Setup Wizard in Comet Server
- Display more detailed error messages when failing to load directory content from a Storage Vault
- Remember the rows-per-page setting for tables when navigating in Comet Server
- Improve VSS reliability in Comet Backup for Windows by always using the system VSS provider
- Additional instructions when using the Setup Wizard to configure custom branding in Comet Server
- Include full installer log in Comet job log when updating Comet Backup on Linux
- Improve performance of file list operations against Backblaze B2 Storage Vaults
- Some reductions in installed filesize for Comet Backup on Windows
- Improve transfer performance of large API responses from Comet Server
- Explain where to find diagnosis when failing to generate branded software installers in Comet Server
- Faster loading file picker when restoring items in Comet Backup
- If UNC paths were selected for backup, include them in the File picker in Comet Backup
- Improve performance of initial connections to Backblaze B2 Storage Vaults
- Allow configuring Backblaze B2, OpenStack Swift data storage locations via Comet Server
- Improve performance of restoring backups from Amazon S3 and S3-compatible servers
- Improve Comet Server memory usage when the Storage Role stores data on a cloud location
- Improve performance of receiving automatic SSL certificates
- Display Storage Vault icon on Comet Server user pages
- Significantly improve performance of retention pass
- Improve startup performance when restoring an entire job containing many files, for jobs backed up with 17.6.3 or later
- Automatically populate instance names when editing a Microsoft SQL Server Protected Item
- Allow clicking segments of the "Online Users" widget in Comet Server to load a filtered view
- Improve performance of viewing backup job reports in Comet Server
- Improve performance of browsing bucket sizes in Comet Server's web interface
- Add a descriptive message about bucket longevity when deleting a user account via the Comet Server web interface
- Construct exclusions rather than inclusions when selecting files in Comet Backup
- Improve display of platform name in Connected Devices page in Comet Server
- Small performance enhancement when backing up pre-compressed files
- Improve performance of displaying large folders when selecting files in Comet Backup
- Always skip backup for pagefile.sys, hiberfil.sys, swapfile.sys files on Windows
- Add icon display for Protected Items in Comet Server
- Improve column layout and resize behaviour in the Restore dialog in Comet Backup
- Reliability improvements to the software update process
- Log details of software installation