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19.11.0 ‘Juno’ released

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Changes compared to 19.9.8

New Features

  • Update German translation
  • Hidden option to affix hardware ID against unexpected fluctuation on some cloud providers

Enhancements

  • Improve performance of searching files for restore in the Comet Backup desktop app
  • Cosmetic enhancement for the loading animation in the Comet Backup desktop app

Bug Fixes

  • Fix an issue with low ulimit handles in Comet Backup for Linux
  • Fix an issue with Comet Backup not retrying final API call to set backup job status
  • Fix an issue with not preventing launching Comet Server's cometd.exe with a Program Files working directory
  • Fix an issue with missing tmp directory when writing new files to an SFTP backend
  • Fix an issue with running Comet Backup for Linux software updates if /tmp/ is mounted noexec, by explicitly invoking bash interpreter
  • Fix an issue with inconsistent error handling when loading timezone databases in Comet Backup and Comet Server
  • Fix an issue with selecting maximum size filters in the Search dialog in the Comet Backup desktop app
  • Fix an issue with not supporting direct-to-cloud Storage Vaults as a suitable schedule target when importing Protected Items from other products
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with truncated main navigation in the Comet Backup desktop app when using some non-English languages
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with using English names for Portuguese locales
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with not repositioning the loading spinner animation when resizing a window in the Comet Backup desktop app
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with help tooltips and resize behaviour in the Search dialog in the Comet Backup desktop app
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with blank areas when switching an existing Protected Item to Microsoft SQL Server type in the Comet Server web interface
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with unsorted device lists in the Comet Backup desktop app

Changes compared to 19.8.3

  • This update introduces a new file storage format for Comet Server's jobs database file. The previous file format will be upgraded on first run. Older versions of Comet Server cannot read the new format; if you want to roll back the Comet Server version, you will lose job history unless you first recover the comet-jobs.db file from either the .old file (produced by the upgrade process) or from your Server Self-Backup archives.

  • Comet Server no longer includes a copy of the "help translate Comet" files - please see the latest copy on github.com/CometBackup/translations

  • Reinstate additional warnings from the automatic retention system, as part of the Voyager release transition

  • Renew our company's codesigning certificate for Windows. This may cause temporary SmartScreen popups for 1-2 weeks while reputation is rebuilt

  • Hide Android 'coming soon' message in the Comet Server web interface, as this doesn't need to be customer-facing at this stage

New Features

  • MongoDB Protected Item type
  • Search files for restore
  • Support FTPS storage
  • Support customising the Comet Server web interface session timeout
  • Support custom Windows authentication credentials for Microsoft SQL Server backups
  • Update German translation
  • Update Croatian translation
  • Option to send test email in the Comet Server setup wizard
  • Option to set maximum number of connections to the FTP server (default 5)
  • Option to skip invalid SSL certificates for LDAP integration
  • Support copy/paste of policies in the Comet Server web interface
  • Support searching job properties by regular expression
  • Support importing "Windows Server System State" and "Windows System Backup" Protected Items from Ahsay v6
  • Hidden option to affix hardware ID against unexpected fluctuation on some cloud providers

Enhancements

  • Support importing exclusion rules and regular expressions from File backupsets in Ahsay v6
  • Support autodetecting new Amazon S3 eu-north-1, ap-east-1, ap-northeast-3, me-south-1 regions
  • Support more file type icons when browsing files in the Comet Server web interface
  • Support editing existing MySQL include rules in the Comet Server web interface
  • Support editing existing Microsoft SQL Server include rules in the Comet Server web interface
  • Prefer dual-stack IPv6 endpoints when connecting to autodetected Amazon S3 regional endpoint
  • Jobs stopped by timeout now use Cancelled status instead of Error status
  • Avoid retention passes for cancelled backup jobs (including jobs stopped by exceeding time limit), allowing chunk history to accumulate when jobs have a restricted time window
  • Verify job database integrity during Comet Server startup
  • Restore jobs of zero files now use Warning status; Backup jobs of zero files now use Error status
  • Set a better default timezone for newly created accounts in the Comet Server web interface
  • Hide the feature to add multiple user accounts in bulk, unless "Advanced Options" is enabled in the Comet Server web interface
  • Apply branded colour to the web browser interface (supported by e.g. Chrome for Android)
  • Accurately find free disk space on compatible SFTP servers, to help improve Span balancing over SFTP
  • Extend "Browse files" support in the Comet Server web interface restore dialog to include when non-specific "latest" snapshot was selected
  • Include upload resources in Server Self-Backup archives
  • Expand "all instances" when importing Microsoft SQL Server backupsets from Ahsay v6
  • Add extra log message context when importing settings from other products
  • General reduction in memory usage
  • Reduce memory usage during retention pass
  • Improve performance for some job metadata and job log storage operations
  • Improve performance when using FTP storage by using multiple connections
  • Improve performance of writing to comet-xx.db files in Comet Server, especially large and/or fragmented files
  • Improve performance of the "prefer temporary files instead of RAM" option by up to 20%
  • Improve performance of searching files for restore in the Comet Backup desktop app
  • Clean up temporary upload files inside Storage Vault during retention pass
  • Clean up temporary upload files inside Server Self-Backup storage directory during Server Self-Backup retention pass
  • Cosmetic enhancement for the loading animation in the Comet Backup desktop app
  • Cosmetic redesign MySQL settings area
  • Cosmetic redesign homepage quota charts when logging in to the Comet Server web interface as a user
  • Cosmetic redesign interface for picking snapshot for restore in the Comet Server web interface
  • Cosmetic add message to suggest using Master keys for B2 requestable storage vaults in the Comet Server setup wizard
  • Cosmetic redesign box outline style in the Comet Server web interface