Changes compared to 18.6.9
Enhancements
- Minor performance improvements (via upgraded compiler toolchain)
- Link to Storage Vault quotas in the Restrictions area in the Comet Server web interface
Bug Fixes
- Fix an issue with cancelling Windows System Backup and Windows Server System State backup jobs
- Fix an issue with not retrying temporary errors when deleting unneeded files during a retention cleanup pass
- Fix an issue with unclear error messages when using a too short container name on Azure storage
- Fix an issue with "unexpected short output from UTF-16LE conversion" error messages
- Fix an issue with "Login failure for admin account" messages in Comet Server logs when server is upgraded or web sessions expire naturally
- Fix an issue with not cleaning up wbadmin spool directory in some failure cases
- Fix a cosmetic issue with not being able to re-click the "regenerate" button on the Bucket Users report in the Comet Server web interface
Changes compared to 18.5.8
New Features
- Automatic service mode
- Support pre-logon backup on macOS
- Hebrew translation (BETA)
- Policy options to hide Import feature, software version and codename in Comet Backup
- Easy weekday picker for backup job schedules
- Support "log" and "other" VSS modes for Application-Aware Writer backups
- Track bucket / user / device / booster numbers over time, for a new homepage widget in the Comet Server web interface
- Redesign server log page - search, navigate between log days
- Support setting Windows Network Authentication credentials for Comet Backup Storage Vaults and for Comet Server Storage Role storage
- Built-in support for Wasabi Cloud Storage (S3-Compatible)
- Support setting Windows Network Authentication credentials for "File and Folder" Protected Items
- Support copying multiple selected rows from the Comet Backup report dialog, including timestamps
- Support backing up EFS-encrypted files on Windows
- Support running backup on PC boot, if last job was missed
- Support Comet Backup on Linux ARMv8 (Aarch64) and ARMv6kl, no glibc required. Best compatible ARM build will be autodetected at install
- Policy option to set the "Skip if already running" option on backup schedules
- Advanced diagnostic option to regenerate index directory in Storage Vault
Enhancements
- Reduce memory usage for long-running Comet Backup interface processes
- Support editing existing exclusions and regular-expression exclusions in "File and Folder" Protected Items
- Preserve any changed user account for the "Comet Backup (delegate service)" service (e.g. when using Managed Service Account on domain controller)
- Support backing up Windows application compatibility junctions on OS drive
- Add new password format for bucket keys, to improve authentication performance
- Add server log messages to audit failed attempts to log in to Comet Server web interface and/or API
- Show Protected Item and Storage Vault icons in the restore dialog, schedule dialog, and retention pane in Comet Backup
- Allow double-clicking snapshot to restore in Comet Backup
- Add tooltips to explain 'Ineligible' and 'Pending' statuses in bulk update campaigns in the Comet Server web interface
- Display full server names in the 'Bucket Users' page in the Comet Server web interface
- Group Protected Items by device when performing a restore as a user in the Comet Server web interface
- Cosmetic redesign the live-connected device actions dialog in the Comet Server web interface
- Click for direct search by status/classification in the 24-hour job history widget in the Comet Server web interface
- Show symlinks for restore using the shortcut icon in Comet Backup
- Cosmetic replace the installer icon for Comet Server on Windows
- Replace "Use encrypted transmission" for S3-Compatible storage with http/https dropdown
- Allow clicking "last run" timestamps to view job report when logged in as a user to the Comet Server web interface
- Retry backup/restore operations that were blocked by a running retention pass
- Cosmetic redesign the History pane in Comet Backup, add "View Log" button
- Cosmetic new application icon for Comet Server Service Manager to reduce confusion with Comet Backup application icon
- Improve performance of file scan during incremental backups by removing a redundant disk stat call
- Enable the "Take filesystem snapshot" (VSS) option by default for new "File and Folder"-type Protected Items
- Auto-detect bucket region for Wasabi storage
- Support maximising the report dialog window in Comet Backup
- Improve backup performance on Windows by supplying more accurate hints to the OS disk cache
- Improve performance of compressing new data chunks for backup
- Cosmetic add button labels to the job report dialog in Comet Backup
- Cosmetic redesign the Account dialog in Comet Backup to resemble a Windows property pane
- Cosmetic redesign the Job Search dialog to match the Connected Device Actions dialog in the Comet Server web interface
- Add popup confirmation when closing the Comet Server Service Manager Setup Wizard if the Comet Server service is not yet running
- Add X-to-close button on search fields in the Comet Server web interface in Webkit-based web browsers
- Skip filesize calculation for UNC paths, to improve GUI performance in Comet Backup for Windows
- Reduce class B transactions needed for Backblaze B2
- Improve performance when backing up to Backblaze B2, Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, Wasabi, and other S3-compatible destinations
- Minor performance improvements (via upgraded compiler toolchain)
- Link to Storage Vault quotas in the Restrictions area in the Comet Server web interface